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DAMASCUS: US President Barack Obama has warned Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad it would be a “tragic mistake” to unleash chemical weapons, after Damascus admits it has a stockpile and will use them if attacked.

The warning, a first admission by the Syrian regime that it has weapons of mass destruction, came as regime troops reclaimed to control most of Damascus after a week of heavy clashes.

Fighting was still raging in the country’s second city of Aleppo where rebels claimed to have captured several districts, and activists said at least 52 people, including 24 civilians, were killed in violence across Syria.

At a Damascus news conference Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said Syria has chemical weapons and will use them if attacked by outsiders, though not against its own civilians.

Makdissi’s remarks came amid growing international concern that Damascus is preparing to deploy its chemical arsenal in the repression of a 16-month uprising against the Assad regime.

“Syria will not use any chemical or other unconventional weapons against its civilians, and will only use them in case of external aggression,” Makdissi told reporters.

“Any stocks of chemical weapons that may exist, will never, ever be used against the Syrian people,” he said, adding that in the event of foreign attack, “the generals will be deciding when and how we use them.”

President Obama responded swiftly, warning Assad not to make the “tragic mistake” of deciding to unleash his stockpile of chemical weapons.

“Given the regime’s stockpile of chemical weapons, we will continue to make it clear to Assad and those around him that the world is watching,” Obama told an audience of US veterans in the western US state of Nevada.

“They will be held accountable by the international community and the United States should they make the tragic mistake of using those weapons,” he added.

Israel has also stepped up the rhetoric against Syria, warning it could take military action if any of its advanced weapons end up in the hands of Hezbollah.

Makdissi stressed later in an email that Syria would “never use chemical and biological weapons during the crisis… and that such weapons, if they exist, it is natural for them to be stored and secured.”

A leading Syrian opposition leader warned however that the Assad regime was indeed capable of using chemical weapons.

“A regime that massacres children, that rapes women, can just as well use chemical weapons,” Abdel Basset Sayda told the Anatolia news agency.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the use of chemical arms would be “reprehensible”and stressed “all the countries have an obligation not to use any weapons of mass destruction, whether they are parties or not to any convention or agreement.”

Long Civil War

Meanwhile President Vladimir Putin of Russia, the Syrian regime’s main international ally, warned of a protracted civil war should rebels be allowed to remove Assad from power.

“We are afraid that if the country’s current leadership is removed from power unconstitutionally, then the opposition and today’s leadership may simply change places,” Interfax news agency quoted Putin as saying.

In that case “a civil war will stretch on for who knows how long,” the Russian leader warned.

Syrian spokesman Makdissi said Damascus firmly rejected a demand by the Arab League that Assad step down.

The Arab League had called late Sunday on Assad to “renounce power,”promising he and his family would be offered “a safe exit.”

Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled for neighbouring countries in recent days after violence mounted, particularly in Damascus.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki instructed the country’s forces and the Red Crescent to allow in Syrian refugees, reversing an earlier decision.

On the ground, government forces reclaimed most of Damascus, after a week of heavy fighting with rebels, who remain in the city but are planning a guerrilla strategy, activists and regime sources said.

A security source in Damascus confirmed the city had been reclaimed by government forces.

Elsewhere, rebels and troops clashed violently in Syria’s commercial hub Aleppo, where the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) says a war of “liberation” is also underway.

The regime also used helicopters to pound the central city of Homs, symbol of the uprising, and nearby rebel-held Rastan, activists said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 54 people died in Syrian fighting on Monday, adding to the 19,000 whom the British-based watchdog says have been killed since the uprising began in March 2011.

The European Union on Monday beefed up sanctions against Assad’s regime and agreed to tighten an arms embargo by inspecting vessels and planes suspected of carrying arms, diplomats said.
 
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DAMASCUS: US President Barack Obama has warned Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad it would be a “tragic mistake” to unleash chemical weapons, after Damascus admits it has a stockpile and will use them if attacked.

Syria will be Sent to Stone Age if it uses even one Chemical Bomb . chemical , Biological and atomic Weapons are to Maintain Parity not to be used .
 
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Mr.Obama, please don't make another mistake like what Mr.Bush did with
Iraq. Your stance is going to make Syria, a miserable place.
 
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3600+ post and you still dont give source links mate?

if the assad govt does use chemical weapons ,there will be no stronger reason to invade.
 
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If Syria is attacked by foreign powers it reserves the right to defend itself with whatever means it has, including chemical weapons.
 
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Any military intervention in Syria will mean Iran gets more time.

Catch 22 situation for the West and Israel !
 
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Mr.Obama, please don't make another mistake like what Mr.Bush did with
Iraq. Your stance is going to make Syria, a miserable place.

to the states its not about a mistake . they need a war ever 10 yrs to ensure their defense industry survives. (i know i will get a lot of flack for this comment ) some of those wars were justified some not. think about it from 1920 they have been involved in a conflict almost ever decade.
 
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to the states its not about a mistake . they need a war ever 10 yrs to ensure their defense industry survives. (i know i will get a lot of flack for this comment ) some of those wars were justified some not. think about it from 1920 they have been involved in a conflict almost ever decade.

Many nations were involved.
 
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International thugs know very well how to involve others in their dirty business! We've seen that in Iraq, haven't we?

Hell yeah! Iraq invading Kuwait, North Korea invading South, North Vietnam invading South Vietnam, 9/11, Pearl Harbor, Zimmerman Telegram, etc.
 
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To be fair I think the spokesperson's comment is being deliberately misinterpreted.


Watch from 2:10
 
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Hell yeah! Iraq invading Kuwait, North Korea invading South, North Vietnam invading South Vietnam, 9/11, Pearl Harbor, Zimmerman Telegram, etc.

Hey, hey, the second time Iraq was invaded because Iraq was about to unleash therm o-nuclear weapons upon Washington and London, at least that is what those certified liars said.
 
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I think USA and its allies are the biggest terrorists in the world. They are openly funding, encouraging and arming the Syrian rebels. A ground is being paved for some type of international intervention.

I have no sympathy for any dictator of the Middle East. But this open intervention and setting up a country for invasion must be resisted at every level. Next, it could be us. Then whose side will you be?

US and its allies need a war every few years. They pick and choose which country to attack and stamp their brand of morality on others. This is a despicable action and every sane person, regardless of nationality, must discourage and resist it.
 
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Many nations were involved.

true , true ... having said that one must acknowledged that the US forces were the predominant ones. its a matter of business (while we can debate the morality , on a case to case basis) we cant deny that the US does need a war ever decade .

i feel the Korean conflict , Vietnam war(the initial yrs) and even the first gulf war were totally justified . the others i have me reservations. not bringing up the ww as they were a necessity for the free world to survive.
 
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