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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Sunday, officials from the United States and
Russian Governments came to an agreement that will force the Syrian’s to
produce an extensive and complete list of their
chemical weapons stockpile to the international community.
“Diplomacy requires willing partners”, said Sen. John Kerry, thanking
Russian President Putin after the two countries agreed on a new
timeline. Although some say the Syrian’s won’t make the deadline whether
by choice or not, prompting a future U.S. strike.
While it looks as if the Syrian Government is doing everything in its
power to maintain innocence, the opposition is making waves.
CNN Staff reported, “The Syrian regime recently created the “national
reconciliation” post to send a message that it wants to end the brutal
violence that has led to more than 100,000 deaths, according to U.N.
estimates.
The opposition ridiculed the post as mere window dressing. Haidar is
not part of President Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle and does not speak
for the entire regime.
And in Israel, where he met Sunday with Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters that “the
threat of force remains” to make sure Syria follows through with the
agreement.”
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The truth of the matter is, millions and millions of dollars have
already been spent positioning allied military forces as some see the
writing is clearly on the wall.
“The U.S. and Russia are committed to the elimination of Syrian
chemical weapons in the soonest and safest manner. We agreed that Syria
must submit a list of its chemical weapons in one week, not thirty
days”, stated Kerry from Geneva, reenforcing the timeline which will
likely become an issue down the road.
Kerry also called for the “expeditious destruction and stringent
verification of syrian chemical weapons” before the community. Kerry
went on, in the “interest of accountability” the Organization for the
Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will need the ”immediate and
unfeathered right to inspect any and all sites in Syria” as the talks
and procedures move forth.
As of now it’s planned that the OPCW will be in charge of future
inspections. “In the event of non-compliance…. actions will speak more
than words”, Kerry stated.
Kerry also said that an agreement has been made by the
international community to destroy any and all chemical weapons found.
NYTimes.com reported, “An American official, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity under State Department protocol, said the United
States and Russia had agreed that Syria has 1,000 tons of chemical
weapons, including sarin and mustard gas.
The United States believes
at least 45 sites in Syria are associated with its chemical weapons
program. Nearly half of these have “exploitable quantities” of chemical
weapons, though the American official said the Assad government may have
moved some of the agents.
The American official said
there was no indication that any of Syria’s chemical stocks had been
moved to Iraq or Lebanon, as the Syrian opposition had charged. “We
believe they are under regime control,” the official said.”[2]
“I also want to be clear about the endgame here”, Kerry said, this
agreement can become an “international standard” or an “international
norm”.
Opponents of war are still leery of the new deal ambitious which
calls for the removal of all chemical weapons from Syria by 2014.
