The US and Britain are already making war plans pending the outcome of a UN inquiry.
Prospects of Western military intervention in the Syrian crisis yesterday, August 27, 2013 seemed more probable as the US and Britain announced they were already making contingency military plans, BBC reported.
Military chiefs from the United States and its European and Middle East allies yesterday met in Jordan for a council of war on Syria, Reuters news agency said. Meanwhile, the UN inquiry into the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian military on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 on rebel positions on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, was yet to be concluded yesterday.
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, considered recalling Parliament from recess to approve any military action against Syria. Cameron also spoke to a number of foreign leaders, including US President, Barack Obama and his French and German counterparts. Cameron is to chair a meeting of the National Security Council today, August 28, 2013 to discuss potential responses to the Syrian crisis. But Russia, Syria and Iran have all issued strong warnings against any Western military action.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, told reporters on Monday, August 26, 2013 that the West was yet to produce any proof that President Assad's forces used chemical weapons. Russia said attempts to again bypass the Security Council to create groundless excuses for a military intervention will have catastrophic consequences for other countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
In a commentary yesterday, China's Xinhua official news agency said an attack on Syria would be dangerous and irresponsible. It said the world should remember that the Iraq War was started by U.S. allegations of weapons of mass destruction which turned out to be false. A British Conservative Member of Parliament, Adam Holloway, yesterday said any military action in Syria was not in the UK's national security interest and would be "pure foolishness." He said the situation in Syria was not "clear cut," adding that there were "appalling things going on on both sides."
