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| Bob Carr says Australian troops won't take part in an intervention in Syria | Bob Carr says Australian troops won't take part in an intervention in Syria |
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| Australian troops won't be sent to Syria in the event of a military intervention by western forces, the foreign minister, Bob Carr, says. | Australian troops won't be sent to Syria in the event of a military intervention by western forces, the foreign minister, Bob Carr, says. |
| The US and France say they're ready to step in, responding to the apparent chemical attack on civilians outside Damascus last week, but Russia has warned against such a move. | The US and France say they're ready to step in, responding to the apparent chemical attack on civilians outside Damascus last week, but Russia has warned against such a move. |
| The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has denied responsibility for the attack, which is believed to have killed as many as 1300 people. | The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has denied responsibility for the attack, which is believed to have killed as many as 1300 people. |
| The prime minister, Kevin Rudd, says there's overwhelming evidence chemical weapons were used. And Carr is convinced Assad forces were behind the attack. | The prime minister, Kevin Rudd, says there's overwhelming evidence chemical weapons were used. And Carr is convinced Assad forces were behind the attack. |
| "A government that uses chemical weapons against its own people has to be made to pay a price," Carr told a business conference in Perth on Wednesday. | "A government that uses chemical weapons against its own people has to be made to pay a price," Carr told a business conference in Perth on Wednesday. |
| "The evidence accumulates that this chemical weapons attack did take place and came from the Assad forces." | "The evidence accumulates that this chemical weapons attack did take place and came from the Assad forces." |
| Carr said the preference would be for a UN-sanctioned action, but if that was not possible, "the sheer horror" of the attack mandated a response. He said Russia could not be vilified for its position. | Carr said the preference would be for a UN-sanctioned action, but if that was not possible, "the sheer horror" of the attack mandated a response. He said Russia could not be vilified for its position. |
| Australia will take up presidency of the UN security council on 1 September and has to engage with Russia on the issue, along with China, he says. | Australia will take up presidency of the UN security council on 1 September and has to engage with Russia on the issue, along with China, he says. |
| He said the crisis had exposed a flaw in international governance, with any one of the security council's five permanent members able to veto a decision. | He said the crisis had exposed a flaw in international governance, with any one of the security council's five permanent members able to veto a decision. |
| Asked if he was worried about retaliation by Syria to any intervention, Carr said: "You have to be. An attack on Syria is an act of war." | Asked if he was worried about retaliation by Syria to any intervention, Carr said: "You have to be. An attack on Syria is an act of war." |
| But the US was weighing those risks carefully, he said. He ruled out Australian troops playing a role. | But the US was weighing those risks carefully, he said. He ruled out Australian troops playing a role. |
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