September 1st, 2013,  Dissident Voice President Barack Obama often praised for his oratorical brilliance found himself backed into a corner by his own words. He had drawn a line in the sand and promised dire consequences to the government of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad if he dared to cross …

Aug 28, 2013, Paul Craig Roberts   Have you lost patience, as I have, with the pretense that a US/UK military attack on Syria is a response to Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons? If only one journalist on live camera would ask one of the many liars–Obama, Cameron, Hague, …

              Aug 29, 2013 A strike against the Syrian regime, accused of having used chemical weapons in its war against the rebels, is almost certain.  This Western military intervention will be led by the United States, United Kingdom and France.  Damascus pledged to defend …

August 29, 2013,  Information Clearing House –by William Bowles 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 …

September 2, 2013, al-Akhbar Commentators in the West will surely declare that it was their democratic systems of government that forced US President Barack Obama to back down on attacking Syria. But the events that led up to Washington’s de-escalation suggest there were other factors at play. When Obama stepped …

August 28, 2013, Jeremy R. Hammond   How Time magazine headlined the poll: More Americans Have Supported Syrian Air Strikes Than Opposed Forty-nine percent of Americans back strikes by cruise missiles and drones that don’t risk U.S. lives, the Quinnipiac poll found, with 38 percent opposed The actual headline from the poll: American Voters Say 2-1 Stay …

Sep. 2, 2013, Reuters If President Barack Obama has disappointed Syrian rebels by deferring to Congress before bombing Damascus, he has also dismayed the United States’ two main allies in the Middle East. Israel and Saudi Arabia have little love for each other but both are pressing their mutual friend …

  Israeli officials say that Obama telephoned Netanyahu as part of effort to coordinate both states’ next moves regarding Syria. Haaretz U.S. President Barack Obama called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday and informed him that he planned to delay what seemed like an imminent attack on Syria, ahead of his …

  September 1, 2013, Mondoweiss President Barack Obama’s August 31 announcement that he would seek congressional authorization to strike Syria has complicated an aggressive Israeli campaign to render a US attack inevitable. While the Israelis are far from the only force in bringing the US to the brink of war – …

  August 30, 2013, al-Akhbar   For the first time since the second intifada, Qalandia airport was the scene of intense activity by both Israeli civilian and military vehicles over the past two days, according to eyewitnesses in the area who spoke to Al-Akhbar. It is believed that the Israeli occupation …