18.04.16 News Zero Ichimen - Syria Strike 2018 - Sakurai Sho [English translation]

[arashitranslation]

Here is a building in Damascus, the capital of Syria, which is claimed by countries such as the US to be a "facility for chemical weapon research".

After the air strike, the building was gone with no trace.


On the 7th April, the Assad Regime of Syria used chemical weapons to kill residents there,
in response to this, air strikes were carried out which was led by the US.


The US together with the UK and France fired in total 105 cruise missiles.
They announced that they “hit all” the targeted facilities.

In fact the situation of Syria underwent a drastic change over the past year.

In the civil war of Middle East Syria that continues from 2011…

the "Assad Regime" is supported by Russia and Iran,
the “dissidents” are supported by the US and Saudi Arabia.
And, the US also supported the “Kurdish Forces”.
And then, the extremist “Islamic State”.
These four parties had wars, in autumn last year, the Islamic State lost all its main bases and became almost destroyed.

And then President Trump showed a “passive attitude” hinting withdrawal from Syria.
On the other hand, the "Assad Regime", with the continuous strong support of Russia, is in overwhelming dominance.
Now, the “dissidents” are chased to be in a very adverse situation.

Under these circumstances, this time, the “chemical weapon” that became the basis of the strike is cheaper than nuclear weapon, and is easy to make, so it is also called the “nuclear weapon of the poor”.

According to the experts, in the western countries, poison gas was used in the First World War and the Nazi Holocaust.
It is said that the countries “are very sensitive towards chemical weapons” because it caused a great sacrifice to the general public.

Also in Japan from 1994 to 1995, there was terrorist attacks by Aum Shinrikyo using chemical weapons.

The extremely toxic “sarin” and “VX gas” used at that time were originally developed as chemical weapons.

In order to eliminate the chemical weapons which would bring miserable results once used, the “Chemical Weapons Convention” came into effect in 1997.

192 countries in this world become parties to the Convention, including for certain Japan, the US, Russia, as well as Syria which is suspicious of having chemical weapons.
(※ As in February, 2018)

The Convention aims for the “total elimination” of chemical weapons with a wide-range “total prohibition” covering not only “usage” but also “development”, “production”, “stockpiling” of chemical weapons etc.

Furthermore, there is the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW,
which strictly inspects the member states to ensure the Convention is properly adhered to.
Currently, OPCW inspection team enters Syria, the inspection on "whether chemical weapons have really been used" is going to be conducted.

Source: News Zeroイチメン (http://www.ntv.co.jp/zero/ichimen/2018/04/2018.html)

Comments

[roo_kie]

Thank you so much!!!
Sakurai-sa X war = please don't make it happen
This Ichimen is something I don't want Sakurai-san to say.
when He reporting about North and south Korea is something we know the truth about the weapon.
But about Syria is there is no prove about it....