Assad Warns U.S. Against Military Intervention,
Reports Say
During an interview with the Russian newspaper
Izvestia, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria warned
that United States military intervention in his country
would bring "failure."
NEW YORK TIMES— GETTY IMAGES
By ALAN COWELL
August 26, 2013
LONDON — As United Nations weapons inspectors
prepared on Monday to inspect the site of a claimed
chemical attack in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad
was quoted as denying that his forces used poison
gas against his own citizens, while divisions between
outside powers over how to handle the crisis seemed
to show no signs of easing.
In an interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia,
Mr. Assad said accusations that his forces used
chemical weapons were illogical and an “insult to
common sense,” news reports said. He warned the
United States that military intervention in his country
would bring “failure just like in all the previous wars
they waged, starting with Vietnam and up to our
days.”
Mr. Assad’s choice of a Russian newspaper to air his
views seemed to reflect Moscow’s strong support for
the Syrian leader following last week’s attack on the
outskirts of Damascus, which claimed hundreds of
lives.
On Sunday, a spokesman for Russia’s Foreign
Ministry, Aleksandr K. Lukashevich, said that those
who advocated an armed response to any chemical
weapons attack — without citing the United States or
other countries — were prejudging the results of the
United Nations inspections.
“In these conditions, we again resolutely call on all
those who are trying to impose the results of the U.N.
investigations and who say that armed actions
against Syria is possible to show common sense and
avoid tragic mistakes,” Mr. Lukashevich said in a
statement released on the ministry’s Web site.
While Mr. Assad has reportedly given weapons
inspectors access to the site of the attack, his
gesture has been greeted with widespread
skepticism in the West that the offer came too late
for inspectors to make an accurate assessment of
what happened.
In an interview Monday with Europe 1, a French radio
station, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius of France,
which has been a close ally of the rebels seeking Mr.
Assad’s ouster in the country’s civil war, said “all
options” were still open, but “the only option I do not
envisage is to do nothing.”
Mr. Fabius said there was no doubt that chemical
weapons had been used and outside powers would
negotiate a “proportionate response” in the “days to
come.”
In the welter of diplomatic maneuvering, Turkey,
which also a strong supporter of the rebels, said it
would join an international coalition against Mr.
Assad if the United Nations Security Council could
not reach a consensus, Reuters reported, quoting
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in an interview
with the Millyet newspaper.
In the interview with Izvestia, Mr. Assad was quoted
as saying, “America has taken part in many wars but
could not once achieve its political goals for which
the wars were started. Yes, it is true, the great
powers can wage wars but can they win them?”
He said government troops would have risked killing
their own forces if they had used chemical weapons.
“This contradicts elementary logic,” news reports
quoted him as saying. It is “not us but our enemies
who are using chemical weapons,” he said, referring
to antigovernment rebels as “the terrorists.”
For his part, President Obama has not decided to
take action, officials in Washington said on Sunday.
But, moving a step closer to possible American
military involvement in Syria, a senior Obama
administration official said that there was “very little
doubt” that Mr. Assad’s military forces had used
chemical weapons against civilians and that a Syrian
promise to allow United Nations inspectors access to
the site was “too late to be credible.”

taiocol: usa ar the ones making it unsafe

It depends on where you stand without the west, Talibans and co would have exported their religion that dnt have a peaceful history and force people to denounce their faith than i must say they would rule the world..Imagine the world of Taliban.God has his own way of protecting us.

Kingspin:
It depends on where you stand without the west, Talibans and co would have exported their religion that dnt have a peaceful history and force people to denounce their faith than i must say they would rule the world..Imagine the world of Taliban.God has his own way of protecting us.

my my, you simply have no idea of international politics, stating an improbability as a certainty definitely makes a spin!

Demdem:

I didn't forget Iran. Believe u me, Iran is a small fish and it will be a big mistake on their part to delve in. The allies who have been urging them to give up their nuclear dreams will seize that opportunity to wipe them out and what they hold so dearly. Their economy is in shambles already and with little or no support from the region except countries like north Korea, Cuba, Venezuela,.... Common, Iran is no threat.

maybe, but you forgot oil prices, the fact that oil prices passed a $100 per barrel simply because of the crisis in Egypt, USA attacks Iran they would have to live with extremely high prices of oil, long term disruption to oil supplies etc,and a country that would be damn to difficult to occupy but might decide to launch attacks to oil installations theoretically you are commenting on what you have limited knowledge on!

Warn ke? dem dey craze? abeg make their military force continue to pick their cocoyam joor.

malele:
And u think the world will be safer without america.

Sure, why not? Africa sure is not better off with the exploitative Americans.

I'd like to give another emergent world power a chance. China might be the best option.

Now this is a clear example of what civilisation has done to the human race....do you know just one US military warship can carry enough missiles that can destroy the whole continent of Africa??weapons used during the word wars like the atomic bomb of hiroshima and ngasaki are clear example of what this people are trying to prevent...imagine a whole country erased out of the planet...It's very possible...the fact is that the human problem arises from just one thing, our PASSION....religion,racism,language and other strong beliefs are the main cause of all these and nothing more.

taiocol: very soom usa go be history, dis one wen, iran, isreal and russia deh warn. I fear for usa

Bros no vex. e be like say u 4get ur eyes for houz.where u see Israel among the countries mentioned? @ the topic, i dont care as long as it wont stop boko haram from carniberlism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRVDwSPPGI&feature=share&list=UUdZnItFZJeew-QsUWyqW6Ug

Obama Calls Possible Syria Attack A "Big Event Of Grave Concern"

Whether USA intervene or not; If care is not taken, dis syrian war will lead 2 WW 3!

malele:

So hitler that attacked russians and captured some countries was caused by america.
The crisis in egypt was caused by america
The problem in syria was caused by america,
Iran that is threaten isreal is also caused by america
If there is crisis in ur country come 2015, u will still point america.

if u don't know,if not for america most countries wont be existing by now

atleast jst say as a result of dis america plan, deir ws crisis in d places u mention jst lyk egypt. Giv us d reason or hw america cause it

seanet02:
Na so we see am
Only a f.o.ol will not know this was sponsored by the Saudi Arabia sponsored terrorist/FSA

Dude i think you stand out to be the fool here,by not given your verifiable fact and evidence as to how the saudi were behind the sponsor.if you can not reason with your brain stop talking from you rotten anus. Anofia.

Demdem:

They can do whatever but do they have what it takes as at today to upstate the US. This I seriously doubt. what interest does America really have in Georgia? Doubt if there was any serious proping from them.
However, the allies of America in the Middle east that includes Saudi, UAE, Kuwait, Turkey etc want Assad gone. I doubt if America will go alone, they may probably push NATO into it and that is an alliance Russia still don't have a solution for. China will just continue to look like Zombie.

NATO? What abt SCO(With indian army willing to join), America interest in geogia? Anti-moscow regime..i think the rebel group 'faked' the chemical attack cos they are d first to report it even b4 reuter,AFP, Think abt it..suadi is financing sunni rebel to slaughter shia n Iran (the gov) to kill sunni, iran will exterminate saudis by dec. by then iran would b nuclearly armed..West n the East(rus,chn) are working hand-in-hand to kill,steal MD oil n gas,Why? The West knows to KSA spornshoring taliban,alqaeda yet they were nt been accussed..isn't it osbvious

And you all Think Obama is easier to calm down than the Bushs, Lets kleep out legs crossed while we watch how this whole Syria drama unfolds.

USA should please send their drones jor, Bleep assad that dictator backed by Russian and Iran to slaughter sunni majority.

seanet02:
this one have already been brain-stuffed with western propaganda

and you have also been brainwashed by northern propaganda.

Confusionist: dude, are u confused?

Did u think America is the defender of the universe?

Dude, america is the cause of many crisis in the world today!!!

Ignorant mofo! Name the crises you are talking about "oops you handle says it all"

You must be a Muslim.

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[quote author=taiocol] usa ar the ones making it unsafe
[quote] Some uninformed dudes will be here saying that the USA is making the world unsafe. when you ask them the simplest question "HOW", they will start faffing.

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Definitly the work of a non-state actor.The syrian crisis,is sadly following the unilineal steps,we saw in Libya,Iraq,Kosovo and panama. One major difference with the syrian crisis, is the difficulty in obtaining a UN legitimacy,to carry out an illegitimate action.As regards blurred images of dead children,it is part of the conspiracy,we saw all these in Halabja,bosnia and misurata.

malele:
Pls name these crisis.

libia a very peaceful n contented country just b4 America interfere 4dare mata wet no concern dem.lesbianism,Every 46-50secs rape de go on 4 Ameria,licensing for guns wey de make gang sta plenty n kill everyday,hard drugs,made their women worthless wit naked dresses, gay churches, illuminati.....e.t.c if u want more go Google...

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Na all comments u must read? You better stop reading this comment now!!! You no dey hear word? So, you finally read my comment abi? what did you gain now? Mtcheew!!!

solomon111: Sorry,america is partly or wholly responsible for many major crises in the world today.
Btw,i am not a muslim.

For example? Dude we aim to destroy our enemies with no mercy and to protect our land and the world. I wish Bush was still in power

I said it early on that assad aint so foolish to use chemicals on his people. Assad is not fighting the Syrian people rather he his fighting the people that wants to ruin and take over his country like they did in Libya

malele:

So hitler that attacked russians and captured some countries was caused by america.
The crisis in egypt was caused by america
The problem in syria was caused by america,
Iran that is threaten isreal is also caused by america
If there is crisis in ur country come 2015, u will still point america.

if u don't know,if not for america most countries wont be existing by now

On Hitler/WW2: No, blame the Axis

On Egypt: Well, kind of. They did prop up Mubarak


On Syria: Yes. They propped up the rebels with weapons and training. Too bad the so-called rebels currently haave the butts whooped collectively by the Syrian Army.


On Iran: HELL YES. The Americans and British were responsible for overthrowing the then democratically elected Iranian leader Mousadek in the 1960s for. daring to nationalise the Iranian oil and gas sector and share the proceeds from this lucrative sector equitably. They then went ahead to impose the notorious Shah on the Iranian, till the Iranians had enough and kicked his sorry bum out during the Iranian revolution.


So yeah, the Americans are not saints.

i just hope this won't lead to another one(war) buh i think some people are underating russia russia too is a force to reckon it when it comes to world power together with china men the war will be intresting i just remember the then USSR then who know american usa has done more harm than good to the world