31 August 2013 — RIA Novosti
Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the US on Saturday saying that Washington’s allegations about the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons against civilians were “unimaginable nonsense.”
Day: August 31, 2013
The Russian position on the chemical attack on East Ghouta affirmed
31 August 2013 — Australians for reconciliation in Syria
Taken from Al-Hadath News and translated from Arabic, 23 August 2013. It confirms what was already apparent from other reports including the Saudi connection.
VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 30 August 2013: Israel forced me to destroy my own house, says Jerusalem father
30 August 2013 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
Several Injured By Army Fire North Of Jerusalem
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation while others were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes with local residents at the main northern entrance of the town of Ar-Ram, and at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem. …
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Debunking the “U.S. Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013” By Eric Draitser
31 August 2013 — StopImperialism.com
The document entitled “U.S. Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013”, released in tandem with public statements made by Secretary of State John Kerry, is merely summary of a manufactured narrative designed to lead the US into yet another criminal and disastrous war in the Middle East. Having been released prior to even preliminary reports from UN chemical weapons investigators on the ground in Syria, the document is as much a work of fiction as it is fact.
Troodos: UK’s Spy Centre in the Middle East By Craig Murray
31 August 2013 — Craig Murray
The GCHQ listening post on Mount Troodos in Cyprus is arguably the most valued asset which the UK contributes to UK/US intelligence cooperation. The communications intercept agencies, GCHQ in the UK and NSA in the US, share all their intelligence reports (as do the CIA and MI6). Troodos is valued enormously by the NSA. It monitors all radio, satellite and microwave traffic across the Middle East, ranging from Egypt and Eastern Libya right through to the Caucasus. Even almost all landline telephone communication in this region is routed through microwave links at some stage, picked up on Troodos.
Actual Video of UN Weapons Inspectors Examining Syrian Chemical Weapon Rockets
31 August 2013 — WashingtonsBlog
The Obama administration tried to prevent UN inspections of the chemical attack. It failed, although the weapons inspectors were forced to leave a day early.
Britain’s vote against Syrian military action provokes political crisis By Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland
31 August 2013 — WSWS
Bitter recriminations have followed the parliamentary defeat of a UK government motion intended to authorize military action against Syria.
Syrian Foreign Ministry: Kerry’s presentation is based on old stories published by terrorists
31 August 2013 — SANA
[Well worth reading. WB]
Damascus, (SANA) – An official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said that after days of media exaggeration about what the US administration described as decisive evidence, US Secretary of State John Kerry only produced material based on old stories which were published by terrorists over a week ago and are full of fabrication and lies.
Information Clearing House 30 August 2013: The Lie of “Limited” War Against Syria
30 August 2013 — Information Clearing House
America Totally Discredited
Paul Craig Roberts
If Obama goes it alone, he will be harassed for the rest of his life as a war criminal who dares not leave the US.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36036.htm
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