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 …
Read More »The Full Story on Why Obama Backed Down on Syria
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 …
Read More »How TIME Deceitfully Tries to Make You Believe You Are In the Minority If You Oppose Attacking Syria
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 …
Read More »Israel, Saudis Press Obama On Syria
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 …
Read More »Obama informed Netanyahu prior to speech of plans to delay Syria strike
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 …
Read More »Dubious Intelligence and Iran Blackmail: How Israel is driving the US to war in Syria
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 …
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