A Brazilian investigative journalist says Washington is trying to pass a resolution against Syria which would allow military measures under Charter VII of the UN Charter – similar to the one adopted against Iraq before the March 2003 invasion, Press TV<\/b> reports.\n<\/p>\n
œIn fact they want a resolution very, very similar. It is an Iraqi-style Chapter 7 inbuilt possibility of an attack resolution,” Pepe Escobar told Press TV in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n
He added that such an anti-Syrian bid will not pass the UN Security Council as Russia and China will torpedo the resolution, adding that the US, Britain and France are well aware of this fact.\n<\/p>\n
Escobar further noted that Americans, Britons and the French would ultimately look for a two-step resolution in order to fulfill their anti-Syrian objectives.\n<\/p>\n
œThe only possibility to have a resolution now is to have a nonbinding resolution. Later on, if there is a false flag [operation], if the inspectors are attacked by the rebels for instance, sniper fire, it already happened before, then everybody goes back to the UN Security Council and probably there will be a second resolution,” the Brazilian journalist pointed out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The war rhetoric against Syria gained momentum on August 21, when militants operating inside the country and the foreign-backed Syria opposition claimed that over a thousand people had been killed in a government chemical attack on militant strongholds on the outskirts of Damascus. <\/p>\n
Damascus has repeatedly said the deadly attack was a false-flag operation carried out by the Takfiri groups in a bid to draw in foreign military intervention.\n<\/p>\n
Syria has been gripped by deadly turmoil since 2011. According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people have been killed and millions of others displaced in the violence.\n<\/p>\n
Reports indicate that Western powers and their regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — are supporting the militants operating inside the country.\n<\/p>\n
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