Malta condemns chemical attacks in Syrian conflict

Vella: ‘Security Council must agree on measures to quell chemical attacks’

Foreign minister George Vella
Foreign minister George Vella

Malta has appealed to the members of the United Nations' Security Council to agree on measures against the use of chemical weapons by the Assad government on Syrian citizens, as the massacre on the civilian population by Bashir Assad's forces continues unabated.

Foreign minister George Vella today declared that such "atrocities" could no longer be tolerated "without consequences upon those who carry them out."

Although Vella said there was not yet "100% evidence" that the chemical attacks occurred under authority of Syrian dictator Bashir Assad, the minister said that "circumstantial evidence is pointing towards that direction".

"The Maltese government is appealing for agreement between Security Council members on the measures taken... it must be a decision borne of a mature discussion, and one that considers both immediate and long-term effects," Vella said.

"The government is conscious of the effects any such measure can have in the region. Malta is following these events closely, and as a member of the international community, will be participating fully in the fight against chemical armaments, in accordance to its international obligations and constitutional principles."

Vella said the government was shocked at the brutal death of civilians in chemical attacks. "We have witnessed, from our homes, macabre scenes of people hanging on to dear life as they fight for their last gasps of air. The Maltese government reminds that chemical weapons are banned from being deployed in any conflict and condemns the use of these weapons."

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MALTTO 2013-08-28: Malta has appealed to the members of the United Nations' Security Council to agree on measures against the use of chemical weapons by the Assad government on Syrian citizens, as the massacre on the civilian population by Bashir Assad's forces continues unabated Ghax ma nifrankawx l-ispejjez ta' Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin u minflok inwahhlu tabella li tghid: "Malta tistqarr dak li tistqarr il-GB, li tistqarr dak li tistqarr il-USA, li tistqarr dak li jaqbel lil...." Jaf li x-xhieda tinghad li hi intercettazzjoni mill-Izrajel ta' kumunikazzjoni mis-Sirja; nafdahom b'ghajnejja maghluqa, ukoll kieku jisimni Esau. Nghaddilu dar-ricenzjonijiet ta' hawn taht. DT 2013-05-06: "According to the testimonies we have gathered, the rebels have used chemical weapons, making use of sarin gas," del Ponte, a former war crimes prosecutor, said in an interview with Swiss radio late on Sunday. "We still have to deepen our investigation, verify and confirm (the findings) through new witness testimony, but according to what we have established so far, it is at the moment opponents of the regime who are using sarin gas," she added. She stressed that the UN commission of inquiry on Syria, which she is a part of, had far from finished its investigation HAAR 2013-05-05: Former Bush administration official: Israel may be behind use of chemical arms in Syria; Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says Israel may have conducted 'false flag' operation. Describes its government as inept and Netanyahu as 'clueless.' IND 2013-08-28: Robert Fisk: In Iraq, we went to war on the basis of lies originally uttered by fakers and conmen. Now it’s war by YouTube. This doesn’t mean that the terrible images of the gassed and dying Syrian civilians are false. It does mean that any evidence to the contrary is going to have to be suppressed. For example, no-one is going to be interested in persistent reports in Beirut that three Hezbollah members – fighting alongside government troops in Damascus – were apparently struck down by the same gas on the same day, supposedly in tunnels. They are now said to be undergoing treatment in a Beirut hospital. So if Syrian government forces used gas, how come Hezbollah men might have been stricken too? Blowback?
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Ghax ma nifrankawx l-ispejjez ta' Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin u minflok inwahhlu tabella li tghid: "Malta tistqarr dak li tistqarr il-GB, li tistqarr dak li tistqarr il-USA, li tistqarr dak li jaqbel lil...." Jaf li x-xhieda tinghad li hi intercettazzjoni mill-Izrajel ta' kumunikazzjoni mis-Sirja; nafdahom b'ghajnejja maghluqa, ukoll kieku jisimni Esau. Nghaddilu dar-ricenzjonijiet ta' hawn taht. DT 2013-05-06: "According to the testimonies we have gathered, the rebels have used chemical weapons, making use of sarin gas," del Ponte, a former war crimes prosecutor, said in an interview with Swiss radio late on Sunday. "We still have to deepen our investigation, verify and confirm (the findings) through new witness testimony, but according to what we have established so far, it is at the moment opponents of the regime who are using sarin gas," she added. She stressed that the UN commission of inquiry on Syria, which she is a part of, had far from finished its investigation HAAR 2013-05-05: Former Bush administration official: Israel may be behind use of chemical arms in Syria; Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says Israel may have conducted 'false flag' operation. Describes its government as inept and Netanyahu as 'clueless.'
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Ghax ma nifrankawx l-ispejjez ta' Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin u minflok inwahhlu tabella li tghid: "Malta tistqarr dak li tistqarr il-GB, li tistqarr dak li tistqarr il-USA, li tistqarr dak li jaqbel lil...." Jaf li x-xhieda tinghad li hi intercettazzjoni mill-Izrajel ta' kumunikazzjoni mis-Sirja; nafdahom b'ghajnejja maghluqa, ukoll kieku jisimni Esau. Nghaddilu dar-ricenzjonijiet ta' hawn taht. DT 2013-05-06: "According to the testimonies we have gathered, the rebels have used chemical weapons, making use of sarin gas," del Ponte, a former war crimes prosecutor, said in an interview with Swiss radio late on Sunday. "We still have to deepen our investigation, verify and confirm (the findings) through new witness testimony, but according to what we have established so far, it is at the moment opponents of the regime who are using sarin gas," she added. She stressed that the UN commission of inquiry on Syria, which she is a part of, had far from finished its investigation HAAR 2013-05-05: Former Bush administration official: Israel may be behind use of chemical arms in Syria; Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says Israel may have conducted 'false flag' operation. Describes its government as inept and Netanyahu as 'clueless.'
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There is no doubt about it: Assad is a son of a b.tch, but but so are Al Qaida. Indeed, why does Obama want to fight on Al Qaida's side now? Morsi was ousted because he was friendly with Iran; Syria is too close to Iran, and therefore it has to be eliminated and a good excuse found. Israel especially Netanyaho must be celebrating this week? Remember 'weapons of mass' destruction' today its chemical weapons used by Assad when he is winning the war? I bet its pay back time for the weapons bosses that gave millions to Obama considering that each cruise missile costs millions of dollar? Its not a wonderful world but a cynical world we are living?