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Anti-Assad Media War Continues
Post Date: 2013-09-16 02:14:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Anti-Assad Media War Continues by Stephen Lendman Throughout months of conflict, media scoundrels mocked Assad's good faith efforts to end it. He wants peace. He deplores war. He agreed to whatever measures may end what everyone should oppose. He's done so without preconditions. He justifiably insists international law provisions be complied with. Nothing less is acceptable. In February 2012, Syrians overwhelmingly supported constitutional reform. They did so by national referendum. Despite opposition boycotts and violence, 89.4% of eligible voters approved it. Another 9% opposed. A slim 1.2% of ballots were invalided. Numerous reforms became law. Important ones. They ...
Is this what Syria war really about? Major oil, gas interests run through Middle East nation
Post Date: 2013-09-15 00:03:14 by christine
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PHILADELPHIA – Is the reported willingness of Arab Gulf states to fund a U.S. military campaign in Syria really about major oil and gas interests that run through the country? The potential for trillions of dollars of energy revenue in deals that snake through Syrian territory may be a motivating factor for the U.S., Russia, Turkey and Arab states in the current Syria crisis. Ads by Google Top Eyelash Growth 2013Warning - We Tried Everything. Here's The #1 Product We Found ConsumersGuides.com Sneaky Prepper Food TrickLearn the sneaky prepper food trick that cuts your grocery bill by 90% www.CrisisEducation.com Syria is a key energy transit route to Europe. A number of countries ...
Assad Pledges Full Cooperation for Peace
Post Date: 2013-09-14 03:06:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Assad Pledges Full Cooperation for Peace by Stephen Lendman His full cooperation isn't good enough for Washington. Obama wants regime change. He wants war. More on that below. On Thursday, Free Syrian Army head Selim Idriss rejected Russia's peace initiative. World powers, he said, shouldn't "be satisfied only by removing the chemical weapon, which is the tool of a crime, but judge the author of the crime before the International Criminal Court, who has clearly acknowledged possessing it and agreed to get rid of it." Idriss urged military force. He wants weapons supplied his forces increased. He promised to "intensify operations in all regions of the ...
War Is America's National Pastime
Post Date: 2013-09-14 03:05:47 by Stephen Lendman
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War Is America's National Pastime by Stephen Lendman America's national pastime isn't baseball. It's not other bread and circus distractions. It's one war after another. It's wars that don't end. It's permanent ones for power and profits. Monied interests benefit most. Waging them for peace is a convenient illusion. Humanitarian intervention is a ruse. So is responsibility to protect mumbo jumbo. Code language conceals real motives. Invasions and occupations are called liberation. Plunder is called economic development. Imperial control is called spreading democratic values. Exploitation is called freedom. Patriotism means going along with what's ...
U.S. Selling Cluster Bombs Worth 641 Million to Saudi Arabia
Post Date: 2013-09-13 15:30:42 by scrapper2
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WASHINGTON, Aug 23 2013 (IPS) - Arms control advocates are decrying a new U.S. Department of Defence announcement that it will be building and selling 1,300 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia, worth some 641 million dollars. The munitions at the heart of the sale are technically legal under recently strengthened U.S. regulations aimed at reducing impact on civilian safety, but activists contend that battlefield evidence suggests the weapons actually exceed those regulations. Opponents say the move runs counter to a strengthening push to outlaw the use of cluster bombs around the world while also contradicting recent votes by both the U.S. and Saudi governments critical of the use of these ...
Obama's Hell Bent for War on Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-13 14:09:38 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Hell Bent for War on Syria by Stephen Lendman Longstanding US plans call for regime change. War is Obama's option of choice. Giving peace a chance isn't tolerated. Proxy war continues. Throughout two and half years of conflict, Washington's been supplying insurgents with weapons, funding, training and direction. CIA operatives are involved. So are US special forces. Russia's peace initiative slowed Obama's war machine. It's not deterred. It's perhaps another major false flag attack away. Intense anti-Syrian propaganda continues. Media scoundrels regurgitate official lies. Truth and full disclosure are verboten. Obama's war is delayed. ...
Putin Challenges Obama Responsibly
Post Date: 2013-09-13 02:50:46 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin Challenges Obama Responsibly by Stephen Lendman Russia's going all out to avoid war on Syria. Vladimir Putin, Sergei Lavrov and other top officials are doing so responsibly. On September 11, Putin addressed Americans and US officials directly. His New York Times op-ed headlined "A Plea for Caution From Russia," saying: "Recent events surrounding Syria prompted (him) to speak directly (at) a time of insufficient communication between our societies." Post-WW II, the UN was "established to prevent such devastation from ever happening again." More on what Putin said below. Post-WW I, "never again" was vowed. The League of Nations was ...
US Troops In Ft Hood Receive Orders To Deploy To Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-12 23:05:15 by Tatarewicz
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US Troops In Ft Hood Receive Orders To Deploy To Syria By baDan Bubalo on September 11, 2013 in Dan Bubalo, Politics http://mychal-massie.com/premium...eceive-orders-to-deploy... I have been able to verify something extremely troubling in the past 12 hours. A close and verifiable source contacted me to lament the deployment of a friend from Ft. Hood to Egypt, where this particular soldier will be for the next nine months. We have no military base in Egypt, so we’re all trying to understand the assignment and wonder if he and the other 400 soldiers are living in a tent in the desert, and if they are, how do they receive supplies, from everything to food, water, ammunition, and fuel ...
Saudi Arabia bribing US, French lawmakers on Syria: American journalist
Post Date: 2013-09-12 21:18:36 by Tatarewicz
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Saudi Arabian spy chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has paid to American and French lawmakers to get their support for a possible military strike against Syria, US investigative journalist Wayne Madsen says. Madsen’s remarks appeared in an article by Dr. James H. Fetzer published on Press TV website on Wednesday. “Wayne Madsen, moreover, has learned from multiple intelligence sources in Washington, London, Beirut, and Paris, that Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan has paid off key members of the US Senate and House leadership, as well as key ministers of the French government, with ‘incentive cash’ to support an American and French ...
No Change in Obama's War Plans
Post Date: 2013-09-12 03:05:50 by Stephen Lendman
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No Change in Obama's War Plans by Stephen Lendman Obama's Tuesday night address didn't surprise. It featured demagogic boilerplate. Defending the indefensible took center stage. Bombast assured business as usual. More on his speech below. War plans remain on track. They're delayed. They're not deterred. They're prioritized. Obama wants another country ravaged and destroyed. He hides behind a shield of humanitarian intervention. He does so through cruise missile diplomacy. He's no peace president. He's hell bent for war. He's waging one after another. He's done so since day one in office. Ahead of his Tuesday night address, Francis Boyle said: ...
Undermining Russian/Syrian Peace Deal
Post Date: 2013-09-12 03:04:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Undermining Russian/Syrian Peace Deal by Stephen Lendman On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposed the following: • "putting (Syrian) chemical weapons storages under international control;" • Syria agreeing to destroy them; • signing the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC); and • joining the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). By evening, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem responded positively, saying: Monday "we held a round of very fruitful negotiations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and he put forward an initiative regarding chemical weapons." "Already in the evening we ...
Benghazi attacked. Again.
Post Date: 2013-09-11 08:44:14 by titorite
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Updated 8:14 a.m. ET TRIPOLI, Libya A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya's Foreign Ministry building in the heart of the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, security officials said, exactly one year after an attack there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. The early morning blast targeted a building that once housed the U.S. Consulate under the rule of King Idris, who former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi overthrew in a 1969 bloodless coup. The explosion caused no serious casualties, though several passers-by were slightly wounded, officials said. The bomb blew out a side wall of the building, leaving desks, filing cabinets and computers strewn among the ...
The Case For a Military Too Small for Obama (Or Any President) To Abuse
Post Date: 2013-09-11 07:29:16 by Ada
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If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. If politicians have a whole bunch of Tomahawk missiles, they look for places to put craters. An old saying has it that when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. It's probably fair to say that when you have a honking huge military machine, everything looks like...Kosovo? Iraq? Afghanistan? Libya? Syria? Well, a handy target for some expensive ordnance, anyway. If you want everything to stop looking nail-ish, it's a good idea to put that hammer away. And if we want Syria —let alone the next target of opportunity—to stop looking like the latest good place for the U.S. to install new craters, we probably need to ...
] US’s evidence on Syria, fabricated: Retired CIA analyst
Post Date: 2013-09-11 06:34:16 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... The US has been intensively campaigning for strikes on Syria since August 21, when the militants operating inside the Arab country and its foreign-backed opposition claimed that over a thousand people had been killed in a government chemical attack on suburban Damascus. The Syrian government categorically rejected the accusation. The US has all along the way been insisting that it has strong ‘evidence’ against the Syrian government while refusing repeated calls to release it publicly.” Elements within the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have fabricated intelligence to implicate the Syrian government in the recent chemical attack in Syria and cater for ...
Obama's War on Syria Delayed, Not Deterred
Post Date: 2013-09-11 03:04:46 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's War on Syria Delayed, Not Deterred by Stephen Lendman John Kerry's stumble delayed Obama's war. It's not averted. He intends to wage it. He'll do it later, not now. In London, Kerry said Assad "could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week. Turn it over, all of it, without delay, and allow a full and total accounting for that." "But he isn't about to do it, and it can't be done, obviously," he added. A previous article said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Kerry's bluff. He's going all out to prevent war. So are Syrian officials. From Moscow, Foreign ...
Obama's Rage for War on Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-11 03:04:04 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Rage for War on Syria by Stephen Lendman Obama's hell bent for war. He intends lawless aggression. A separate article called his plans delayed. They're not deterred. Syria deplores war. It wants peaceful conflict resolution. So do important world leaders. Overwhelming public sentiment at home and abroad wants peace. People everywhere know they're being lied to. Syria threatens no one. No evidence links it to chemical weapons use any time throughout months of conflict. Insurgents used them multiple times. More on that below. Don't expect US officials or media scoundrels to explain. Obama, Kerry, other US officials, and supportive media flacks repeat the Big ...
Would you support a limited US military strike on Washington DC if Obama and/or Congress ignore the will of the people and start another war in Syria?
Post Date: 2013-09-10 12:36:36 by Original_Intent
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Cooking the Intelligence for War on Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-10 03:06:34 by Stephen Lendman
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Cooking the Intelligence for War on Syria by Stephen Lendman All wars are based on lies. Truth is the ally of peace. It's the enemy of war. History repeats with disturbing regularity. It's doing so writ large now. It bears eerie resemblance to events preceding Bush's Iraq war. Pretexts are needed to sell wars. When none exist they're invented. Lies substitute for truth. So-called intelligence is cooked to fit policy. Ahead of Bush's Iraq war, Colin Powell knew Saddam had no WMDs. He lied claiming otherwise. He faked evidence to justify the unjustifiable. He claimed "facts and Iraq's behavior show that Saddam Hussein and his regime are concealing their ...
New York Times Wants War on Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-10 03:04:39 by Stephen Lendman
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New York Times Wants War on Syria by Stephen Lendman Obama's the latest in a long line of US warrior presidents. He exceeds the worst of all his predecessors. He jeopardizes world peace. They risks global war. New York Times editors and columnists support his lawlessness. They do it shamelessly. They do it unapologetically. They betray their readers in the process. Rule of law principles are spurned. Advancing America's imperium matters most. So does supporting racketeering war profiteers. George Seldes called them "merchants of death. (T)he healthfulness of their business depends on slaughter," he said. "The more wars," the greater their profits. They love ...
Iran's early warning of Syrian rebels acquiring CW weapons reaches MSM
Post Date: 2013-09-09 21:09:27 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV...Leaked Iranian letter warned US that Syrian rebels have chemical weapons Syrian President Assad's strongest international backer, Iran, said it has warned the US about chemical weapons in rebel hands for more than a year. Christian Science MonitorBy Scott Peterson As a primary backer of the Syrian government, Iran has argued vehemently against US airstrikes, warned that sectarian "fire" will spread, and that jihadi rebels may have been behind the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack that US officials say killed more than 1,400 people near Damascus. According to leaked diplomatic correspondence, Iran has been warning Washington since July 2012 that Sunni rebel fighters ...
Syria militants ready to target Israel with chemical weapons: Russia Today
Post Date: 2013-09-09 17:53:04 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV Syria militants ready to target Israel with chemical weapons: Russia Today Foreign-backed militants in Syria are prepared to attack Israel with chemical weapons, Russia Today (RT) has reported. “A number of anonymous sources close to the Syrian conflict have told RT that rebel forces are planning to launch a 'provocation-attack' using chemical weapons,” the Russian news channel reported on Monday. The report came after Syria welcomed Russia’s initiative to put its chemical weapons stockpile under international control in a bid to avert a US military intervention. The offer was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday during talks with his ...
Lavrov Calls Kerry's Bluff
Post Date: 2013-09-09 14:34:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Lavrov Calls Kerry's Bluff by Stephen Lendman Russian Foreign Sergei Lavrov wants peace. He's going all out against war on Syria. He's doing it responsibly. Important world leaders back him. So does overwhelming global anti-war sentiment. On Monday, Lavrov met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. He did so in Moscow. "We are calling on the Syrian authorities not only agree on putting chemical weapons storages under international control, but also for its further destruction and then joining the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons," he said. "We have passed our offer to Muallem and hope to receive a fast and positive answer." ...
AIPAC Lobbies for War on Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-09 03:02:44 by Stephen Lendman
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AIPAC Lobbies for War on Syria by Stephen Lendman Previous articles discussed the Israeli Lobby's rage for war on Syria. AIPAC and 50 other Zionist organizations endorse it. They threaten world peace. They want Israeli interests served. Ravaging and destroying Syria does so. Much greater stakes are involved. Syria is prelude to attacking Iran. It's Israel's prime target. Washington wants subservient pro-Western governance replacing its sovereign independence. On September 3, AIPAC headlined "Press Statement on Syrian Resolution," saying: "AIPAC urges Congress to grant the President the authority he has requested to protect America’s national security ...
Report: Saudis sent death-row inmates to fight Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-08 14:00:02 by X-15
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Saudi Arabia has sent death-row inmates from several nations to fight against the Syrian government in exchange for commuting their sentences, the Assyrian International News Agency reports. Citing what it calls a "top secret memo" in April from the Ministry of Interior, AINA says the Saudi offered 1,239 inmates a pardon and a monthly stipend for their families, which were were allowed to stay in the Sunni Arab kingdom. Syrian President Bashar Assad is an Alawite, a minority Shiite sect. According to an English translation of the memo, besides Saudis, the prisoners included Afghans, Egyptians, Iraqis, Jordanians, Kuwaitis, Pakistanis, Palestinians, Somalis, Sudanese, Syrians and ...
Obama Plans Shock and Awe Madness on Syria
Post Date: 2013-09-08 12:50:53 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Intends Shock and Awe Madness on Syria by Stephen Lendman Overwhelming support for peaceful conflict resolution at home and abroad opposes him. It doesn't matter. He plans devastating strikes on Syria. He ordered an expanded hit list. He wants more targets struck. US and French warplanes will supplement cruise missiles. Reports suggest long range B-2 and B-52 bombing. An unnamed senior national security official said planned air strikes will damage Syria more in 48 hours than insurgents did in two and a half years. On September 5, Jonathan Karl said "ABC News has learned the president’s national security team is preparing for a significantly larger military attack ...
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