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‘Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra in Syria may have significant amounts of sarin’

Fighters of the jihadist group Al-Nusra Front (AFP Photo)

September 17, 2013, RT.com WATCH VIDEO HERE The US military have reportedly proved that sarin gas production is going on among some Sunni salafists in Iraq, and via Turkey, can reach Syrian rebels, former Pentagon official Michael Maloof told RT, citing classified sources. RT: France, the US and UK are …

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Canada: Hypocrites ‘R Us

September 16, 2013, Yves Engler Somewhere in the Lester B. Pearson Building, Canada’s foreign affairs headquarters, must be a meeting room with the inscription “The World Should Do as We Say, Not As We Do” or perhaps “Hypocrites ‘R Us.” With the Obama administration beating the war drums, Canadian officials …

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WHO Refuses to Publish Report on Cancers and Birth Defects in Iraq Caused by Depleted Uranium Ammunition

September 13, 2013, Global Research The World Health Organisation (WHO)  has categorically refused in defiance of its own mandate to share evidence uncovered in Iraq that US military use of Depleted Uranium and other weapons have not only killed many civilians, but continue to result in the birth of deformed …

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Obama’s Ally to the North: Canada and Syria

Sep 10, 2013, Yves Engler The Obama administration is looking to attack Syria. If they go forward without UN approval, the US would once again be violating international law and would likely inflame a conflict that’s already left 100,000 dead and displaced millions more. For its part, Ottawa seems to …

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Who gets to invoke international mores? (audio)

Sep 16, 2013, The Taylor Report President Obama overstepped, and tried to mislead his audience as to what the rights and duties of a state are. Stephen Gowans explains that the talk about “international norms” is designed to distract us from “international law:” Syria hasn’t violated any international law, whereas …

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Has Canada ‘crossed the line’ in terms of international law? (audio)

Sep 16, 2013, The Taylor Report Yves Engler joins the program to explain Canada’s “special role” in the world, in this case, the assault on Syria. Once again, our government is a sad appendage of Empire, condemning the official enemies while staying out of major combat operations. Yves describes the …

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Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane’s report

September 16, 2013, Global Research Current events surrounding the Syrian conflict appear to be on the brink of a partial agreement toward peace. Brokered by the United States and Russia, the new quick-fire round of talks in Geneva between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey …

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Turkey Indicts Six Jihadists for Alleged Attempts to Acquire Chemicals With Intent to Produce Sarin

Sep 14, 2013, Information Clearing House   The Turkish Republican Prosecutor in Adana has issued a 132-page indictment, alleging that six members of the al-Qaeda-aligned al-Nusra Front and Ahrar ash-Sham – one Syrian and five Turks – tried to acquire chemicals with the intent to produce the chemical weapon sarin …

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The “Indispensable Nation” Threatens Another War Against Children

September 17, 2013, Global Research “I wonder now how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world, at least in our minds, and thought of all children everywhere as our own. Then we could never drop an atomic bomb …

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