Posted on 09/10/2013 11:09:51 AM PDT by Arthurio
The global tussle over Syria’s civil war moved to the UN on Tuesday, where disagreements have already surfaced between US and its allies and Russia over Moscow’s plan to place Syrian chemical weapons under international control.
The Russian proposal emerged on Monday in a haphazard manner but has been quickly seized upon by the Obama administration and accepted by the Syrian government.
Supported by the US and the UK, France tabled a new UN Security Council resolution on Tuesday that would threaten military action if Syria did not hand over its stocks of chemical weapons.
However, only hours later Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted the US had to drop its threat of force against Syria as a condition for Damascus placing its chemical weapons stocks under international supervision.
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Bumparoo, thanks for posting it Dave!
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