ED Noor: How refreshing! A world leader with a deliciously dark sense of humour.
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin, known for his black humour, has said he hoped that Syria’s opposition will not send organ-eating rebels to proposed peace talks.
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Speaking to an EU-Russia summit, Mr Putin described seeing televised footage in which “members of the Syrian armed opposition pull out internal organs of their enemies and eat them”.
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He seemed to be referring to a video uploaded to YouTube in May which showed a rebel apparently cutting out and eating the heart of a Damascus regime soldier.
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“I hope that such participants of the negotiations do not appear at Geneva 2,” Mr Putin said of world powers’ second attempt to solve the crisis through direct negotiations in Geneva.
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“Otherwise, it will be hard for me to ensure the safety of the Russian participants. It would also be hard to work with such people,” Mr Putin deadpanned.
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Meanwhile, France said tests run on samples taken from Syria proved the regime of President Bashar al-Assad’s has used the chemical weapon sarin gas.
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The video showed a rebel leader leaning over the body of a uniformed soldier before cutting out his heart and then raising it to his mouth, provoking horror around the world.
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Washington said it was “appalled”, while the moderate Supreme Military Council of Syrian rebel fighters insisted it did not support such actions.
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While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has agreed “in principle” to attend the talks, the main opposition National Coalition is refusing to take part until key demands are met.
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The National Coalition has been recognised by many Western and Arab governments as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Russia supports Mr Assad’s regime.
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