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Russia to send UN evidence implicating rebels in Syria gas attack

Sep 18, 2013, AFP Russia Wednesday said Syria had handed over new evidence implicating rebels in a chemical attack outside Damascus which left hundreds dead, and promised to share the information with the United Nations. Moscow will review the new materials and “of course, present them in the UN Security …

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NATO chief: Western strike on Syria “still on the table”

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to members of the press following a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street, central London on 18 September 2013. (Photo: AFP - Leon Neal)

Sep 19, 2013, al Akhbar The option of carrying out a military strike or similar operation in Syria must be kept open as a way of dealing with the crisis, the secretary-general of the NATO military alliance said on Thursday. Anders Rasmussen’s comments came as the world’s chemical weapons watchdog …

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The Ghouta chemical attack: Where are the missing children?

          Sep 20, 2013, Oriental Review The UN Report published earlier this week on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Ghouta area of Damascus on Aug. 21, 2013 has clarified many issues but left the key questions unanswered: who committed the attack and who …

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We don’t gas children, we shred them: Obama’s Grotesque Hypocrisy over Cluster Munitions

Unexploded US BLU-97 cluster bomblet in Afghanistan awaiting a curious child's touch

Sep 19, 2013, Dave Lindorff Syrian civilians and children should count themselves lucky that mass opposition in the US, the UK and much of the rest of the world to the idea of a US bombing blitz aimed at punishing the Syrian government for allegedly using Sarin gas in an …

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Is Capitalism to Blame For the Syrian War Drive?

Sep 18, 2013, Counterpunch.org Obama’s push for war in Syria seemed so deeply irrational, so crazed, that many people naturally asked, “Why is this happening?” And “who” wants it to happen? Few Americans actually believed that Nobel Peace Prizing winning Obama suddenly wanted to bomb Syria because “Assad gassed his own …

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Now let’s stop “lethal aid” to Syria — StopWeaponsToSyria.org

We helped prevent U.S. missile strikes on Syria. Public pressure made Congress turn against an attack, opening the door to diplomacy. Now let’s stop the flow of “lethal aid” to Syria. Tell your senators, representative and President Obama that you want this “lethal aid” to stop: CLICK HERE FOR PETITION …

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Obama-Rouhani: lights, camera, action

Sep 19, 2013, Pepe Escobar The stage is set. By now it’s established Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has given full authority to the new administration of President Hassan Rouhani to talk directly to Washington about Iran’s nuclear program. This happened only a few days after US President Barack Obama …

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