UN 'has evidence' the Syrian rebels NOT government troops used chemical weapons

Syria: Carla Del Ponte shock, "rebels have used chemical weapons"
AGI
May 5, 2013

(AGI) - Rome, May 5 - The source and authoritative: Carla del Ponte, the former prosecutor of the Swiss magistrate International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 1999 to 2007, states that the United Nations has the evidence - so far - to use "chemical weapons", starting from lethal "sarin gas" in Syria were insurgents and not men loyal to the regime of Bashar al Assad. Then to cross the impassable limit (the "red line") has mentioned more 'times Barack Obama, threatening reaction if using chemical weapons had been Assad, would have been the opposition forces.

He said the microphones of the RSI (Swiss Italian Radio dela) Del Ponte, a member of the UN Commission investigating the war crimes committed in Syria.

"According to the testimonies we collected the rebels have used chemical weapons, using sarin gas" , Del Ponte said adding, however, 'that "the investigation is far from being concluded."

"Our investigations will have to be further examined, tested and proven through new witnesses but as far as we could determine, at the moment are only opponents of the regime to have used the gas (sarin) sarin" said Carla Del Ponte, according to which only the investigation, still in progress, will determine if the Damascus government has or not, used such weapons.

Del Ponte said that the evidence has been collected by "investigators", UN, "on the spot in the neighboring countries, which have questioned the various victims of hospitals and physicians." The former Swiss prosecutor says he, "last seen in a report last week that there are concrete suspicions, if not yet conclusive evidence, and that 'was used sarin gas, for how victims were treated," and, "and this usage 'was made by the opponents of the rebels ... and not by the authorities' government." Del Ponte pointing the finger but 'not on anti-Assad Syrians but against the fringes Qaedist stressing that, "the fact is not surprising because' in the opponents have infiltrated foreign fighters."

WE ARE THE ALIBI FOR THE COMMUNITY 'INTERNATIONAL

The UN commission of inquiry on Syria, and 'only' an alibi for the community 'international', for its inaction.

This is the bitter complaint of Del Ponte, who believes that in order not to drop into the void crimes - from all parties - in more than two years of conflict, you need the 'community' International and Security Council (UN) decide that the permanent court (the International Criminal Court in The Hague, ed) take on these cases. "

Del Ponte 'then convinced that in order to silence the weapons serve an agreement between, "the United States and Russia (Assad's main ally on the Security Council)." "If (Washington and Moscow), they will agree we could have peace, unfortunately not 'happened yet but a little hope there'," said Del Ponte.

Additional:
-- UN notes 'concrete suspicions' that Syrian rebels used chemical weapons - RT News
-- See for Yourself: Syrian Government Likely Did Not Use Chemical Weapons - Washington   
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UN 'observers' arrive in Syria for 'supervising mission' AKA regime change & occupation forces

United Nations team arrives in Syria for new ‘supervising’ mission
Al Arabiya
Thursday, 05 April 2012

Major-General Mood (R) will head the planning team that has arrived in Damascus to discuss the modalities of the eventual deployment of a U.N. supervision and monitoring mission. (Reuters)

A United Nations team dispatched by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Damascus on Thursday in a bid to lay out plans for the eventual deployment of observers in the crisis-wrecked country.

The team headed by Norwegian general Robert Mood, a Middle East specialist, plan to meet Syrian authorities to discuss “the modalities of the eventual deployment of the U.N. supervising mission,” Annan’s spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said.

Annan had told the Security Council on Monday that it should consider whether to send a mission to monitor events in Syria, where activists say more than 10,000 people have been killed in a brutal crackdown against protesters since March 2011...

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Finally some justice from the U.N. against Israel

The UN called the Israeli raid on the Gaza flotilla 'excessive,' the inquiry panel set up says Israel should pay compensation for 2010 attack on aid vessels but says the Gaza blockade is legal.

UN calls Israeli raid on flotilla 'excessive'
Aljazeera
September 1, 2011

A United Nations-mandated inquiry into a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish-led aid flotilla to Gaza in 2010 says Israel's action was "excessive", according to extracts published Thursday by the New York Times.

The report, which has not yet been officially released amid a dispute between Israel and Turkey, says that Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is legal, however.

Eight Turkish nationals and an American man of Turkish descent died in the May 31, 2010, raid.

"Israel's decision to board the vessels with such substantial force at a great distance from the blockade zone and with no final warning immediately prior to the boarding was excessive and unreasonable," the inquiry says.

Hamas, which controls Gaza, said the inquiry into the flotilla aid bound for Gaza was "unjust" and lacked balance.

'Acted recklessly'

The UN investigation into the events on the Turkish-flagged ship known as the Mavi Marmara, the largest of six vessels that were commandeered by Israeli commandos on May 31, 2010, was headed by Sir Geoffrey Palmer, a former prime minister of New Zealand, aided by Álvaro Uribe, the former Colombian president, along with a representative each from Israel and Turkey.

It said, however, that the six-vessel flotilla "acted recklessly in attempting to breach the naval blockade" set up by Israel around Gaza.

The inquiry called for Israel to make "an appropriate statement of regret" for the raid and pay compensation to the families of the dead as well as to injured victims.

Turkey and Israel should resume full diplomatic relations "repairing their relationship in the interests of stability in the Middle East," the report says.

Turkish demand

Turkey has demanded an apology from Israel for the raid, but Binyamin Netanyahu's government has refused several times to make such a gesture.

Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, told the Hurriyet daily: "If Israel does not apologise and does not declare a willingness to financially compensate the families of the dead and those injured, Turkey will
put in place certain sanctions."

Publication of the report has been delayed several times because of the diplomatic tensions between the two sides.

The report has not yet been handed over to Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, who is to decide the official publication date.

A UN spokesman said the report was expected to be handed over in the coming days.