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US-Israeli false flag gas attack unravels By William Bowles
Commit a war crime to cover up a war crime? This is where it all started: The Israeli intelligence front the Debkafile, which is the source of the story that implicated the Assad government and/or its military in the gas attack on East Ghouta and now forms the basis for the war on Syria. Continue reading
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New York Times Puts Launch Point of Chem Weapons Rockets Inside Rebel Contested Area By Scott Creighton
The New York Times is attempting to bolster John Kerry’s baseless claim that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on their own people and in doing so, they seem to have provided some hard evidence to the contrary. Continue reading
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Syria challenges West to offer proof of chemical weapons use
Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al- Moallem challenged the Western powers Tuesday to provide their evidence on the involvement of the Syrian troops in chemical arms use in Damascus’ countryside. Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Heading to War With Syria By Peter Hart
There is still no firm public evidence that would tie these specific attacks to the Assad government. But all around the U.S. media the signs are clear that war is on the way. The front page of USA Today (8/27/13) displays U.S. bombs: Continue reading
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Syria: Another Western War Crime In The Making By Paul Craig Roberts
The UK Independent reports that over this past week-end Obama, Cameron, and Hollande agreed to launch cruise missile attacks against the Syrian government within two weeks despite the lack of any authorization from the UN and despite the absence of any evidence in behalf of Washington’s claim that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons… Continue reading
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Western logic on Syria: ‘We need to bomb it to save it’ By Nile Bowie
The military buildup in the Mediterranean indicates that Assad’s opponents intend to militarily intervene in Syria under cover of ‘humanitarian intervention’, a disingenuous narrative that could not be further from the truth. Continue reading
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War on the Threshold of Syria By Dmitriy Sedov
The provocational use of chemical weapons on August 21 in a suburb of Damascus was the latest and, apparently, the most important step in bringing foreign aggression against Syria closer. Without waiting for the results of the investigation to be conducted by group of international experts, the West has begun preparing world public opinion for… Continue reading
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Syria charade: West bent on war, UN investigation meaningless
There is no evidence that the Syrian government ordered the massacre with chemical weapons, but the West will blame it anyway because they want war, investigative journalist Neil Clark told RT. Continue reading
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Russian FM Blasts West Over Syrian Chemical Weapons
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday slammed Western countries for suggesting the Syrian government carried out a chemical attack earlier this month, without offering convincing proof to back up these claims. Continue reading
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US fabricating pretexts to justify military act against Syria: Analyst
In an article published on Press TV website on Sunday, American activist and author, David Swanson, described the recent threats issued by Washington regarding a potential military intervention in Syria as “immoral” and “illegal” under the United Nations Charter. Continue reading
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Déjà vu and Syrian Chemical Weapons By Wayne MADSEN
The Obama administration is dusting off the Bush administration’s playbook and using it on the government of Bashar al Assad of Syria… The Obama administration first showed its neo-conservative traits when it justified NATO and Gulf Arab intervention in the Libyan rebellion against Muammar Qaddafi as falling under its «responsibility to protect» civilians being attacked… Continue reading
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Obama keeps hold of the Syrian ball By M K Bhadrakumar
Moscow now admits that the current controversy over the chemical weapons attacks near Damascus might be a pre-meditated one choreographed carefully with a political objective. But then, it is too late, since it emerges that Sellstrom is unbound already and is at large, and Moscow cannot easily circumscribe his future activities in Syria. Continue reading
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Snipers shoot at UN chemical inspectors in Syria – UN spokesman
The inspectors’ car “was deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers in the buffer zone area,” the spokesman for the UN secretary-general, Martin Nesirky, said. He added the car was no longer serviceable and a replacement vehicle was being obtained. Continue reading
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Chemicals Seep Through the Cracks in Western-led Axis Against Syria By Finian CUNNINGHAM
A recurring pattern throughout the Syrian crisis is the coincidence of massacres suspiciously at times when there is a shift in the political backdrop. This is important to bear in mind when assessing reports this week of an alleged chemical weapon massacre near Damascus where some reports put the death toll at over 1,100. Continue reading
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“Doctors” Behind Syrian Chemical Weapons Claims are Aiding Terrorists By Tony Cartalucci
The “evidence” upon which the West is propping up its narrative of the Syrian government using chemical weapons against large numbers of civilians hinges so far entirely on claims made by “Doctors Without Borders.” Continue reading
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Defeated NATO Dangerously Desperate in Syria By Tony Cartalucci
There is nothing left except direct military intervention, which cannot be sold as helping an opposition now clearly exposed as being Al Qaeda. That means, the humanitarian intervention, “right to protect” (R2P) must be wiped clean of NATO’s lies and crimes in Libya, and prepared for Syria. Only what exactly could the West use to… Continue reading
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Lying About Syria, and the Lying Liars Who Lie About the Lying By David Swanson
“U.S. prepares for possible retaliatory strike against Syria,” announces a Los Angeles Times headline, even though Syria has not attacked the United States or any of its occupied territories or imperial forces and has no intention to do so. Continue reading
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