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Syrian National Council won’t attend Geneva II peace talks

Oct 13, 2013, al Akhbar A key group within the Syrian opposition National Coalition said Sunday it would not attend proposed peace talks in Geneva and would quit the Coalition if it participated. “The Syrian National Council, which is the biggest bloc in the Coalition, has taken the firm decision… …

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West’s hypocrisy over chemical weapons

Oct 2013, Crescent Online The hysteria over the use of chemical weapons in Syria, wrongly accusing the Syrian government of using them, has inadvertently focussed spotlight on the West’s own use of poison gas and chemical weapons. The West’s record is horrible. Chemical weapons or any other weapons of mass …

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USA’s Cowboy Democracy is Terrorism Dressed in Noble Clothes

Oct 9, 2013, Information Clearinghouse Recent events around Syria have brought up the subject of how the U.S. promotes the ideals of democracy in the world. There is quite a list of countries that have fallen victim to American democracy. For example, Afghanistan has become a heroin power owing to …

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Syria militants get chemical weapons training in Afghanistan: Russia

Oct 12, 2013, Press TV Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has cited reports saying that a number of countries are training Syrian militants in Afghanistan to use chemical weapons. “Some reports indicate that [al-Qaeda-linked ] al-Nusra Front is planning to smuggle toxic compounds and relevant specialists into Iraqi territory to …

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U.S. destroyed Libya and it Threatens others

Oct 7, 2013, Taylor Report Mahdi Nazemroaya notes, from Somalia to Libya, the phenomenon of the U.S. leaving broken and ruined countries in its wake. “They want chaos, they want insecurity and instability in every region that they go to. But they don’t want absolute insecurity. They want a certain …

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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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