Syria
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Putin: Syria chemical attack is ‘rebels' provocation in hope of intervention’
There was no 50/50 split of opinion on the notion of a military strike against the Syrian President Bashar Assad, Putin stressed refuting earlier assumptions. Only Turkey, Canada, Saudi Arabia and France joined the US push for intervention, he said, adding that the UK Prime Minister’s position was not supported by his citizens. Continue reading
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The Strange Thing About Cluster Bombs By Jim Naureckas
That’s the strange thing about cluster bombs: When they’re used by official enemies, they’re weapons of indiscriminate terror (FAIR Blog, 4/16/11,1/2/13). When they’re used by the United States, they’re not much worth talking about. Continue reading
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Russia gave UN 100-page report in July blaming Syrian rebels for Aleppo sarin attack By Matthew Schofield | McClatchy Foreign Staff
Russia says a deadly March sarin attack in an Aleppo suburb was carried out by Syrian rebels, not forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, and it has delivered a 100-page report laying out its evidence to the United Nations. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 September 2013: The historical truth about Bedouin expulsion from the Negev
5 September 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSoldiers Invade SilwanIMEMC – Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday evening [September 5, 2013] Wadi Hilweh in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, apparently in an attempt to kidnap some local youths. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 5 September 2013: A Syrian Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
5 September 2013 — Information Clearing House Telling It Like It Is: Putin Calls Kerry a Liar on Syria By David Jackson Putin called Obama Secretary of State John Kerry a liar over Kerry’s testimony this week before Congress. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36117.htm Continue reading
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Chemical weapons sent from Turkey to Syria: Former Turkish provincial official
A former member of a city council in the Turkish province of Hatay says that the chemical weapons used in last month’s attack in Syria were transported from Turkey, Press TV reports. Continue reading
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U.S. Military Intelligence Involved in Chemical Attack in Syria
The situation in Syria is still in focus of the world media. Another U.S.-led “humanitarian intervention” may be unleashed soon. The Pentagon announced that it is ready to attack Syria in order to punish Bashar al-Assad and Syrian army for the alleged use of chemical weapons against the civilians. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 4 September 2013: PHOTOS: Life before expulsion in the South Hebron Hills
4 September 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterChildren, Women, Injured As Israeli Extremists Break Into The Al-Aqsa MosqueIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that several children and women were among the injured after extremist Israelis broke into the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque since early dawn hours Wednesday [August 4 Continue reading
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Information Clearing House September 2013: How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria
4 September 2013 — Information Clearing House Attack Syria Resolution Approved By Senate Foreign Relations Committee By ICH and Agencies How did senators vote? Here’s a breakdown: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36107.htm Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for 4 September 2013: Obama Warlike as Bush, US Chemical Warfare, Obama's Accomplices
4 September 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Obama: As Warlike as Bush, and Just as Lonely by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Most of the planet recoils from President Obama’s plans to smash the Syrian state – as do a majority of Americans. “The First Black U.S. President now Continue reading
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US Planned Syrian Civilian Catastrophe Since 2007 By Tony Cartalucci
While the UN and nations across the West feign shock over the growing humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in and around Syria, the goal of a violent sectarian conflict and its predictable, catastrophic results along with calls to literally “bleed” Syria have been the underlying strategy of special interests in the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia and… Continue reading
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Russian Military Expert: World Narrowly Escaped Middle East War On Tuesday By Tamara Zamyatina
MOSCOW: Launching of two ballistic missiles in the Mediterranean water area testifies to the ongoing U.S. preparations for air strikes against Syria, a top-rank Russian military expert said in an exclusive interview with Itar-Tass Tuesday night. “Those who launched the two ballistic missiles towards Syria obviously hoped Iran would consider this launch as an attack… Continue reading
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Syria and “Conspiracy Theories”: It is a Conspiracy By Felicity Arbuthnot
4 September 2013 — Global Research “We have met the enemy and he is us.” (Walt Kelly, 1913-1973.) It was political analyst Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, in November 2006, who wrote in detail(1) of US plans for the Middle East: “The term ‘New Middle East’, was introduced to the world in June 2006, in Tel Aviv, by Continue reading
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John Kerry's Very Precise Death Toll: Where Does It Come From? By Peter Hart
Journalists should, at a minimum, attribute these estimates to the government–and note that they are not in line with other reputable estimates of the death toll in Syria. Ideally, reporters should ask John Kerry to explain the discrepancy. He just made the rounds on all the major Sunday chat shows, and no one who was… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 3 September 2013: There Are Too Many Bodies Buried On Britain’s Moral High Ground
3 September 2013 — Information Clearing House Israel and U.S. Conduct Missile Test in Mediterranean By JODI RUDOREN Israel and the United States launched a missile from deep in the Mediterranean Sea that caused consternation in Syria and Russia. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36080.htm Continue reading
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Syria Countdown: an Update from Damascus By Franklin Lamb
Washington’s ill-considered criminal attack will aid and abet these largely Gulf financed militia and provide justification, in their minds for literally hundreds of often competing jihadist groups to spread carnage across Syria. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #120 By William Blum: Iraqi WMD found at last – In Syria
Pretty discouraging it is. No, I actually find much to be rather encouraging. So many people seem to have really learned something from the Iraqi pile of lies and horror and from decades of other American interventions. Skepticism – good ol’ healthy skepticism – amongst the American, British and French people. It was stirring to… Continue reading
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