nsnbc , – With 22 of 23 chemical weapons sites inspected, the
third phase of the joint OPCW – UN Mission is about to be completed.
Following the decision to destruct Syria’s chemical weapons abroad, the
lethal cargo needs to be transported to Syria’s Mediterranean coast. An
estimated 40.000, foreign-backed Al-Qaeda mercenaries, or more, could
disrupt the transport.
Considering the risk that the deadly cargo could fall into
the hands of Al-Qaeda brigades such as Jabhat al-Nusrah and
Liwa-al-Islam, the Syrian government has applied for aid with the OPCW.
The governments of several core NATO member states are reportedly threatening to veto an OPCW decision to provide the material, arguing that ”the Syrian government potentially could use it against the rebels”.
With the inspections almost completed, and after the recent decision to transport the Syrian chemical weapons and related materials abroad for final destruction, the Syrian government has submitted a list of materials, which it believes it needs to safely transport the cargo from Damascus to the Mediterranean, coastal city of Latakia, to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Serious Safety Concerns - The transport causes serious safety concerns because it has to be organized through territories which are under the control of, among others, the Saudi and core NATO member backed, al-Qaeda associated Jabhat al-Nusrah and Liwa-al-Islam. The latter has been directly involved in the chemical weapons attack in the Eastern Ghouta district of Damascus on 21 August 2013.
According to recent estimates, there are tens of thousands of al-Qaeda mercenaries in the region between Damascus and Latakia. According to a recent estimate by analyst and nsnbc editor, Christof Lehmann, there are more than 40.000 al-Qaeda fighters in the Qalamoun region alone, while he estimates that Saudi Arabia and core NATO members sponsor significantly more than 100.000 al-Qaeda mercenaries throughout Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Northern Africa.
In two reports, titled, Major Battlefront in Syria War to open in Qalamoun Region, and Top US and Saudi Officials responsible for Chemical Weapons in Syria, Lehmann deconstructed the notion that the al-Qaeda brigades in Syria don’t have a centralized command structure, or that they are unable to coordinate major military campaigns under a unified command, as it is proposed by the US administration and the governments of other core NATO member states who are supporting them.
To assure than none of the chemical weapons fall into the hands of the extremists, the Syrian government has sent a request for military transport equipment and other necessary materials to the OPCW, stressing that it could have catastrophic consequences for Syria, the region as well as for countries worldwide, if the extremists succeeded in capturing military grade chemical weapons.
Core NATO Member’s Diplomats Call Syria’s Request A Long Shopping List – Threatening to Veto OPCW Decision to Deliver Equipment to Syria - The Reuters news agency quotes diplomats from two Western governments as referring to the list of equipment Syria has submitted to the OPCW as “a long shopping list”.
The
news agency quotes the unnamed diplomats from countries who could veto
an OPCW decision as saying, that the delivery will be denied because the
equipment could be used to help Assad’s forces in the civil war,
saying:
The
situation about the safe transportation of the chemical weapons
stockpile for destruction arises as a 15 November deadline approaches,
by which time Syria is supposed to submit a detailed plan for how to
remove or destroy its chemical weapons stockpile and related materials.
It is yet unclear which country will agree to receive the chemical
weapons for destruction.
Political analysts and nsnbc editor Christof Lehmann warned that neither Saudi Arabia, nor the USA, Turkey, France or Great Britain has given up the idea to justify a military intervention under the Responsibility to Protect principle, which was introduced into the Syria equation with a Presidential Statement, which was unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council. “The seizure of a massive stockpile of chemical weapons in an area with tens of thousands of refugees is, indeed a perfect opportunity to launch new calls for an intervention”, Lehmann added
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The governments of several core NATO member states are reportedly threatening to veto an OPCW decision to provide the material, arguing that ”the Syrian government potentially could use it against the rebels”.
With the inspections almost completed, and after the recent decision to transport the Syrian chemical weapons and related materials abroad for final destruction, the Syrian government has submitted a list of materials, which it believes it needs to safely transport the cargo from Damascus to the Mediterranean, coastal city of Latakia, to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Serious Safety Concerns - The transport causes serious safety concerns because it has to be organized through territories which are under the control of, among others, the Saudi and core NATO member backed, al-Qaeda associated Jabhat al-Nusrah and Liwa-al-Islam. The latter has been directly involved in the chemical weapons attack in the Eastern Ghouta district of Damascus on 21 August 2013.
According to recent estimates, there are tens of thousands of al-Qaeda mercenaries in the region between Damascus and Latakia. According to a recent estimate by analyst and nsnbc editor, Christof Lehmann, there are more than 40.000 al-Qaeda fighters in the Qalamoun region alone, while he estimates that Saudi Arabia and core NATO members sponsor significantly more than 100.000 al-Qaeda mercenaries throughout Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Northern Africa.
In two reports, titled, Major Battlefront in Syria War to open in Qalamoun Region, and Top US and Saudi Officials responsible for Chemical Weapons in Syria, Lehmann deconstructed the notion that the al-Qaeda brigades in Syria don’t have a centralized command structure, or that they are unable to coordinate major military campaigns under a unified command, as it is proposed by the US administration and the governments of other core NATO member states who are supporting them.
To assure than none of the chemical weapons fall into the hands of the extremists, the Syrian government has sent a request for military transport equipment and other necessary materials to the OPCW, stressing that it could have catastrophic consequences for Syria, the region as well as for countries worldwide, if the extremists succeeded in capturing military grade chemical weapons.
Core NATO Member’s Diplomats Call Syria’s Request A Long Shopping List – Threatening to Veto OPCW Decision to Deliver Equipment to Syria - The Reuters news agency quotes diplomats from two Western governments as referring to the list of equipment Syria has submitted to the OPCW as “a long shopping list”.
The
news agency quotes the unnamed diplomats from countries who could veto
an OPCW decision as saying, that the delivery will be denied because the
equipment could be used to help Assad’s forces in the civil war,
saying:“There is no way that the regime will be supplied with equipment that could be used by the army to kill more innocent Syrians. … It’s not going to happen.”Reuters quotes the diplomatic sources as stating that Syria has requested armored vehicles, generators and field kitchens to transport 1.300 tons of chemicals to the Mediterranean port of Latakia to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2118 (2013). Reuters also reports that Syria has requested new communication links between Damascus and coastal towns, arguing that it needs secured roads to move the chemical materials, and that the insurgents threaten the region between the capital Damascus and the coast. Reuters quotes another core NATO member state’s diplomat as saying:
“Syria will not get it from us and I don’t think the UN, or EU which has applied sanctions, will do so either.”The news agency further quotes diplomats as saying that Western powers are confident that Syria will be able to transport the chemical materials without the need for additional equipment, and as saying that the West might review a revised list for possible approval to include equipment such as flatbed trucks on the condition that they are moved out of Syria along with the chemicals.
The
situation about the safe transportation of the chemical weapons
stockpile for destruction arises as a 15 November deadline approaches,
by which time Syria is supposed to submit a detailed plan for how to
remove or destroy its chemical weapons stockpile and related materials.
It is yet unclear which country will agree to receive the chemical
weapons for destruction.Political analysts and nsnbc editor Christof Lehmann warned that neither Saudi Arabia, nor the USA, Turkey, France or Great Britain has given up the idea to justify a military intervention under the Responsibility to Protect principle, which was introduced into the Syria equation with a Presidential Statement, which was unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council. “The seizure of a massive stockpile of chemical weapons in an area with tens of thousands of refugees is, indeed a perfect opportunity to launch new calls for an intervention”, Lehmann added
Source: http://nsnbc.me/2013/11/12/httpwp-mep3dxdt-9t2/
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