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Domenico Quirico: My 150-day ordeal as a hostage of Syria’s rebels The Italian journalist was taken prisoner by an anti-Assad revolutionary brigade. The horror that followed led him to rename the country ‘the land of evil’

Italian journalist Domenico Quirico arrives in Rome after being held hostage in Syria. Photograph: Alessandro Di Meo/EPA

Sep 15, 2013, Guardian The night was as sweet as wine: I had come, on 8 April, to al-Qusayr, 22 miles south of Homs, to report on another chapter of the Syrian war. Instead, 152 days of imprisonment followed, in small dark rooms where I battled against time and fear …

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Rockets Used in Damascus CW Attack Fired from Makeshift Flatbeds, Not Military Vehicles

After firing a single rocket, the truck is promptly covered and prepared for transit. The purpose of a national chemical arsenal is to provide a deterrence against foreign aggressors and for deployment in pitched, full-scale warfare. This modified truck was clearly designed for launching a single rocket, at a painfully slow rate of fire - not for tactical purposes. It is however, literally, the perfect vehicle for a false-flag attack, particularly the chemical attack carried out in Damascus in late August.

Sep 25, 2013, Tony Cartalucci Video emerges of unmarked truck-mounted launcher surrounded by militants, firing same ordnance used in August 21 Damascus (and other) chemical attacks. A note of clarification: The US maintains that the chemical weapons attack in Damascus in late August could only have been the work of …

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U.S. Policy Is To Prolong the Violence in Syria: The Ultimate Goal of the Obama Administration Remains Regime Change

U.S. President Barack Obama, August 9, 2013. His administration’s policy towards Syria is a manifestation of the psychopathic tendencies of those who seek power in government. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Sep 24, 2013, Foreign Policy Journal Although the threat of U.S. strikes against Syria has for the time being abated due to intervention from Russian President Vladimir Putin and an agreement from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to declare its stockpiles of chemical weapons to the Organization for the Prohibition of …

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The maneuvers at the United Nations in perspective Obama administration seeks to lay basis for UN-sanctioned assault

            Sep 20, 2013, Richard Becker Having been forced to back off from a threatened military attack on Syria by intense international and domestic opposition, the Obama administration is now seeking to lay the basis for a UN Security Council-sanctioned assault. On Sept. 13, an …

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Snipers haunt Syrian Christian town of Maalula

Sep 18, 2013, Daily Star MAALULA, Syria: “Maalula, city of culture and history, welcomes you,” reads a sign at the entrance to Syria’s best known Christian town. But any semblance of welcome evaporates once inside Maalula. The army is fighting an invisible enemy, and an AFP team narrowly escaped sniper …

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Militants destroy Jewish mausoleums in Syria

Sep 24, 2013, Press TV Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Syria have destroyed several Jewish mausoleums in the historical town of Tadouf in the northern city of Aleppo. Militants reportedly demolished a number of the most ancient Jewish mausoleums in the town. Foreign-backed militants have so far destroyed many religious sites in …

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Questions Plague UN Report on Syria

Sep 23, 2013, al Akhbar A senior United Nations official who deals directly with Syrian affairs has told Al-Akhbar that the Syrian government had no involvement in the alleged Ghouta chemical weapons attack: “Of course not, he (President Bashar al-Assad) would be committing suicide.” When asked who he believed was …

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