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Cameron, allies forced to delay strike against Syria

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Published 29 August 2013, updated 30 August 2013

Prime Minister David Cameron was forced yesterday (28 August) to push back his plans for an imminent military strike against Syria in a humiliating climb-down for Britain's leader after coming under fierce domestic and international pressure.

Just a day after recalling Britain's parliament to vote on how to respond to Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons, Cameron was ambushed when the opposition Labour party said it wanted greater parliamentary scrutiny and rebel lawmakers in his own ruling Conservative party said they would oppose him.

Earlier on Wednesday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had sought more time for inspectors to complete their work, Russia had said it was premature for air strikes and tabled a UN resolution, and the Labour party had made it clear it wanted clear proof that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons.

Cameron's failure to execute his original plan of action could hamper efforts by the United States to deliver a swift cruise missile strike against Syria as early as this week, potentially harming London's alliance with Washington.

Blair’s legacy

Inspired by the legacy of public mistrust left behind by former Prime Minister Tony Blair's contested decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, Labour leader Ed Miliband and some rebel Conservatives used the prospect of a government defeat in parliament to force Cameron to delay action.

After hours of impromptu negotiations between Cameron's political managers and the opposition, his office agreed that the United Nations Security Council should see findings from chemical weapons inspectors before it responded militarily.

"The United Nations Security Council must have the opportunity immediately to consider that briefing (from inspectors) and ... every effort should be made to secure a Security Council Resolution backing military action before any such action is taken," a British government motion to be debated in parliament on Thursday said.

Britain had previously declined to say it would wait for a UN report before launching military action.

But on Wednesday  it promised parliament would be given a second vote before Britain committed to direct military action, rather than the single vote - on Thursday - it had initially promised.

"A watered-down motion is better than a defeat for the government," said Andrew Bridgen, a Conservative lawmaker who opposed immediate military action, told the BBC.

"The motion ... will not allow military action. We need hard evidence" to sanction military action.

UK lawmakers will still debate Britain's response to the chemical attack in Syria today after Cameron cut short his holiday, recalled Parliament, and rushed back to London to chair a meeting of the National Security Council.

Public support for action is fragile. A YouGov poll published showed 50% of the British public opposed a missile strike on Syria, with just 25% in favour of it.

Syria prepares for attack

Meanwhile, Syria appears to have evacuated most personnel from army and security command headquarters in central Damascus in preparation for a Western military strike, residents and opposition sources said on Wednesday.

Army units stationed near the capital have confiscated several trailer trucks, apparently to transport heavy weaponry to alternative locations, though no significant movement of military hardware has been reported, possibly due to heavy fighting near major highways, one of the sources added.

EurActiv.com with Reuters

COMMENTS

  • to speak of 'Anglo-France' as a unified body in terms of foreign policy has an air of complete dillusion about it... There are in fact no other two EU nations that disagree as much on foreign policy as France and Britain do.

    Nevertheless, your comment is highly entertaining, my dear 'Journalist'. Please keep the comments coming.

    "Anglo-French Politicians, who are Vampires who have an Insatiable Lust for Blood."

    Brilliant! :)

    By :
    M. K.
    - Posted on :
    29/08/2013
  • After we look at what the Countries of England and France have signed over 100 years ago, which is called Entente Cordiale, then we will see this Alliance of Anglo-France at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entente_cordiale.

    Furthermore, England's Unofficial Secret Puppet Colony of America is next to the Anglo-French Colony of Canada, which is a Puppet of the English Empire, but only because of the Anglo-French Alliance, and Canada is a Member of the English Commonwealth of Nations.

    If France and England at times appear to Disagree with each other, then, Most Times it is an Act Only to Deceive other Nations, with the hope of Strengthening Anglo-France at the expense of other Countries, including European Union Countries, and NATO Countries.

    England had to have one Ally in Europe, and it was not going to be Germany, as we saw from the 2 World Wars, which happened after the signing of the Entente Cordiale.

    If anyone found my comment Entertaining, then they have a sick and macabre sense of humour, and those People would think that being Vampires who have an Insatiable Lust for Blood is Brilliant, because that is how Vampires think.

    My opinion is that there could be Anglo-French Agents on the Orders of their Superiors who may want others not to think of Building 7, and how the American Vampires under English Orders Schemed the 11 September 2001 attacks of America, because of having an Insatiable Lust for Blood, and they thought their Work was Brilliant, because of the 9/11 attacks themselves, but also by the fact that they blamed someone else.

    I am convinced that People who read my other comment; either watched all those Videos, or they Know that it is True, because otherwise, they would have tried to Deceive People.

    England and France also have Colonies in Africa, and we know that Vietnam was once a French Colony, and France was losing its Colony of Vietnam, and the English Empire tried to regain Vietnam for France.

    England did not want to be seen as helping France, and so England Ordered its Unofficial Puppet Colony of America, and England's Official Puppet Colony of Australia to try to regain Vietnam for France.

    England did this because it did not want the World to think that Vietnam was really about Recolonisation.

    There is a Video from a Journalist that is Titled: Lies and Disinformation on the Road to War http://www.activistpost.com/2013/08/lies-and-disinformation-on-road-to-war.html , and What this teaches us, is that Truth, even Obvious Truth, has no Place with most of the Anglo-French Politicians, who are Vampires, and who have an Insatiable Lust to Murder People.

    It is Obvious that some People have no Consciences, because they are Selfish and Only Care about Themselves, and so they do not concern themselves with what Other Human Beings need, even if it something free like speaking honestly, and setting the record straight, and I know that the CIA has shown my other Comment to all of the American Establishment, because I published my comment on a Website that that CIA and the American Establishment Monitors at the Activist Post Website, where you can see my comment among others at http://www.activistpost.com/2013/08/us-will-take-action-in-syria-regardless.html#comment-form .

    Americans need to know who Obama represents, and is it the American People who cannot give him a lifelong Supply of Vaccines against Genetically Engineered Lethal Viruses, or is it the Anglo-French Plutocrats who have been Vaccinated against Genetically Engineered Lethal Viruses.

    This is why Many People think that President Barack Obama should go on National Television, and tell the World that 9/11 was done by sections of the American Establishment, and he should do this willingly, and not under compulsion, because this would be damaging to the Vital Work of unwinding the Evil Anglo-American Empire that France relies upon, and even though it may prove that Obama may need to be prodded and nagged to do this, by Constantly writing and rewriting without letup to All American Politicians, and to the Vaccinated American Main Stream Media, because Nagging WORKS.

    The following sentences is what People should send Anonymously to America Politicians, to their Families, Friends, and Neighbours, and it can be put in People's Letterboxes, and left on Buses, and at Shopping Centres, and wherever People are.

    President Obama should do the following on September 11 of this year of 2013, to prove that the President and Congress represent and work for the Citizens of America, rather than for the Vaccinated Sections of the American Establishment, and this sentence and the following sentences should be sent to Everyone and to Everywhere.

    We all know that England and America, are Highly Advanced with regards to Genetically Engineered Lethal Viruses that can kill 99 % of the Earth Population in less than a week, and we know that Many American Main Stream Journalists have been Vaccinated, and this is Why they Lie for the Evil Anglo-American Empire.

    What I need as a Human Being, is for President Barack Obama to go on National Television, and tell the World on 11 September 2013, that the 11 September 2001 attacks on America, were done by sections of the Vaccinated American Establishment.

    Furthermore, President Obama should tell the World that America lied about the Innocent Slobodan Milosovic, the Innocent Serbian People, and that there was no humanitarian Crisis in Kosovo, because of Slobodan Milosevic or the Serbian People, and that America invented these Lies, because America wanted to start a War, and that The Hague Tribunal is a Sham Court that Convicts the Innocent, and Acquits the Guilty Allies of England and America, and Whitewashes England's and America's War Crimes, and Crimes against Humanity.

    As a Human Being, I need this, and so does the Rest of the World, because then I might know that we could possibly both live on this Planet, because otherwise sections of the American Vaccinated Establishment by means President Barack Obama are saying that this Planet may not be BIG Enough for the 2 of us, and then at a Minimum, one of us might have to die under these Circumstances.

    The Anglo-American Establishment has made such a Mess of handling the Economy, that they may think that using the Genetically Engineered Lethal Viruses is how to Best Manage this matter.

    This should not been seen as a Threat to Anyone, but it is my Opinion that sections of the Anglo-American Establishment, who I believe have been Vaccinated against Genetically Engineered Lethal Viruses, may Decide that they want to use them on the Human Race.,,

    By :
    Journalist
    - Posted on :
    30/08/2013
  • The True Story of Syria is that Anglo-France wanted a Regime Change in Syria, and so they Funded and Supported Foreign Mercenary Terrorists to try to Overthrow the Legitimate Government of Syria.

    This Criminal Action that is against International Law has caused the Deaths of 100,000 Men, Women, and Children, and has created 1,000,000 Refugees, along with much Damage to Private Property and Government Infrastructure.

    This has greatly harmed the Syrian Economy, because Anglo-France are Twisted and Nasty, and so it wants to Continue being Twisted and Nasty, because that is who they are.

    We have no way of believing Denials by Anglo-France, that one of their Several True Intentions are to damage the World Economy.

    Anglo-America has been spying on the Entire World, and the United Nations Experts know that they can either be Bribed or Intimidated to go along with Anglo-France's Lying Script.

    Anglo-France have not been able to topple the Legitimate Syrian Government after more than 2 years of these Tactics, and so Anglo-France have Invented this Lie that the Syrian Government has used chemical weapons; whereas, the Facts are that if chemical weapons were used, then it was Supplied by Anglo-France, and it was done on the Orders of Anglo-France, and People are asking as to the timing of these things.

    We know that September 11 is coming up soon, and so the American Government is Keen as Ever to Deceive People that those Attacks were not Conducted by American Establishment.

    There are Many American Experts who know that 9/11 was not done by Foreigners, but by American Establishment at http://www.911truth.org/ , and http://www.ae911truth.org/ , and http://www.youtube.com/user/ae911truth .

    If we look at the Video of the Collapse of Buiding 7, which was not hit by a plane or anything else, then we can see that this was a typical Controlled Demolition at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqG6v7KZ_s8 .

    What this teaches us, is that Truth, even Obvious Truth, has no Place with most of the Anglo-French Politicians, who are Vampires who have an Insatiable Lust for Blood.

    The Only Concerns of most of the Anglo-French Politicians is to Lie, to Cheat on their Taxes, to Accept Bribes, to be Criminals, and to Murder as Many People that they can, while Falsely Claiming to be Pure, with the help of the Bribed and Corrupt Western Main Stream Media.

    Anglo-France knew that they were Lying when they said that action was needed to protect civilians in Kosovo, and the Documentary Titled: It Began With a Lie at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pujC5qlujiA , and the Video: Michael Savage exposes Bill Clinton's lies against the Serbian people, and it starts at the 2 minute mark of this short Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCCBL4WcmE .

    By :
    Journalist
    - Posted on :
    30/08/2013
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Background: 

Hundreds of people died in a Damascus suburbs from a chemical weapons attack on 21 August, which appeared to be the worst since Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein fatally gassed thousands of Kurds in 1988.

>> Read: EU urges ‘immediate’ probe on Syria chemical attacks More than 60,000 people have been killed since a peaceful pro-democracy movement which surfaced in Syria in March 2011 turned into a full-scale armed revolt against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. It has now become a sectarian conflict that analysts say could destabilise neighbouring states.

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