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Post by bot on Aug 30, 2013 12:17:24 GMT -5
Syria foreign minister denies chemical attacks MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, denied on Tuesday that his government had used chemical weapons on its citizens, according to the BBC. His comments come in response to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who said late Monday that there was no doubt chemical weapons had been used by the government against rebels. Al-Moallem told a news conference that if military action was taken against Syria, it would be on the basis of groundless and false information. "They said the Syrian forces were the ones who carried out his attack. I deny this utterly and completely to [US Secretary of State John] Kerry," he said. "There is no country in the world that uses a weapon of ultimate destruction against its own people." Separately, Russia and China stepped up a warning against military intervention in Syria, saying it would have "catastrophic consequences" for the region, the BBC reported.
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