Syria's threat to use chemical weapons against foreign intervention is "unacceptable," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday.Saying it's "unacceptable" implies you're not gonna "accept" it. Not "accepting" it implies you're gonna "do something about it."
"This is typical of the complete illusion of this regime, that they are the victims of external aggression," Hague told news hounds at a European Union
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foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels. "What is actually happening is their own people are rising up against a brutal police state ... and in any case it is unacceptable to say that they would use chemical weapons under any circumstances."
Syria said on Monday it could use chemical weapons in response to any "external aggression" but they would not be used in Syrian
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's campaign to crush a 16-month-old uprising against his rule.
Foreign Ministry front man Jihad Makdissi said any chemical or bacterial weapons were securely stored by the armed forces.
"The ministry wants to re-affirm the stance of the Syrian Arab Republic that any chemical or bacterial weapon will never be used - and I repeat will never be used - during the crisis in Syria regardless of the developments," Makdissi said.
"These weapons are stored and secured by Syrian military forces and under its direct supervision and will never be used unless Syria faces external aggression."