French Parliament to Hold Emergency Syria Session on Sept 4
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The French parliament will hold an emergency session to debate the Syria crisis on September 4, minister Alain Vidalies said Wednesday.
The announcement comes as France and its allies weigh a potential military intervention in Syria following an alleged chemical weapons attack last week in the Damascus suburbs that the West blames on the regime.
"There will be a special debate in the (lower house) National Assembly and in the (upper house) Senate," said Vidalies, who is in charge of relations between the government and parliament.
It is as yet unclear whether a military operation will take place over last Wednesday's alleged attack -- which Syria's opposition says killed more than 1,300 people -- and if it does, when it will happen.
But under French law, a one-off military intervention does not need parliamentary approval.
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday pledged to "punish" the Syrian regime over the suspected gas attacks, which Damascus defiantly denies being responsible for.
U.S. Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel has said American forces are in place and "ready to go" if ordered to punish the regime of Bashar Assad.
Britain, meanwhile, has called back its lawmakers from their summer holidays to vote on a response to the Syria crisis.
28 August 2013, 14:48
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dont worry southern, the "emergency session" is in one week. after the inflamed speeches of hollande they need to let some time pass before they announce that actually they wont attack syria. because indeed, they wont, simply because they can't afford to. any attack on syria will be met with attacks on saudi oil fields, and the consequences of this would be an explosion of oil price and worldwide economic collapse.
max they will do is a few insignificant strikes to save the face.
28 August 2013, 15:44
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yep, most efficient is to hit them where it hurts: the pocket. and with all that saoudi did against the syrians, most of the hell they have been through they have saudi to thank for, so they wont hold back.
having said that, strikes on israel cannot be excluded either, since they would be the first to benefit from neutralizing syria, they should also be the first to pay. hitting nuclear sites is out of the question though, not only is it immoral, and would rally the entire world on israel's side, but palestinians would be the first to suffer from it (no shelters, emergency plans or iodine tablets for them). there are many other much better targets
