In a written appeal to US President Barack Obama, Syrian Supreme Military Council leader General Salim Idris calls for international support to protect the Syrian people and rid the world of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Dear Mr. President,
As your administration has recently concluded,the Assad regime used chemical weapons against opposition forces and the civilian population in Syria on at least three separate occasions in recent weeks. These are unassailable facts. The Regime’s history of desensitizing the international community to its gradual use of internationally banned weapons has led me to the alarming conclusion that these incidents are but a prelude to a larger and more systematic deployment of chemical weapons as part of Assad’s military strategy. CONTINUE READING