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Syrian Gov't Agrees To Russian Chem-Weapon Turnover Plan

Posted by timothy on from the put-some-dampers-on-those-sabers dept.

CNN reports that at least for now we may be able to set aside the question of whether and under what authority the U.S. should intervene militarily in Syria, a question that's dominated the news for the last few weeks. From the report: "Facing the threat of a U.S. military strike, the country's leaders Tuesday reportedly accepted a Russian proposal to turn over its chemical weapons. ... The development, reported by Syrian state television and Russia's Interfax news agency, came a day after the idea bubbled up in the wake of what appeared to be a gaffe by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. It quickly changed the debate in Washington from 'Should the U.S. attack?' to 'Is there a diplomatic way out of this mess?' Syrian Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said Tuesday his country had agreed to the Russian proposal after what Interfax quoted him as calling 'a very fruitful round of talks' with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday. Details of such a transfer have yet to be worked out, such as where the arms would go, who would safeguard them and how the world could be sure Syria had handed over its entire stockpile of chemical weapons."

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  1. you have to kill people POLITELY by Joining+Yet+Again · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is Western rules of war! Pain and suffering must only be of a certain TYPE!

    BUY LOCKHEED. BUY BOEING.

  2. So now what's the new conspiracy theory? by AcidPenguin9873 · · Score: -1, Troll

    A couple weeks ago, all the anti-U.S. people on Slashdot said that Syria had no chemical weapons, and that the evidence was made up by the U.S. government as some sort of conspiracy. Or maybe that the U.S. deliberately sold the chemical weapons to Syria, I forget why.

    Now that there's yet more evidence of chemical weapons in Syria, what's the latest out of the anti-U.S. crowd? I don't think anyone predicted that Russia would ultimately end up with these weapons. Are they still fake? Is this still a set up by the U.S., even now that these U.S.-produced weapons are going to end up in Russia? I suppose the latter is plausible (Syria is really screwing the U.S. by sending our chemical weapons to Russia), but it all seems pretty far-fetched to me.