UN Chief: 'No Confirmed Reports' Syrian Govt Preparing to Use Chemical Weapons!

• ‘No confirmed reports’ Syrian govt preparing to use chemical weapons – UN chief! 
  by http://rt.com/
  UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said there are no confirmed reports that Damascus is preparing to use chemical weapons in the ongoing Syrian conflict. The statement comes amid speculation that loyalist forces are loading deadly nerve gas into aerial bombs.
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  ­”Recently we have been receiving alarming news that the Syrian  government may be preparing to use chemical weapons. We have no  confirmed reports on this matter,” Secretary-General Ban said while  visiting Syrian refugee camps in Turkey on Friday, as Haaretz daily quotes him.
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  Ban stressed it would nevertheless be an “outrageous crime”  with wide-reaching consequences if the Syrian government used chemical  weapons against civilians.
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  This week, NBC reported that the Syrian military has loaded the deadly nerve gas Sarin into aerial bombs, which could then be dropped on rebels from Mig-23 or Sukhoi-24 aircraft.
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  ABC News also quoted unnamed American officials as saying that so far, the bombs have not been loaded onto planes. Over the last 48 hours, no major movement has been reported at Syria’s chemical weapons sites.
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  The news prompted comments from Washington, with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton reiterating that the use of chemical weapons would be crossing “a red line.”
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  Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile became a topic of international concern this past July. Syria is reportedly in possession of nerve agents, including mustard gas, as well as the Scud missiles needed to deliver them. The country is one of six states that have not signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, which outlaws their production.
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  Since July, President Bashar Assad’s government has repeatedly stated that chemical weapons will not be used on Syria, but he also has not excluded the possibility they might be deployed in the event of “a foreign attack.” Both Moscow and Washington condemned the possible use of chemical weapons.
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  The proliferation or use of chemical weapons is “unacceptable” to Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said on numerous occasions. Moscow has been pressing Damascus for regular guarantees its chemical weapons stockpiles have not been moved, are properly guarded and will not be used in any conflict.
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