Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 09/19/2013 - 07:07
Paper No. 5564 Dated 19-Sept-2013
Guest Column by Kumar David
The dramatic topic a few weeks ago was whether Obama would strike Syria but the next surprising development was that the US and Russia were close to agreeing on a UN Security Council resolution to strip Syria of its chemical weapons and use force under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter if Syria fails to obey; a 180 degrees turn by both.