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WASHINGTON, September 9 (Itar-Tass) -
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told Charlie Rose, host of the program
that bears his name on the United States PBS television channel, that he
was preparing for a US strike, and that Syria and some of their allies
would retaliate if one occurred.Assad said the Syrian government was not the only player in this region, with numerous other parties and groups professing different ideologies. When asked whether chemical weapons could be used to retaliate a possible US strike, he said that everything would depend on whether rebels or terrorists had such weapons. He said he could not predict what might happen.
President Assad denied he had anything to do with the alleged chemical attack on August 21 which the US administration reports killed more than 1,400 Syrians.
- The entire interview with President Assad will be aired on PBS later on Monday.
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Αντεπίθεση και νίκη του Στρατού στην Μααλούλα (video RT). -Ισλαμιστές είναι εξοπλισμένοι με σύγχρονα αμερικανικά και γαλλικά αντιαρματικά όπλα.
Siria, Papa Francesco: «No alle guerre per vendere le armi». /Papa rechaza "guerras comerciales" que solo buscan vender armas.
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Assad: US ‘should expect everything’ if it strikes Syria...
ReplyDeleteSyrian President Bashar Assad has warned that the United States should expect a retaliation if it launches a military strike against Syria in response to the alleged August 21 chemical attack.
“You should expect everything. Not necessarily from the government,” Assad told CBS in an interview conducted in the presidential palace in Damascus. He went on to say that it is “not only the government” in the region. “You have different parties, you have different factions, you have different ideology.”
Asked if he would mount a military response to any attack on Syria, Assad said “I am not fortune teller to tell you what's going to happen.”
The US will “pay the price if you are not wise with dealing with terrorists,” the Syrian president told ‘CBS This Morning’ co-host Charlie Rose in his first interview with American television in nearly two years.
This comes as American President Barack Obama is seeking to win an authorization from US Congress – that has been rather skeptical so far - for a ‘limited’ military strike against the Syrian government. The administration accused the Syrian government of ordering the use of chemical weapons in a Damascus suburb last month.
Assad, however, denied any involvement in the alleged attack.
“There is no evidence that I used chemical weapons against my own people,” he said.
According to Assad, the government forces were not in the area of the chemical weapons attack on August 21.
“Our soldiers in another area were attacked chemically,” he said. “But in the area where they said the government used chemical weapons, we only had video and we only have pictures and allegations. We're not there.”
The full version of the interview, portions of which were shown by CBS, will be aired on Monday evening on PBS.
http://rt.com/news/assad-syria-strike-interview-610/
9/9/13
Assad says he is preparing for the worst...
ReplyDeleteWASHINGTON - Syrian President Bashar Assad said any repercussions if the United States targets Syria with military strikes "may take different forms," including "direct and indirect" effects.
Speaking in an interview with CBS News that aired on Monday, Assad said that in addition to direct responses, indirect impacts could include "instability and the spread of terrorism all over the region that will influence the West directly."
"We have to expect the worst," Assad added in the interview.
Assad, who said Syria opposes the use of chemical weapons, also said that any strikes would boost the al Qaeda offshoot in his country: "It's going to be direct support."
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Assad-says-he-is-preparing-for-the-worst-325625
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