Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
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 – …
Read More »Israel Rehabilitates Qalandia Airport with Eye on Syria
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 …
Read More »SOLDIERS SPEAK OUT ON SYRIA: ‘We Are Stretched Thin, Tired, And Broke’
Sep. 1, 2013, Business Insider After President Obama said the United States “should” strike Syria during a Saturday speech in the Rose Garden, Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) took to Twitter to dispute that claim with comments from those who would likely carry out that order. “I’ve been hearing a lot …
Read More »Operation Tomahawk with cheese
Aug 29, 2013, Asia Times Online This deafeningly hysterical show of Syria as Iraq 2.0 is only happening because a president of the United States (POTUS) created a ”credibility” problem when, recklessly, he pronounced the use of chemical weapons in Syria a ”red line”. Thus the US government urgently needs …
Read More »Pepe Escobar on Bandar Bush’s Role in Syria
Roving correspondent and frequent guest Pepe Escobar of Asia Times Online joins us once again to discuss the geopolitical machinations behind the latest developments in Syria. We discuss the possibility of an Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline and how the regional players react to such a proposal, Prince Bandar of Saudi and his role in orchestrating the …
Read More »Who Is Really Behind the Syrian War?
Given that the pretext for attacking Syria is falling apart before the public’s eyes, why is the US preparing to wage war on that country? Who benefits from the ongoing destabilization of Assad’s government? What will the Middle East look like if the Sunnis take over Syria? What is Israel’s …
Read More »Syria intervention plan fueled by oil interests, not chemical weapon concern
Massacres of civilians are being exploited for narrow geopolitical competition to control Mideast oil, gas pipelines 30 August 2013 , the Guardian On 21 August, hundreds – perhaps over a thousand – people were killed in a chemical weapon attack in Ghouta, Damascus, prompting the US, UK, Israel and France …
Read More »“We Informed US of Chemical Weapons Transfer to Syria 9 Months Ago”
September 01, 2013, Global Research Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic had sent an official memo to the United States through the Swiss Embassy in Tehran (which serves as the US interests section in Iran) last December, in which Washington had been forewarned that “handmade articles of …
Read More »US Foreign Policy “Script” on Syria, Who Wrote It?
September 01, 2013, Global Research by Michaela Hertkorn While the US has been stepping up its war rhetoric over the past few days, German media has been focusing on matters of international law – questions that matter. Beyond that, we need to ask ourselves, however, is there …
Read More »‘Bombing Syria a win-win for Obama’
September 01, 2013, RT.com Whether the US Congress says yes or no to a strike against Syria, President Barack Obama will emerge victorious as either a law-abiding leader or at least a Nobel Peace Prize winner, investigative journalist Pepe Escobar told RT. Nevertheless, despite the success of staging an …
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