Obama is asking Congress to approve President lbc london live Barack Obama has formally asked Congress to approve a military attack against Syria. lbc london live The White House sent the tips of the Senate and House of Representatives a draft resolution. In it the President is authorized to a "reasonable" use of the U.S. military in connection with the poison gas attack by the Syrian leadership. The Congress is a week from 9 September vote about it. As a target is referred in the text to prevent in Syria 'use and dissemination of "weapons of mass destruction and the U.S. and its allies to protect against the dangers of these weapons. Further, it means that the support would send by Congress for military action "a clear signal of American resolve." The entire speech of Obama in the video. The "abominable" use of chemical weapons against "innocent Syrians" was a "violation lbc london live of international norms" and a "threat lbc london live to peace and security" in the world. At the same time it means that the conflict in Syria could only be terminated by a "negotiated lbc london live political solution." The U.S. government accused the troops of the Syrian head of state Bashar al-Assad have used in the fight against the rebels chemical weapons. The White House on Friday put intelligence information before the Assad for a poison gas attack lbc london live on 21 August in Damascus blame at least 1429 dead. Among the victims were therefore at least 426 children. Obama had referred to the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict violence a year ago as a "red line." The President declared his willingness to "limited" military action to punish the Syrian leadership for the use of poison gas. Surprisingly, however, he announced to want to first obtain the consent of Congress. In recent decades, U.S. presidents had military operations rarely make the approval by Parliament. Both chambers of Congress are currently in the summer. Obama should be able to count on the consent of the Senate, where his Democrats have the majority. In contrast, a support is dominated by the Republican House of Representatives by no means certain. The House of Representatives will be scheduled only after the return of Deputies on 9 September to deal with the Syria-operation, said the Republican chairman John Boehner. However, the Senate is planning a premature end to the summer break. "The Senate will immediately bring in this crucial debate, starting with public lbc london live hearings and meetings in the coming weeks", said the Democratic majority leader of the congress chamber, Harry Reid, with. No later than a week from 9 September, the Senate will then vote on the resolution on military action. Meanwhile announced, based in The Hague Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW / OPCW) that the laboratory tests for the evaluation of withdrawn by UN experts specimens may take "up to three weeks" to an alleged use of poison gas. Everything was being done "to accelerate the process," they said. Subsequently, the experts would submit its report UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. The UN experts had to figure out the order, whether violent conflict in the Syrian chemical weapons were used - but not by whom. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke of "evidence" that the Assad government is responsible for the poison gas attack. lbc london live Russian President Vladimir Putin called the U.S. accusations "utter nonsense". Iran warned against a military attack against its ally Syria, pointing out that the fighting against Assad rebels possessed chemical weapons. In London, more than a thousand people took to the streets to protest against the announced military intervention in Syria. (AFP) 3.40 clock
Evaluation of poison gas samples lasts three weeks, the laboratory tests for the evaluation of the taken samples of the UN experts to a suspected poison gas attack in Syria could take "up to three weeks." This was announced based in The Hague Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW, English acronym OPCW) late Saturday night in a statement. Everything was being done "to accelerate the process," they said. Subsequently, the experts would submit its report lbc london live Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The UN Chemical Weapons experts had traveled from Syria to neighboring Lebanon on Saturday and were flown from there to board a plane chartered by the federal government lbc london live in the Netherlands. The UN experts had to figure out the order, if chemical weapons were used in the Syrian lbc london live conflict violence, but not by whom. The UN said in New York that it would submit its report to the expert mission only when the samples were analyzed. The OPCW spokesman Michae