Lahham Message to French Parliament: Aggression on Syria Illegal

DAMASCUS,(ST)_ Speaker of the Syrian parliament Mohammed Jihad al-Lahham   stressed that the misleading media campaign against Syria is similar to the allegations that prompted many deputies from a number of Western countries to ratify the allegations about the existence of chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction in Iraq .

In two identical  letters  he addressed yesterday to the President of the French Senate Jean-Pierre Bel and the President of the French National Assembly Claude Bartolon,  Lahham indicated  that  in spite of the tragedies that have occurred previously in Iraq, some want another war to  destroy secular  Syria, a matter which  will lead to an explosion of sectarian conflict in the whole region and thereby increasing  humanitarian  suffering .

He indicated that  that such aggression against Syria would be illegal because,  Syria is a sovereign country and does not constitute any threat to the French Republic, adding that such aggression  is not approved by the UN Security Council in addition to the UN report on the terrible incident in Damascus countryside  have not composed yet.

He explained that the UN has  actually reached a definitive evidence that terrorists, fundamentalists  of ” al-Nusra  Front ” used chemical weapons against the Syrian soldiers and innocent civilians .

“When  you attack people without any legal evidence you hold these people equals to the  criminals who used chemical weapons,  while some  Western circles support Wahhabis and fanatics  terrorists  who were accused by the UN  of committing the crime, in a  violation of your  basic principles without which it is impossible to achieve justice ,” Lahham said,  adding that those  who are responsible for this attack against Syria will appear before your court  and peoples courts , because the Syrians are the victims of this aggression.

He added that each  French deputy encourages this aggression or demands it  will bear  the humanitarian responsibility  for all the losses and destruction that will be suffered by individuals , families and the whole of Syrian society,  calling for the need to realize the moral  and humanitarian  responsibility of the  human losses resulting from such aggression .

He continued that  the  Western intervention in Iraq dragged chaos and calamity to it and that  that adventure of  President Sarkozy put Libya on the track , noting ” if you do the same thing in Syria, your  hands will be stained with the blood of thousands of Syrians .

He pointed out that Syria fully  cooperates  with the UN  and  is involved   in the official investigation about what happened, noting that the Syrian experts are also  investigating crimes committed against the  Syrian people .

” We,  the Syrian Parliamentarians are determined to get  the  truth and to bring all these criminals to justice , regardless of who they were , ” Lahham stressed,  calling not to rush in implementation of a  reckless criminal act because ”   it is your authority  to  move the French Republic  from the  path to war to that of  diplomacy .

” Instead of fighting us , we  should work together for the full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions 1373 and 1624 against terrorism, rather than to become  enemies we should be allies so that we proceed  together towards  peace, truth and reconciliation.” He underscored.

He went on that  the  French Republic is famous  of its deeply rooted  democracy , which is considered a  role model , reminding of   the French  soldiers who were killed and wounded in Afghanistan ,  to thousands of American  and British soldiers who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan , not to mention  the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi casualties during the war and chaos that occurred after that , as well as tens of thousands of Libyans who were  killed because of French participation in the aggression against Libya.

Al-Lahham  invited  the French parliamentarians to visit Syria to find out what is really happening .  ” Visiting  Syria will avail  you the opportunity to know facts  before making a decision , especially that the matter is pertinent  to  the life and death of thousands of people “.

T. Fateh