INQUIRER.net: Assad: We didn’t bow to US threats

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Assad: We didn't bow to US threats Sep 18th 2013, 23:47 WASHINGTON – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted Wednesday that his decision to destroy his stockpiles of chemical weapons was not forced upon him by the threat of US strikes.   "Yeah, there's a misunderstanding that we agreed with this agreement because of the Americans," he told US network Fox News.   "Actually, if you go back before the G20, before the proposal, the Russians, it wasn't about handing over the chemical arsenal," he said, referring to a Russian offer to oversee his disarmament.   "It was about attacking Syria in order not to use the arsenal again," he said, in reference to US President Barack Obama's call for a punitive strike... Keep on reading: Assad: We didn’t bow to US threats Media files: Syrian-President-Bashar-al-Assad.jpg (image/jpeg)

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