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Showing Original Post only (View all)Syria accuses Kerry of lying, disregarding UN [View all]
Last edited Tue Aug 27, 2013, 02:57 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria has accused U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry of lying by claiming there is "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria likely carried out by the regime.
A statement on the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency says Kerry's insistence on "jumping over" the work of U.N. experts in Syria shows that the U.S. has deliberate intentions to exploit events.
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SANA in the statement Tuesday said Kerry has "fabricated" evidence.
Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-08-27-05-01-43
It would seem that AP have reused their link. The original as posted is here at Huffington with paras resorted : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/27/syria-john-kerry_n_3821469.html
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Ain't that the truth. From the Gulf Gulf Tonkin to Iraq, this country has lied to it's people.
chelsea0011
Aug 2013
#2
True - and there is precedent for an Assad massacring his own people - which is more likely
karynnj
Aug 2013
#6
There is precedent for the opposition using chemical weapons and blaming the regime - most likely
leveymg
Aug 2013
#10
Or, there is precedent for Big Oil to do just about anything to keep prices very high.
Coyotl
Aug 2013
#15
Kerry's own little "Colin Powell moment" doesn't have the Syrians wetting themselves?
Alamuti Lotus
Aug 2013
#4
The Obama administration's transition into the Bush administration is almost complete. n/t
OnlinePoker
Aug 2013
#11