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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 August 2013: ’Religion and politics’ in Israel: The mythology of Jewish nationalism
27 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Killed In Askar Refugee CampIMEMC – [Tuesday August 27, 2013] A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Palestinian security fire reportedly during clashes between the security forces and gunmen in the Askar refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Continue reading
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The Overt and Covert Mechanisms of the Chemical Provocation in Syria By Dmitry Minin
A powerful propaganda campaign has once again been launched against Syria, with accusations that its army is supposedly using chemical weapons. All the previous campaigns gradually died down, leaving behind only murky foam. However, what is happening now resembles a real “tenth wave”. Continue reading
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US Threatens Syria: Trigger Happy Foreign Policy (I) By Andrei Akulov
The information and statements made in Washington are multiple and often contradictory. The only thing that is clear – the US officials appear to prepare the ground for a military action against Syria for alleged use of chemical weapons, which is an unconfirmed affirmation. With all the statements made and the ballyhoo raised about the… Continue reading
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Obama Administration Copies Bush’s Sidelining of Weapons Inspectors In Iraq
One of John Kerry’s main arguments for bombing Syria is that the Assad government stalled and delayed UN weapons inspectors Continue reading
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Syria asks UN to immediately investigate three new ‘chemical attacks’ by rebels
The Syrian government is demanding that the United Nations immediately investigate three alleged chemical attacks carried out by rebel groups on the outskirts of Damascus last week, Syria’s envoy to the UN said. Continue reading
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Video: Syria: Only Rebels Benefit from Recent Chemical Attack By grtv
Wildly varying reports have emerged of recent chemical weapons use in Syria, with hundreds allegedly killed in the latest attack. 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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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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Reuters: US to Strike Syria Before UN Evidence Collected By Tony Cartalucci
The US has accused the Syrian government of delaying UN inspectors from accessing the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus. But now, according to Reuters, the US appears to be preparing to strike Syria militarily before the UN’s now ongoing investigation is concluded and evidence revealed to either support or conflict with… 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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John Kerry’s “Colin Powell moment” By Alex Lantier
Yesterday US Secretary of State John Kerry appeared on national television to deliver a lying statement aimed at preparing public opinion for an impending US-NATO attack on Syria. It was his very own “Colin Powell moment.” 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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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 25 August 2013: Testimonies: Systematic abuse, beatings and threats against Palestinian children
25 August 2013 —VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Injured Near JerusalemIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was injured in the foot, on Saturday evening [August 2r, 2013] when an Israeli soldier raised a spike strip as the young man was stepping on it. … 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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Syria chemical weapons claim: The BBC just doesn’t give up By William Bowles
Evidently, the BBC was not satisfied with its pathetic propaganda pieces I referred to in yesterday’s article, so it’s come out with another, equally audacious piece of fiction that reiterates, again without any proof, the same drivel it peddled to us yesterday (and the day before). But what ‘UN’s Angela Kane in Syria urges chemical… Continue reading
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