Syria Asks The United Nations To Stop U.S. Strike -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Syria has asked the United Nations to prevent "any aggression" against Syria following a call over the weekend by U.S. President Barack Obama for punitive strikes against the Syrian military for last month's chemical weapons attack.
Washington says more than 1,400 people, many of them children, were killed in the world's worst use of chemical arms since Iraq's Saddam Hussein gassed thousands of Kurds in 1988.
U.S. military action will be put to a vote in Congress, which ends its summer recess on September 9, giving President Bashar al-Assad time to prepare the ground for any assault and try to rally international support against the use of force.
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Update: Syria asks UN to halt 'any aggression' by U.S. -- CBC
My Comment: The Arab league has a contrary position .... they want the UN to stop the Syrian regime.
Update: UN chemical weapons inspectors asked to speed up Syria investigation -- The Guardian
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