POLI 2403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Natural Resource, Sarin, United Nations Global Compact
28 May 2017
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Chemical attacks in syria were discussed tuesday in the sc, focusing on shaming russia. Strong evidence of large sarin gas attack this past week; russia and syria claim syrian airstrikes hit an opposition-held arms depot which stored the gas, and that"s how it got released o. But the components of sarin gas aren"t stored together because they"re unstable o. Most weapons experts agree that any bombing attack on a chemical weapons depot would incinerate the gas instead of releasing it. Conclusion- gas attached to the bombs dropped by the syrian air force. Us, russia, and syrian gov"t are the only ones with airpower in the area; us has not been conducting airstrikes in the area and russians probably to smart to do so- likely the syrian gov"t. Russia blocking proposed resolution in the sc- likely nothing with change cause of. Chemical weapons are classified as war crimes o.
