Syria
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Infamous Mercenary Erik Prince Being Considered to Build Trump's Foreign Army for Syria
Trump is asking Middle Eastern governments to build a military force to replace US troops in northeast Syria, and notorious war profiteer Erik Prince has been asked for help. Medea Benjamin says the plan is scandalous. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 20-21 April 2018
21 April 2018 12:18:38 — williambowles.info “War is Good for Business”: Insider Trading, Secret Information and the US-led Attack against Syria https://www.globalresearch.ca/war-is-good-for-business-insider-trading-secret-information-and-the-us-led-attack-against-syria/5637056 Red lines and military strikes: Media coverage of the Syrian war https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2018/04/red-lines-military-strikes-media-coverage-syrian-war-180421063910674.html Continue reading
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Media Support US Violence Against Syria, but Long for More By Gregory Shupak
Corporate media outlets were glad that the US, France and Britain bombed Syria in violation of international law (FAIR.org, 4/18/18), but lamented what they see as a dearth of US violence in the country. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 19-20 April 2018
20 April 2018 16:35:10 — williambowles.info Russia in contact with militants in Syria to enssure OPCW access to Douma http://tass.com/world/1000997 US strike on Syria shows readiness to use force in its interests, Russian official says http://tass.com/politics/1000991 Continue reading
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Syrian War Report – April 19, 2018: Journalists Find Boy Filmed In Staged Video Of Chemical Attack In Douma
A group of Russian correspondents led by Evgeny Poddubny has found a boy filmed by the White Helmets in their video showing people “affected” by the alleged chemical attack in Douma on April 7. Continue reading
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Public Radio’s McCarthyite Smear of Black Activists Shows Danger of Russia Panic By Adam Johnson
For over a year, outlets from FAIR (8/24/16) to TruthDig (1/7/17) to The Nation (8/7/17) to The Intercept (2/12/18) have been warning about the pitfalls of nonstop Russia Is Everywhere and Out to Get Us coverage. The Russians are “stoking discord” and “sowing unrest” and infiltrating online and real-life spaces with memes and rallies and… Continue reading
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Emails reveal White Helmets tried to lobby ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters
Emails have emerged revealing how the controversial Syrian activist group the White Helmets tried to lobby Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters with Saudi money. The revelations have been published on Max Blumenthal’s project. Continue reading
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Syria News Links April 18-19 2018
19 April 2018 12:19:05 PM — williambowles.info 19 April 2018 Syria, Iran and “Chaos in International Relations” https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/04/19/syria-iran-and-chaos-in-international-relations.html Why Each US President Ends Up As Ruthless Interventionist These Days https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/04/19/why-each-us-president-ends-up-as-ruthless-interventionist-these-days.html Continue reading
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Striking Syria: U.S. Shameless Violation of International Law. Fabricating Evidence and False Flag Operations
he United States government has once again shamelessly violated international law. There was no legal or moral justification for launching more than a 100 missile strikes against so-called chemical weapons’ sites in Syria on the 14th of April 2018. Continue reading
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Behind Theresa May’s ‘Humanitarian Hysterics’: The Ideology of Empire and Conquest By Colin Todhunter
18 April 2018 — CounterCurrents Until the 17th century, India was the richest country in the world and had controlled a third of global wealth. Political unity and military security helped evolve a uniform economic system, increased trade and enhanced agricultural productivity. Once the British had colonised India and left, it was a basket case. Continue reading
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Disgusting Conflict of Interest: Theresa May’s Husband’s Investment Firm Made a “Financial Killing” from the Bombing of Syria By Tom D. Rogers
Whilst it is pretty obvious that almost all married couples act as informal advisors to each other in some capacity, Tyrie’s admission that the Prime Minister’s husband has such a great influence over his wife’s decisions is made all the more worrying by the fact that Mr May – who is a Senior Executive at… Continue reading
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Disgusting Conflict of Interest: Theresa May’s Husband’s Investment Firm Made a “Financial Killing” from the Bombing of Syria By Tom D. Rogers
Whilst it is pretty obvious that almost all married couples act as informal advisors to each other in some capacity, Tyrie’s admission that the Prime Minister’s husband has such a great influence over his wife’s decisions is made all the more worrying by the fact that Mr May – who is a Senior Executive at… Continue reading
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Syria News Links 17-18 April 2018
18 April 2018 10:43:06 PM — williambowles.info OPCW: Fact-finding team still outside Syria’s Douma https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/opcw-fact-finding-team-syria-douma-180418155208033.html Still unclear when mission can be deployed to Syria’s Douma, OPCW chief says http://tass.com/world/1000611 Continue reading
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Who “Staged” the Syria Gas Attack? Selected Articles
17 April 2018 — Global Research Russia Reveals Who “Staged” Syria Gas Attack, As US Claims Moscow “May Have Tampered” with Douma Site By Zero Hedge, April 17, 2018 The Russian envoy to the chemical weapons watchdog group, OPCW, said that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) funded by the UK and US carried out the April 7 chemical… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 17 April 2018
17 April 2018 8:28:10 PM — williambowles.info The Crisis Is Only in Its Beginning Stages https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-crisis-is-only-in-its-beginning-stages/5636599 The Latest Atlanticist Tough Guy Act. Western Media in Crisis. The Syria Gas Attack Saga https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-latest-atlanticist-tough-guy-act-western-media-in-crisis-the-syria-gas-attack-saga/5636609 Continue reading
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Pseudo-left parties promote US-French-British bombing of Syria By Will Morrow
A number of political parties that call themselves socialist proved they are nothing of the sort by lending support to Friday night’s illegal US, French and British bombing of Syria. Continue reading
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'Oxygen starvation, not gas’: Veteran UK reporter Fisk doubts MSM narrative on Douma ‘chem attack’
Veteran UK reporter Robert Fisk went to Syria’s Douma and heard that residents shown in notorious “gas attack footage” actually suffered from oxygen loss due to hiding in trash-filled shelters, and not from chemicals. Continue reading
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Syria: The Tentacles of This War of Aggression
16 April 2018 — Global Research Voices of the Syrian People By Andre Vltchek, April 16, 2018 Three countries with zero moral mandate to judge or punish anybody; three countries, already responsible for hundreds of millions of human lives lost on all continents for centuries, showered Syria with their missiles. Continue reading
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US-UK-France Strike on Syria, The Chain of Events: Statements, Facts and Speculations By South Front
Early on April 14, the US, the UK and France delivered a massive missile strike on Syria using warships, fighter jets and strategic bombers. US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis described the strikes as “harder” than the 2017 strikes on Shayrat military airfield. However, he added that no further launches had been planned for the moment. Continue reading
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Attacking Syria. Trump's 'Dirty Game': Selected Articles
15 April 2018 — Global Research Attacking Syria: Thumbing Noses at Constitution and Law By Ray McGovern, April 15, 2018 As was the case 15 years ago when the U.S. and UK launched a war of aggression against Iraq, the pretext was so-called “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD) — this time the claimed use on April… Continue reading
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