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Foreigners train Syrian rebels in Afghanistan to use chem weapons – Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (Reuters / Sergey Karpukhin)

Oct 11, 2013, RT.com There are reports that some third countries are training Syrian rebels to use chemical weapons in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. The intention is to put the skill to use in new false flag actions in Syria, he explained. The suspected training happened in …

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Structural Inclinations – The Leaning Tower of Propaganda: Chemical Weapons Attacks In Ghouta, Syria

Oct 9, 2013, Media Lens By David Edwards A UN report this month found that, ‘Torture and brutality are rife in Libyan prisons two years after the overthrow of leader Muammar Gaddafi.’ Around 8,000 prisoners are currently being held without trial in government jails on suspicion of having fought for …

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Nobel Prize part of West’s propaganda fog

Oct 11, 2013, Finian Cunningham The Nobel Peace Prize should be renamed the Nobel Propaganda Prize, after this year’s ever-so contrived award to the UN-approved chemical weapons team sent to disarm Syria. Other dubious winners of the “illustrious” prize include the accused war criminal, former US Secretary of State Henry …

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Syria extremists financed by private Gulf donors carried out mass killings – HRW

Free Syrian Army fighters dig trenches at the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province, September 4, 2013 (Reuters / Khattab Abdulaa)

Oct 11, RT.com At least 190 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage by Syrian rebels financed by private Gulf donors in an August 4 military offensive in the Latakia governorate, according to a Human Rights Watch report. At least 67 of the victims executed had lived in government-aligned …

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Canada’s “Left” New Democratic Party (NDP) Endorses Corporate, US-NATO War Agenda

Oct 10, 2013, Yves Engler Is the NDP the solution or part of the problem for those of us who promote a Canadian foreign policy that favours ordinary people around the world? While pushing arms control measures and oversight of Canadian mining companies, this ‘Left’ party generally backs the military …

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The consequences of Resolution 2118

CSTO troops stand ready to deploy in Syria if the Security Council so requests.

Oct 7, 2013, Thierry Meyssan Although the French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, loudly praised himself for the vote on Resolution 2118 concerning chemical weapons in Syria, this text marks both the victory of Russia and that of President Bashar al -Assad. The vote carries within itself two consequences that permanently ruin …

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Libya in anarchy two years after NATO Humanitarian Liberation

Oct 1, 2013, F. William Engdahl In 2011 when Muhammar Qaddafi refused to leave quietly as ruler of Libya, the Obama Administration, hiding behind the skirts of the French, launched a ferocious bombing campaign and a “No Fly” zone over the country to aid the so-called fighters for democracy. The …

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US media failed to cite pundits’ ties to defense industry in Syria debate – report

AFP Photo / Kevin C. Cox

Oct 11, 2013, RT.com Nearly two dozen of the commentators who appeared on major media outlets to discuss a possible US military strike on Syria had relationships with contractors and other organizations with a vested interest in the conflict, according to a new report. The Public Accountability Initiative, a non-profit …

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The Future of the Free Syrian Army

Oct 7, 2013, Information Clearinghouse Discussion between colonel Abdel-Hamid Zakaria; a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army; Fawaz Gerges, a professor of Middle East Politics and Intenational Relation at London School of Economics; and Robert Fisk, a foreign correspondent for the British newspaper -The Independent.

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