Intervention in Syria would be 'tragic mistake', warns Russia:
Russia said that the West would be making a "tragic mistake" by launching military strikes on its ally Syria as the international community headed for a repeat of the bitter diplomatic showdowns that preceded military action in Iraq and Kosovo.
Moscow warned the West not to pre-empt the work of the United Nations inspection team that is due to investigate last week's alleged chemical attack.
A Russian foreign ministry spokesman drew parallels with the US-led overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to justify its stance – a comparison rejected by Britain and America.
"All this is reminiscent of events from a decade ago, when the United States bypassed the UN and used fallacious information on the presence in Iraq of weapons of mass destruction to launch an adventure, the consequences of which are known to all."
But Western officials rejected those parallels, emphasising that they believed there was overwhelming evidence that Bashar al-Assad's forces had used chemical weapons in a deadly attack on a Damascus suburb.
But President Barack Obama seems increasingly likely to authorise targeted US cruise missile strikes against key Syrian military and command and control facilities.
He convened a rare Saturday meeting of all his top national security officials for three hours at the White House, followed by a 40-minute telephone call with David Cameron, the Prime Minister.
Although a senior Obama aide said that the president had not yet authorised a response, there are strong moves within the Administration to order Tomahawk cruise missile strikes from four US Naval ships now stationed in the eastern Mediterranean. US aircraft flying outside Syrian airspace could also be used to fire airborne rockets.
Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, meanwhile, called for an "international attempt to take out all the chemical weapons in Syria".
The Obama administration is looking at the 1999 Nato air war in Kosovo as a precedent for launching military strikes without UN backing. On that occasion, despite Russian and Chinese opposition, Western governments cited their responsibility to protect a civilian population as grounds for its bombing campaign.
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