Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is seen addressing the House of Commons. PHOTO: REUTERS.
"It would be unthinkable to proceed if there was overwhelming opposition in the (UN) security council," Cameron told the parliament, when asked if Britain would press ahead with action if there was strong opposition at the United Nations.
The British Prime Minister said that though he was convinced the Syrian regime was behind a chemical weapons attack, there was 'no 100% certainty' on the issue. responsibility for Syria chemical attack: British Prime Minister David Cameron told the parliament that he was convinced the Syrian regime was behind a chemical weapons attack, but admitted there was no "100-percent certainty".
Cameron told lawmakers that they had to "make a judgment".
Italy rules out intervention without UN support
The Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta also said on Thursday that Italy would not be joining any military operation against Damascus without authorisation from the United Nations Security Council.
"If the United Nations doesn't back it, Italy will not participate," Letta told Italy's RAI state radio, before adding that Italy fully backed international condemnation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"The international community has to respond strongly to Assad and his regime and to the horrors which have been committed," he said, referring to reported chemical weapons attacks blamed on the Syrian government.
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Should an attack be launched the UN would be well on its way to becoming yet another League of nations
Proof! Who needs proof? Certainly not the Western countries. Starting about the 1600s Britain went around the world stealing, looting and killing anybody who got in their way. Unfortunately, the US, who are controlled by a source I will not name, have taken over from Britain. Let us hope a little sanity will prevail in the Syrian crisis, just for a change.
Interesting title - doubt that many people who actually listen to his speech would agree that was Camerons' messsage
The Bahrain Protocol is being forced on the Mid east. I hope the Russians will finally wake up
@Adil: Bashar is President since 2000,if he hated sunnis,their carnage should have started immediately. Alqaeda & its supporters want it to be a sectarian war instead of movement for civil liberties.
@Adil: 1st fight criminals in Lyari.........Then we will conquer the world.........
British Prime Minister British Prime Minister David Cameron told the parliament that he was convinced the Syrian regime was behind a chemical weapons attack, but admitted there was no “100-percent certainty”. Probably, people on ET's editorial staff like the British Prime Minister so much that they use it twice in a sentence.
Why not Pakistan attack the dictator Asad who is killing innocent civilians in thousands by chemical bomb ? Asad is an atheist with a Alwatie background, we cannot trust both and he hate sunni Mulims and bombing and destroying street by stree and city by city of his own country because he knows he as nothing to loose if he kill or destroy Sunni's. Asad and his thugs should be brought to justice.