and frogs security experts believe that qatar's initiative is. not as innocent as it may first appear security services perfectly know that cats are as a dual strategy on one hand and culture as a purely economy strategy to find all the sectors to invest in and to make money the other strategy has got there is religiously and geo politically driven it to mean that it's subject to explain radical islamism is means one how business in north africa in the middle east in central asia as well in southeast asia and to develop such a strategy to get our allies the western world to keep it sounds pretty nationalist forces say the developing suburbs is only a cover up for investment into radical islamic groups that i was investing against they've been regime even a small market and he was not the best guy actually interfering now we have a civil war involving a lot of islamist presence as in syria today we know that is investing in. this group and arming them so all. of it not so good so good partner for us and stories like that of mohamed merah a shooter

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culprits however iran is in the top five carbon emitters at the recent climate change conference to qatar the kyoto protocol was extended but carbon emitters as the united states russia and china chose to opt out iranian why is president mohamed these are this that he's country championed the extension backed by dozens of other nations. mr mohammad is a dan welcome to the show but i'm going to be first off as we've just heard a few days ago qatar hosted koppel eighteen the. eighteen's conference of the parties of the un framework convention on climate change the conference made

some 25,000 people are expected to attend the conference in qatar. most of them will fly there, generating around 130-thousand tons of co2. that means each participant will generate as much carbon dioxide as a resident of mali produces in five years! in doha, the participants will take buses, taxis and limousines to the conference center. the city is planning to use energy-efficient vehicles, but they'll still produce an estimated 200 tons of co2. and large amounts of electricity will be needed during the 12-day conference itself -- for lighting and air conditioning, for example. that's another 3500 tons of co2. then there's the refreshments served during breaks. and in the evening, the participants will dine in doha's restaurants and hotels. meat, coffee, wine -- it all has to be produced and prepared, and that adds up to another 800 tons of c02. the overnight stays at the hotel, with air conditioning, hot water for showers and fresh towels every day -- that's another 1800 tons co2. summing up, the twelve-day climate summit in qatar will cause a who

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now the resource rich state of qatar has been pouring millions of dollars into the french economy the arab country says it wants to aid small businesses and help rebuild impoverished neighborhoods but as artie's. now reports the gulf states investment is being met with suspicion. france is already no stranger to qatari dollars fans of parisian football club present your man cannot believe their luck ever since middle east and shakes invested into the team they've bought world class players and hired a top coach now this small business owner hopes he can also have a slice of the pie and huge economic crisis financing from governments are. too big to be obtained talking about cuts or we are talking about business we don't have any finance so we have the financing of financial. we can go and that may soon happen nicolas sarkozy's administration cemented ties with doha placing a military base in the gulf state and signing an investment deal now guitarist invest fifty million euros into the french economy primarily to help small businesses and rebuild parisian slums mostly inhabited by imm

we are broadcasting from doha, qatar. egyptian forces have deployed outside a cairo after violent clashes between pro and anti- government demonstrators left six people dead and more than 400 injured. the violence marked a major escalation in the dispute over mohamed mursi's effort to hold a referendum on a new constitution later this month shortly after he asserted wide-ranging powers. fighting continues today with supporters and opponents clashing in the streets of cairo. on wednesday, opposition leader mohamad held there by blamed the morsi government for the violence p.m. we hold president morsi and his government but irresponsible for the violence that is happening in egypt today. what is happening at the presidential palace at the moment, without the protection of the country, is an announcement from the country and the president that they do not hold their responsibility to protect the country. >> in a bid to calm the unrest, the vice president mahmoud mekky has considered adding a n amendment to the constitution.

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things are not looking as optimistic as they were during the thought of the iraq every step of the qatar ambassador in paris is being closely watched by the french media and some members of parliament are even calling to investigate the actions of qatar and frog's security experts believe it could cause initiative is not as innocent as it may first appear security services perfectly know that capture as a dual strategy on one hand and counter as a purely economic strategy to find all the sectors to invest in and to make money the other strategy has got there is really just and geopolitically driven mean that it's subject to explain radical islamism is means one how business in north africa in the middle east in central asia as well and cities dacia and to develop such a strategy to get. the west and will to keep it sounds pretty nationalist forces say the developing suburbs is only a cover up for investment into radical islamic groups that i was investing against they've been regime even a small market he was not the best guy actually they should not be interfering now we have a civil wa

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countries agreed to extend the kyoto protocol to reduce greenhouse gases in the event took place in qatar as i said which is in the middle east though the region is not really associated with environmental protection but isn't it unfair what other regions problems and in fact on our planet will discuss it with a senior official of one of the biggest middle eastern countries vice president al gore you are more how much about mohamed is out there who is also head of the environmental protection often hasn't. when it comes to greenhouse gas polluters the general public might think of established industrial giants and the developing economies as the worst culprits however iran is in the top five carbon emitters at the recent climate change conference to qatar the kyoto protocol was extended to be carbon emitters as the united states russia and china chose to opt out rein in why is president muslim ideas of this that he's country championed the extension backed by dozens of other nations. not to follow mr mohammad is a day and welcome to the show but i'm going to be first off as we've just hea

and turkey have been talking about a new gas line that is that extends from qatar. through syria to turkey and then to there to the european union with gas or resources this is very important because if this is to happen it will bypass russia and it will probably loosened a noose that russia currently has over the european union in terms of supply and gas. in western countries i see we're getting out there dr wilson thank you for giving a shit thought so it is appreciated thanks being on the line making the time that he has an adult syrian political activist with this. britain is heading towards five more years of austerity oh deary me the treasury chief insists that but will it help the country struggling economy one of the people in britain think about that we're talking about it anyway after this break. we'll go to the. science technology innovation hall the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. in the news a secret laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robots which will unfortunately doesn't give a darn abo

culprits however iran is in the top five carbon emitters at the recent climate change conference to qatar the kyoto protocol was extended but carbon emitters as the united states russia and china chose to opt out iranian why is president mohamed these are this that he's country championed the extension backed by dozens of other nations. mr mohammad is a dan welcome to the show but i'm going to be first off as we've just heard a few days ago qatar hosted koppel eighteen the. eighteen's conference of the parties of the un framework convention on climate change the conference made a decision to extend the kioto protocol after the conference you said that this became possible last few thanks to the efforts of iran but what was the problem what was so difficult to work out a compromise in the name of god and the compassionate the merciful. i'm also very happy to see you and i'm happy that i can address your audience through your show. that what. this conference was a continuation of two earlier conferences in a mexico and in copenhagen. and the point is developed countries and there are about

high level talks are continuing here at the united nations climate summit in doha, qatar. just before we went to air, a coalition could in solidarity with the philippines following yesterday's deadly typhoon that killed at least 270 people. for years, scientists have warned climate change would cause strong typhoons in the region. on tuesday, un secretary general ban ki moon warned that extreme weather is the new normal. >> danger signs are all around. one-third of the world's population lives in countries with moderate to high water stress. land degradation affects 1.5 billion people. icecaps are showing unprecedented melting. permafrost is thawing, sea levels are rising. the abnormal is now the new normal. >> a new report out today by the world bank warns disasters related to global warming have cost arab nations $12 billion in the past 30 years and will increase greatly in coming decades. the world bank says some cities in the arab world could become unlivable by the end of the century. here at the climate talks in doha, developing nations are accusing the united states

up next out to the doha qatar where it may not be so positive. leaders are meeting to talk about climate change though any discussion that doesn't include a way to get the medaling koch brothers is not going to change much of anything. that story is next let's rock and roll. there is so much going on that every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. >> today, new york city mayor bloomberg announced a plan top protect the city from future natural disasters but he said there were no magic bullets, you don't have to be a believer in climate change to understand the ding danger

constant flow of weapons and cash into syria by certain western states amateur jihadi saudi arabia qatar the israelis are not concerned that the syrian government would use chemical weapons against israel they are very concerned that the militants in syria would use them and if they are quiet then it could be a pretext that but the west issues in concert believe america to intervene in the syria they claimed in the run up to the invasion of iraq the reasons for going in iraq had weapons of mass destruction nothing was found intervene in libya colonel gadhafi forces we're told were going to. drown thousands and thousands of libyan civilians there was never any evidence for that then once again yes there's a very realistic possibility that the militants in syria could acquire chemical weapons and of course who would be responsible for that it would be those countries around the world in particular in the region turkey saudi arabia qatar and strutting western countries that are doing absolutely everything they can at the moment to weaken the syrian government. a court in bahrain has jailed

constant flow of weapons and cash into syria by certain western states and turkey saudi arabia and qatar if you mention israel there and there recently there have been several red lion warnings coming from israel that the hezbollah are syria and iran what could be behind this war rhetoric. well of course israel has a legitimate concern and rightly so one need warning about chemical weapons falling into the wrong hands of course their main in overwhelmingly the militants in syria the israelis and not concerned that the syrian government would use chemical weapons against issue out there. we are very concerned that the militants in syria would use them if they acquired them and that's why if the west is not going to listen to the syrian government then it should certainly should listen to the concerns of issue zero what we're talking about the rest of the u.s. and its allies are adamant that asaad must go wouldn't removing the syrian government or increase the chances of chemical weapons perhaps ending up in the wrong hands well of course president assad being removed from power is not a p

environment ministers from around the world are rolling up their sleeves in doha, qatar, to address the challenges they share. they have rising greenhouse gas emissions, ice sheets melting rapidly and a warming planet. ban ki-moon urged them to speeds up negotiations on climate change. >> delegates are deadlocked over finances, developing nations are calling on trializ liindustrial countries to stop global warning. a delegate from the pacific island nation of palau says financial support to protect the lives of people there is indispensable. >> we don't have the resources, and we are also being threatened by climate change. financing is part of our survival. we need finances to survive. >> the delegates are running up against a deadline, the conference scheduled to end on friday. now, the ministers come to the table with competing interests. they come from nations with a range of environmental and economic challenges. nhk world has morerom doha. >> the meeting taking place this year in the oil rich qatar has entered the final stretch. delegates are making the final appeals. >> doha must

so qatar is playing an important role now on a number of fronts. >> rose: eric, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: eric schmitt from the "new york times." back in a moment. we'll talk to ehud olmert about how he sees israel today, president netanyahu, the coming election, iran and many other subjects. stay with us. >> rose: ehud olmert is here. he was prime minister of israel from 2006 to 2009. he left office under the shadow of allegations of corruption. in july he was acquitted of two major charges and found guilty of one minor one. some have suggested this paved the way for a political comeback. he has not announced whether he intends to run in the upcoming israeli elections. n january, 2013. benjamin netanyahu is a strong favorite to remain prime minister. whatever happens in the elections, israel faces enormous challenges. on thursday last week, the united nations general assembly voted to recognize palestine as a non-member state. the cease-fire with hamas in gaza is fragile and temporary. the possibility of a nuclear iran has been called an existe

environment ministers fro ound the world are rolling up their sleeves in doha, qatar, to address the challenges they share. they have rising greenhouse gas emissions, ice sheets melting rapidly and a warming planet. ban ki-moon urged them to speeds up negotiations on climate change. >> delegates are deadlocked over finances, developing nations are calling on trializ liindustrial countries to stop global warning. a delegate from the pacific island nation of palau says financial support to protect the lives of people there is indispensable. >> we don't have the resources, and we are also being threatened by climate change. financing is part of our survival. we need finances to survive. >> the delegates are running up against a deadline, the conference scheduled to end on friday. now, the ministers come to the table with competing interests. they come from nations with a range of environmental and economic challenges. nhk world has more from doha. >> the meeting taking place this year in the oil rich qatar has entered the final stretch. delegates are making the final appeals. >> doha mu

qatar, for this purpose. but in turning the keys over to the qataris, we were turning it over to someone who views were diametrically opposed to our own. i remember the libyan transitional authorities screaming at the time about the militants that the qataris were picking in this fight. and what those militant jihad is what ultimately do as a result when receiving those arms, of being empowered by qatar. i was warning the secretary about this weapons plot from qatar. the the times reports the qatari armed shipments dominated at lease one of the deputies meetings which i assume ambassador you probably intended, probably participated in. i was going to ask you secretary byrnes, the accountability review board had a narrow focus here. we didn't address some of the larger questions about policy, especially the policy and terms of arms that flooded that area on the part of the qataris. wouldn't you agree that empowering qatar in this regard was a poor policy choice? >> congressman, there was a serious concern duri

flow of weapons and cash into syria by certain western state line turkey going to saudi arabia and qatar the israelis then not concerned that the syrian government would use chemical weapons against israel they are very concerned that the militants in syria would use them if they acquired them it could be a pretext that but the west issues in concert believe america to intervene in the syria they claimed in the run up to the invasion of iraq the reasons for going in iraq had weapons of mass destruction nothing was found intervene in libya colonel gadhafi forces we're told we're going to alter. our sins and thousands of libyan civilians there was never any evidence for that spend once again yes there's a very realistic possibility that the militants in syria could acquire chemical weapons and of course who would be responsible for that would be those countries around the world in particular in the region turkey saudi arabia qatar and starting western countries that are doing absolutely everything they can at the moment to weaken the syrian government. check and i will be got on a website

the -- as opposed to the iran, as opposed to the iraq regime, sorry, kuwait, qatar, saudi arabia actors. is really also about china and russia on the one hand, and the united states and europe on the other. so we have three levels of stalemate. local, regional and international, simply because there's so much at stake. so a country like syria, or a regime like syria for the past 40 years have had these calculations in mind. so this is not to excuse the regime whatsoever. this is to understand, the outcomes of what we have been witnessing for the past several decades involve these kind of calculations that many of us don't take into account. >> and we've been talking with bassam haddad, "business networks in shyria: the political economy of authoritarian resilience" is the name of this book. it's published by stanford. professor haddad is also head of the middle eastern studies program here at george mason university. this is a booktv on c-span2. >> tell us what you think about our program this weekend. you can tweet us at booktv, comment on our facebook wall, or send us an e-mail. tv, n

across the islamic world cross the muslim world from afghanistan down through turkey into saudi arabia qatar and of course egypt. syria's rebel forces have joined forces under one military command which they hope will unite diverse groups in the western backed struggle against president the sad this week the international community again voiced fears that the syrian government could deploy chemical weapons to defeat opposition fighters selling them at damascus continues to deny going to can then assesses now whether the chemical arsenal is a real threat or a pretext for intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles of possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a unmistakable message that this would cross a red line for america the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of

across the islamic world cross the muslim world from afghanistan down through turkey into saudi arabia qatar and of course egypt and syria thank you for your thoughts we go now great to get to shortly we're out of time to thank you for your thoughts the geopolitical on those women down on the line from frankfurt. syria's rebels have joined forces on the one military command which they hope will unite diverse groups in the western backed struggle against president assad this last week the international community again voiced fears that the syrian government could deploy chemical weapons to defeat opposition fighters something damascus denies go shook out assesses whether the chemical arsenal is a real threat or just a pretext for intervention u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that ourselves government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequen

getting oil to europe but of course that would rival turkey qatar and israel were in using. those rival russia so it's this is a huge octopus is easy but i think. with people in the world is it if you're going to talk with syria and what do you really quickly about thirty seconds left what do you advocate i know that you have a big following and people do look to you and you know firsthand you know you your syrian you have connections there what do you advocate as a solution i mean people are dying. obviously there it is a very complex situation and what do you think should be the solution well i think reform is the solution you know i'm not a pro-government person buys you look my country just like many other certainly i think i'm the star so you come out to vote for a new constitution the majority of them did and i think that the people in the u.s. should look at every point process and the world it should try to resist their government's agenda inside syria just look at. these extremist elements from taking power course will end up with a repeat of the last twenty years a

getting oil to europe but of course that would rival turkey qatar and israel were in using. those rival russia so it's there's a huge octopuses reasons but i think. with people in the world it's isn't going to talk of syria and what do you really quickly about thirty seconds on what do you advocate i know that you have a big following and people do look to you and you know firsthand you know or you your syrian you have connections there what do you advocate as a solution i mean people are dying obviously there it is a very complex situation and what do you think should be the solution well i think the reform is the solution you know i'm not a pro-government person buys a lot my country just like many other syrians i think i'm the star so you come out to vote for a new constitution the majority of them did and i think that the people of the u.s. should. process and the world it should try to resist their government agenda inside syria to prevent these extremist elements from taking power and of course we will end up with a repeat of the last twenty years as well have gotten s

qatar now the thing about those places or jordan similar is that these are futile monarchies right these are absolute monarchies of a type you don't find anywhere else in the world they were about four or five hundred years behind the time some horrendous human rights abusers absolutely article in the washington post today that one fourth of the people in saudi arabia live in poverty so imagine this a parasitical royal family of thousands of princes and princelings who live in the lap of luxury and still with all that oil money they can't have a decent standard of living for four or five million the question now is when the revolution hits those places and also terrible human rights abuses i think it might relieve the pressure on syria if saudi arabia and qatar were kept busy at home with their own problems which they should pay attention to rather than meddling in syria unfortunately out of time there's so much more to talk about thank you so much for coming thank you giving a little bit insight on the convoluted situation. as a syrian conflict continues above all else it's important re

qatar now the thing about those places or jordan similar is that these are futile monarchies these are absolute monarchies of a type you don't find anywhere else in the world they were about four or five hundred years behind the time. when rights abusers absolutely article in the washington post today that one fourth of the people in saudi arabia live in poverty so you maginnis a parasitical royal family of thousands of princes and princelings who live in the lap of luxury and still with all that oil money they can't have a decent standard of living for four or five million the question now is when the revolution hits those places and also terrible human rights abuses i think it might relieve the pressure on syria if saudi arabia and qatar were kept busy at home with their own problems which they should pay attention to rather than meddling in syria unfortunately out of time there's so much more to talk about thank you so much for coming thank you giving a little bit insight on the convoluted situation. right guys as a syrian conflict continues above all else it's important remember th

qatar now the thing about those places or jordan similar is that these are feudal monarchies right these are absolute monarchies of a type you don't find anywhere else in the world they were about four or five hundred years behind the time some horrendous human rights abusers absolutely article in the washington post today that one fourth of the people in saudi arabia live in poverty so imagine this a parasitical royal family of thousands of princes and princelings who live in the lap of luxury and still with all that oil money they can't have a decent standard of living for four or five million the question now is when the revolution hits those places and also terrible human rights abuses i think it might relieve the pressure on syria if saudi arabia and qatar were kept busy at home with their own problems which they should pay attention to rather than meddling in syria unfortunately out of time there's so much more to talk. about thank you so much for coming by just giving a little bit insight on the convoluted situation webster tarpley. right guys of the syrian conflict continues abov

of palestinian territories the political leader of hamas mashal who runs of the militant group from qatar is in his last day of his historic trip to gaza in a speech labeled as extremist by israel he slammed it for occupation of the palestinian lands refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the jewish state after israel has announced earlier this week that it will keep on building new settlements which. has been denounced by the international community middle east expert going to work says israel has even soured relations with one of its allies germany. we really made it very clear that we are totally against the continuing new settlements in the west bank and in jerusalem because this will definitely make the two state solution impossible because if this building so going on the west bank will be split into the access to jerusalem will not be possible for the palestinians any more reaction by mr netanyahu and others were very strong and unusually undiplomatic you could say just before his visit to berlin condemning the stand of germany and the fact that the foreign minister lieberman with

to the wall they don't want to know and most of this talk comes from the united states or saudi or qatar or turkey particular it's actually act of war against syria people in syria they are they friends of already they want syria they want to see the government to act outside this boulder but i'm sure this is going to say one favorite sign the height of us about a member of the assyrian social club thanks for making a point so clear it's pretty shady thank you. online fear droning on america reveals a futuristic you weapon in the fight against terror a u.s. manufacturer fails the next generation of unmanned drones fitted with the so-called death ray laser admitting they never run out of ammunition to find out more about see dot com also on our web site so the real cost of studying in the u.k. skyrocketing prices for higher education may soon rise to one hundred thousand talk about. mixed news for jailed human rights activist in bahrain leading campaign enough jobs had his prison term cut from three to two years on appeal that been widespread calls for his release following his conviction

across the islamic world across the muslim world from afghanistan down through turkey into saudi arabia qatar and of course egypt. syria's rebels have joined forces under one military command which they hope will unite diverse groups in the western backed struggle against president assad this past week the international community again voiced fears that the syrian government could deploy chemical weapons to defeat opposition fighters something damascus tonight going to touch you can look at whether the chemical arsenal is a real threat or a pretext for intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a unmistakable message that this would cross a red line the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the syrian government's alleg

across the islamic world across the muslim world from afghanistan down through turkey into saudi arabia qatar and of course egypt. syria's rebels have joined forces under one military command which they hope will unite diverse groups in the western backed struggle against president assad this past week the international community again voiced fears that the syrian government could deploy chemical weapons to defeat opposition fighters something damascus denies kind of that you can look at whether the chemical arsenal is a real threat or a pretext for intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a unmistakable message that this would cross a red line how does america the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the syrian gove

across the islamic world across the muslim world from afghanistan down through turkey into saudi arabia qatar and of course egypt. syria's rebels have joined forces under one military command which they hope will unite diverse groups in the western backed struggle against president assad this past week of the international community again voiced fears that the syrian government could deploy chemical weapons to defeat opposition fighters something damascus tonight kind of such a can look at whether the chemical arsenal is a real threat or a pretext for intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles with possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line how does america the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the syria

across the islamic world across the muslim world from afghanistan down through turkey into saudi arabia qatar and of course egypt. syria that rebels have joined forces under one a military command which they hope will that united diverse and groups in the western backed struggle against president assad this past week the international community again voiced fears that the syrian government could deploy chemical weapons to defeat opposition fighters something damascus denies going to can looks at whether the chemical arsenal is a real threat or a pretext for intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles with possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line how does america the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the

across the islamic world across the muslim world from afghanistan down through turkey into saudi arabia qatar and of course egypt. syria's rebels have joined forces under one military commander which they hope will unite a diverse groups in the western backed struggle against president assad this past week the international community again voiced fears that the syrian government could deploy chemical weapons to defeat opposition fighters something damascus tonight's gonna to can looks at whether the chemical arsenal is a real threat or a pretext for intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the syrian government's alleg