Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Sep 3, 2013, LRB One evening in January at a hotel bar in Manhattan, I tried to ingratiate myself with an officer from Bahrain’s mission to the United Nations. Munira (not her real name) was a former student of a friend of mine. She was also a regime insider, close …
Read More »To some, US case for Syrian gas attack, strike has too many holes
Sep 2, 2013, McClatchy The Obama administration’s public case for attacking Syria is riddled with inconsistencies and hinges mainly on circumstantial evidence, undermining U.S. efforts this week to build support at home and abroad for a punitive strike against Bashar Assad’s regime. The case Secretary of State John Kerry laid …
Read More »Fear and loathing in House of Saud
Oct 11, 2013, Asia Times Every sentient being with a functional brain perceives the possibility of ending the 34-year Wall of Mistrust between Washington and Tehran as a win-win situation. Here are some of the benefits: The price of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf would go down; Washington …
Read More »U.S. Military Confirms Rebels Had Sarin
Sep 12, 2013, Information Clearinghouse As part of the Obama administration’s repeated insistence – though without offering proof – that the recent sarin gas attack near Damascus was the work of the Assad regime, the administration has downplayed or denied the possibility that al-Qaida-linked Syrian rebels could produce deadly chemical …
Read More »Mother Agnes-Mariam to speak at Tear Down the Walls: Nov 1-3, Tucson, AZ
What’s Going On In Syria? by Syria Solidarity Movement and Mussalaha (Reconciliation) Movement This workshop will feature a live presentation by Mother Agnes Mariam who is coming directly from the Middle East. She will discuss the background to the conflict and the conclusions of her detailed study of the chemical …
Read More »Conflicts of interest in the Syria debate
Oct 11, 2013, Public Accountability During the public debate around the question of whether to attack Syria, Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser to George W. Bush, made a series of high-profile media appearances. Hadley argued strenuously for military intervention in appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and Bloomberg TV, …
Read More »Syria sets date for Geneva talks to end conflict
Oct 17, 2013, Telegraph A new attempt by the international community to forge a peace deal for Syria could begin late next month, according to the Syrian government. After a week of growing speculation that the long-sought “Geneva 2” peace conference had finally been agreed, Qadri Jamil, a Syrian deputy …
Read More »Post-Intervention Libya: A Militia State
Oct 12, 2013, by Richard Falk Two apparently related and revealing incidents have turned public attention briefly back to Libya just after the second anniversary of the NATO intervention that helped anti-Qaddafi rebel forces overthrow his regime. The first incident involved the infringement of Libyan sovereignty by an American special …
Read More »“Doctors” Behind Syrian Chemical Weapons Claims are Aiding Terrorists
Aug 25, 2013, Tony Cartalucci The “evidence” upon which the West is propping up its narrative of the Syrian government using chemical weapons against large numbers of civilians hinges so far entirely on claims made by “Doctors Without Borders.” In the New York Times article, “Signs of Chemical Attack Detailed …
Read More »Doctors Without Borders Aiding Globalists in Syria
Oct 16, 2013, Activist Post As fighting continues to rage across Syria, Doctors Without Borders (DWB) is now calling for “greater access for humanitarian aid to Syrians suffering in their country’s civil war” and urging the international community to show as much urgency in regard to humanitarian aid as it …
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