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Alleged Chemical Attack In Syria

Pressure mounting on UN for action

Cnn Online
The United Nations is coming under growing international pressure to act if Syrian activists' claims that the government has used chemical weapons in a horrific attack on civilians are confirmed.
Anti-regime activist groups in Syria say more than 1,300 people were killed in the attack outside Damascus Wednesday, many of them women and children. Video footage and witness reports appeared to bolster claims that chemical weapons were used.
The reports prompted international
outrage, with a UN Security Council briefing called late Wednesday to discuss the situation. However, Russia and China --consistent allies of the Syrian government -reportedly blocked a formal resolution.
Hours after the closed-door meeting, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told CNN affiliate BFMTV that ‘a reaction of force must be taken" if the allegations are true.
“If the UN Security Council cannot do it, decisions will be made otherwise,' Fabius
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Speaking on a visit to Berlin, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on the United Nations to act decisively, Turkey's semi-official Anadolu news agency reported.
Davutoglu said "all red lines" have been crossed without the United Nations taking action in Syria and that the body “can't assume an undecisive attitude about chemical weapon attacks" there.
Speaking alongside him, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said the reports from Syria "are serious and, should they be confirmed, outrageous."
Assad's government denied the claims on staterun media Wednesday, calling them "completely baseless."
Syria's official news agency, SANA, quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif yesterday as saying the rebels must be behind any chemical weapons attack, if confirmed, as "they do not hesitate to commit any crime."
Russian officials, meanwhile, dismissed the claims of chemical weapons as a "provocation planned in advance," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told Interfax news agency. He suggested it was timed to coincide with the visit by the UN team.
Meanwhile, Yuval Steinitz, Israeli minister of strategic affairs, told Israel Radio yesterday morning that its intelligence assessments indicated that "chemical weapons were used, and they were not used for the first time."
He accused the international community of "paying lip service" when it comes to Syria.
Speaking after the Security Council meeting, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said there was no confirmation that chemical weapons have been used but that UN officials are talking to the Syrian government.
The UN investigation team is "in place" and UN leaders hope they will be allowed access to the area, he said.
The United Nations has said that any use of chemical weapons by any side, under any circumstances, would violate international humanitarian law.
Samantha Power, the newly appointed US ambassador to the United Nations, appeared to signal a tougher approach on Syria in a comment posted on Twitter Wednesday.
The White House said Wednesday that officials were "working urgently to gather additional information."