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April 8th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Ban has “suggested a supplementary mission allowing the mission to deploy throughout Syrian territory, which is contrary to the demand Syria made to the United Nations,” a Syrian Foreign Ministry official said on Monday, the official SANA news agency reported.
The ministry official said, “Syria cannot accept such maneuvers on the part of the UN secretariat general, bearing in mind the negative role that it played in Iraq… which cleared the way to the American invasion” of that country in 2003.
He added, the Syrian government “regretted” that the UN chief had “given in to pressure from states known for their support of the bloodshed” in Syria.
The official went on to say that Syria had particularly requested “a neutral and honest technical team to visit the village of Khan al-Assal” in the northern province of Aleppo.
Earlier in the day speaking in The Hague, the UN secretary general said that a UN inspection team was in Cyprus and ready to be deployed to Syria to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons there.
“The UN is now in the position to deploy in Syria — in less than 24 hours all logistical arrangements will in place,” Ban stated after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad requested the UN to probe allegations that foreign-sponsored militants had used chemical weapons in the country.
“All we are waiting for is the go-ahead of the Syrian government to determine if any chemical weapons have been deployed,” he added. “We are still in the process of discussing it with the Syrian government.”
The fact-finding team led by Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom was set up at the request of the Syrian government. Damascus had accused foreign-backed militants of using chemical weapons against civilians in Khan al-Assal on March 19.
Syrian media reported that at least 25 people were killed and over 100 injured in the chemical attack.
Anti-government militants have rejected the allegation. They have instead blamed the government for the killings.
On December 17, Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja’afari said in letters to the UN Security Council and the UN secretary general that the foreign-sponsored militants could use chemical weapons against Syrians and try to shift the blame to the government.
Damascus is “genuinely worried” that Syria’s enemies could provide chemical weapons to armed groups “and then claim they had been used by the Syrian government,” Ja’afari stated.
The Syria crisis began in March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of soldiers and security personnel, have been killed in the violence.
The Syrian government says that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants are foreign nationals.
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