Russia's Vladimir Putin Challenges U.S. On Syria Claims

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the U.S. to present to the UN evidence that Syria was responsible for chemical weapons attacks. BBC reports.

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http://reut.rs/17zLwel
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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/04/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html
"As lawmakers in the U.S. and France prepared Wednesday to debate the merits of military intervention in Syria's brutal civil war, Russia's president said his country could back a U.N.-approved military strike on Syria if there's proof that the regime used chemical weapons. "If there are data that the chemical weapons have been used, and used specifically by the regular army, this evidence should be submitted to the U.N. Security Council," President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Associated Press and Russia's state Channel 1 television. "It should be a deep and specific probe containing evidence that would be obvious and prove beyond doubt who did it and what means were used," he told the news agency. Putin said he "doesn't exclude" supporting a U.N. resolution on military strikes given strong evidence -- but also cautioned against the U.S. striking without one..."

Russia's Vladimir Putin challenges U.S. on Syria claims (BBC, Aug 31, 2013)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23911833
"Mr Putin said it would be "utter nonsense" for Syria's government to provoke opponents with such attacks. US President Barack Obama says he is considering military action against Syria after intelligence reports that 1,429 people were killed on 21 August. UN weapons inspectors have now left Syria and arrived in the Netherlands. They are taking the evidence they gathered during four days of site visits to the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons, in The Hague...."


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