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| France accuses Syria of using heavy weapons on citizens |
| 2011-06-13 |
| PARIS — France accused the Syrian regime of using heavy weapons against its own people Sunday and warned that its brutal crackdown on a political revolt threatens regional stability. Keep warning them. That'll do it. ‘France firmly condemns the increasingly brutal repression in Syria, including the use of heavy weapons, as in Jisr Al Shughur, from where many civilians are fleeing into Turkey,’ the foreign ministry said in a statement. ‘This unacceptable situation, which makes the toll of civilian victims in Syria still heavier, threatens regional stability. It should end,’ it said. ‘Syrian authorities should give the International Committee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies immediate access,’ it added. ‘France is continuing its efforts with its partners in the international community to encourage the United Nations Security Council to live up to its responsibilities by reacting without delay to the Syrian crisis and its regional implications.’ |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Really strongly worded letter to follow. |
| Posted by: Keystone 2011-06-13 22:57 |
| #5 Ask that domestic terrorist David Koresh. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-06-13 20:55 |
| #4 You don't think our govt would use heavy weapons to quell a rebellion? They'd call it domestic TERRORISM and that would give them a carte blanche to take the most extreme measures imaginable. We're not so different, them and us. As governments go, that is. |
| Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Darling of the Apes6755 2011-06-13 20:47 |
| #3 If it weren't for their war-without-end in Libya for the oil-oil-oil, they'd be no-fly-zoning Syria right now! Assad, unlike Qadaffy, have not given up his WMD. |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-06-13 07:34 |
| #2 If it weren't for their war-without-end in Libya for the oil-oil-oil, they'd be no-fly-zoning Syria right now! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-06-13 06:46 |
| #1 After 3 months it's pretty clear that light ones are not effective. |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-06-13 04:30 |