07. 2013年9月03日 21:59:43
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Kerry's cosy dinner with Syria's 'Hitler': Secretary of State and the man he likened to German dictator are pictured dining with their wives at Damascus restaurant before civil war broke out
Kerry pictured around a small table with his wife and the Assads in 2009
Assad and Kerry lean in towards each other, deep in conversation
Picture taken in February 2009 when Kerry led a delegation to Syria
Kerry yesterday compared Assad to Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein
By ANTHONY BOND and DAVID MARTOSKO
PUBLISHED: 12:53 GMT, 2 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:04 GMT, 3 September 2013
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An astonishing photograph of John Kerry having a cozy and intimate dinner with Bashar al-Assad has emerged at the moment the U.S Secretary of State is making the case to bomb the Syrian dictator's country and remove him from powerKerry, who compared Assad to Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein yesterday, is pictured around a small table with his wife Teresa Heinz and the Assads in 2009Assad and Kerry, then a Massachusetts senator, lean in towards each other and appear deep in conversation as their spouses look onA waiter is pictured at their side with a tray of green drinks, believed to be lemon and crushed mintScroll down for video
Cosy: This astonishing photograph shows the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife having an intimate dinner with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his wife in 2009
Cosy: This astonishing photograph shows the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife having an intimate dinner with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his wife in 2009
Cosy: This astonishing photograph shows the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife having an intimate dinner with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his wife in 2009
Cosy: This astonishing photograph shows the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife having an intimate dinner with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his wife in 2009
The picture was likely taken in February 2009 in the Naranj restaurant in Damascus, when Kerry led a delegation to Syria to discuss finding a way forward for peace in the regionWhile President Barack Obama has softened his military threat against Syria by putting the question to Congress and guaranteeing at least a week's delay, Kerry remains outspoken about the dangers posed by the Syrian regime
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He said that Assad 'has now joined the list of Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein' in deploying chemical weapons against his own peopleKerry said Sunday that the U.S. now has evidence that sarin nerve gas was used in Syria and that 'the case gets stronger by the day' for a military attackSpeaking out: US Secretary of State John Kerry last week said the U.S. knows 'with high confidence' the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in an attack last week
Speaking out: US Secretary of State John Kerry last week said the U.S. knows 'with high confidence' the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in an attack
Couple: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is pictured with his British-born wife Asma Assad
Couple: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is pictured with his British-born wife Asma Assad
Under pressure: Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, is pictured in a meeting yesterday. Kerry has described him as a ¿thug and murderer¿
Under pressure: Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, is pictured in a meeting yesterday. Kerry has described him as a 'thug and murderer'
During a passionate speech in Washington last Friday, he called Assad a 'thug and murderer,' and urged the world to act. 'History would judge us all extraordinarily harshly if we turned a blind eye to a dictator,' Kerry insistedAnd today in a call to 120 Democratic congressmen Kerry called Assad a 'two-bit dictator'The Obama administration has placed the Syrian chemical weapons death toll on the outskirts of Damascus at 1,429 people - far more than previous estimates - including more than 400 childrenSEVEN MILLION SYRIANS DISPLACED
The head of the U.N. refugee agency in Syria says seven million Syrians, or almost one-third of the population, have been displaced by the country's civil war.
Tarik Kurdi said that five million of the displaced are still in Syria while about 2 million have fled to neighboring countries.
He says two million children are among those directly affected by the war.
Kurdi says U.N. assistance has been a 'drop in the sea of humanitarian need' and that the funding gap is 'very, very wide.' He says international donors have sent less than one-third of the money needed to help those displaced by the war.
More than 100,000 Syrians have been killed since an uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad erupted in 2011Kerry has said he is confident that Congress will give Obama its backing for an attack against Syria, but the former Massachusetts senator also said the president has authority to act on his own if Congress doesn't give its approvalWhile Kerry stopped short of saying Obama was committed to such a course even if lawmakers refuse to authorize force, he did say that 'we are not going to lose this vote.'
Congress is scheduled to return from a summer break on September 9. House Speaker John Boehner has said a vote will likely take place that weekSenator John McCain said on Sunday that Assad will be 'euphoric' about Obama's decision to wait for Congress before scrambling his bombersAnd after a meeting with Obama at the White House today the senator said it would be 'catastrophic' if the vote was lost on the House of Representatives floorThe French parliament could act sooner. A debate is scheduled Wednesday on taking action on Syria, as President François Hollande has come under increasing pressure to seek legislative approval for joining the U.S. in any attackOn Saturday evening, centrist UDI party leader Jean-Louis Borloo insisted that 'like the U.S. president, who decided to consult the U.S. Congress in the name of democratic principles, the French president must organize, after the debate, a formal vote in parliament.'
What was once considered a certain three-pronged attack on Syria from the U.S., France and the UK was reduced to a bilateral affair on Thursday, as Britain's parliament shot down Prime Minister David Cameron’s request for involvement in a strike against AssadA day later, Kerry began flattering France as America's 'oldest ally,' in hopes of ensuring that Paris didn’t follow London’s leadHundreds died in the alleged chemical attacks on Wednesday, including many women and children Horrific: Hundreds died in the alleged chemical attacks, including many women and children
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault now says he will share top-secret intelligence with his nation’s parliament on Wednesday'We are going to give the MPs everything we have – classified until now – to enable every one of them to take on board the reality of this unacceptable attack,' he said MondayElisabeth Guigou, president of the foreign affairs committee in France's National Assembly, said Monday that – told France info: Ayrault planned to show MPs 'evidence the attack took place and that it could only have been the regime who were behind it.'
On Sunday a government source told the French news agency Agence France-Presse that the French will soon make public a trove of documents over the years, showing Syria stockpiling chemical weaponsOne of the loudest critics of the administration's handling of Syria, McCain criticised Obama in an interview on CBS's Face the NationReferring to Obama's famous statement that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would cross a red line, McCain said: 'He didn't say, "It's a red line - and by the way I'm going to have to seek the approval of Congress." He said it was a red line, and that the United States of America would act.'
'That's a big difference,' McCain insisted. 'And that's one of the reasons why this is so problematic.'
The Arizona Republican, whom Obama defeated for the presidency in 2008, said the president asked him to come to the White House on Monday, specifically to discuss Syria.The Prime Minister said the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons on 10 other occasions before the attack that killed up to 1,200 in Damascus last week and warned the world 'should not stand idly by'
Awful: Secretary of State John Kerry said images like these contributed to the U.S. assessment that chemical weapons were used in Syria
Democrats, too, are expressing frustration at Obama's failure to act decisively after his 'red line' speechCharles Rangel, who represents the Harlem section of New York City, said Monday said 'of course it's embarrassing' that the president didn’t act immediately after chemical weapons use was discoveredRangel opposes a Syrian military strike but said Obama's delay on Saturday was also a major embarrassment to Kerry – who had demanded strong action a day earlierIt’s 'unheard of,' Rangel said on MSNBC, that a president would allow the world to see him issuing an empty threat'So of course it's embarrassing, I wish it didn't happen, ' he said. '
'I guess Secretary Kerry is even more embarrassed than me after making his emotional speech that this was urgent.'
Tension:
Tension: President Bashar Assad will be 'euphoric' about Obama's decision to wait for Congress over Syria, according to Sen. John McCain
Firm:
Firm: Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said evidence of alleged chemical weapons use by the Syrian regime presented to Moscow by the U.S. and its allies is 'absolutely unconvincing'
Obama is hoping Congress's most intractable foreign policy hawks will help sell the idea of U.S. military intervention in Syria to a nation already deeply scarred by more than a decade of war in the Middle EastHaving announced over the weekend that he will seek congressional approval for military strikes against the Assad regime, the Obama administration is now trying to rally support among Americans and their elected representativesObama's meeting with McCain is meant to quell fears that Obama isn't doing enough to punish Assad's government for the presumed sarin gas attack in the Damascus suburbs last monthBut some Republican and Democratic lawmakers don't want to see military action at allObama's turnabout on Syria sets the stage for the biggest foreign policy vote in Congress since the Iraq warOn Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. received new physical evidence in the form of blood and hair samples that shows sarin gas was used in the August 21 attack'We know that the regime ordered this attack,' he said. 'We know they prepared for it. We know where the rockets came from. We know where they landed. We know the damage that was done afterwards.'
Crisis talks: President Obama and Vice-President Biden meet with Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan Rice to discuss Syria on Sunday
Crisis talks: President Obama and Vice-President Biden meet with Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan Rice to discuss Syria on Sunday
Debate: The President meets national security advisers to discuss possible military action
Debate: The President meets national security advisers to discuss possible military action
Kerry's assertion coincided with the beginning of a forceful administration appeal for congressional supportOn Capitol Hill, senior administration officials briefed lawmakers in private to explain why the U.S. must actObama, Vice President Joe Biden and White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough also made calls to individual lawmakersClassified meetings have been planned for this week. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans a to hear from Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday
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08. 2013年9月03日 22:03:25
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女王にも謁見http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-151701/President-Assad-meets-Queen.html
President Assad meets Queen Syrian president Bashar Assad was meeting the Queen today, after publicly rebuffing a call from Tony Blair to shut down Palestinian terror organisations operating in his countryFollowing an audience with the Queen, on day three of his visit to Britain, Mr Assad was meeting the Prince of Wales as well as opposition leaders Iain Duncan Smith and Charles KennedyAfter talks with the Prime Minister in Downing Street yesterday, Mr Assad insisted that there were no Palestinian terrorists in Syria - simply "press officers""Of course we don't have in Syria what are called organisations supporting terrorism. We have press officers," he told a joint news conference"These press officers represent Palestinians who live in Syria and Palestinians who live in Palestine"These officers express the opinions of Palestinians inside Palestine and outside Palestine. Palestinians have a right to have someone to express their opinion"In our country they are called press officers. They are not called terrorist organisations."
Earlier Foreign Office Minister Mike O'Brien had expressed the Government's concern at continuing the presence in Syria of offices of "rejectionist" groups like Hamas and Islamic JihadBut despite the disagreement on the issue of the Palestinian groups, the talks appeared to have gone more smoothly than Mr Blair's visit to Damascus last year when he was harangued by Mr Assad over the Middle East peace processMr Assad, on his first official visit to Britain, said that they had agreed on most "basic issues" and spoke of his "warm personal relations" with Mr BlairThe Prime Minister acknowledged there had been "obvious and clear" differences between them, but said that the "process of engagement" with Syria was "the right way forward"On Iraq, Mr Assad, who opposes military intervention, said that so far there appeared to have been "good co-operation" from the Iraqis with the United Nations weapons inspectorsHe said he was "optimistic" that conflict could be averted"We hope this co-operation will continue until this crisis is resolved peacefully," he saidMr Blair said British officials were still studying Iraq's declaration of its remaining weapons of mass destruction programmes which was submitted to the UN on December 7 and awaiting the report of the chief weapons inspector Hans Blix"The inspectors should be allowed to carry out their work. We have made it clear that if there is a breach (of the UN resolution), then action should follow," he saidIn the Commons later Mr Blair announced that he had invited leading Palestinians to London next month to discuss reform of the Palestinian AuthorityThe aim is to ensure that if American-brokered peace talks do achieve a breakthrough, the Palestinian Authority will be sufficiently strengthened to take on its allotted role"It is in the interests of both the Palestinians and Israelis that these reform efforts succeed, so that we can make a reality of President Bush's vision of two states - Israel and Palestine -living side by side in peace and security," he saidRepresentatives of the US, the UN, the European Union and Russia will also attend the talks along with officials from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and JordanThe exact date and venue for the meeting - which will be chaired by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw - have yet to be decidedMr Straw said the meeting with leading Palestinians in London next month would be "medium level" but "a step in the right direction"He told Channel 4 News: "There are some obvious practical difficulties, to put it mildly, about all the leadership of the Palestinians coming to London"But we nonetheless think that this is a useful contribution to a process of reform of the Palestinian Authority, of Palestinian institutions, which is essential, first of all to improve the conditions of the Palestinians at present"When there is a ceasefire and a better future for the Palestinians as there will have to be, then improvements in their institutions will be of paramount importance to delivering to the Palestinian people the new expectations for their future which will have been generated."
Mr Straw said there was no pretence that Britain saw eye to eye with Syria on everything, but added: "As a result of the kind of active diplomacy ... in which we have been engaged with Syria, we are much closer together and there's a much better common understanding."
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