Sep 4, 2013, Global Research “Their [pro-Israel neocon] plan, which urged Israel to re-establish ‘the principle of preemption,’ has now been imposed by (Richard) Perle, (Douglas) Feith, (David) Wurmser & Co. on the United States.” Patrick J. Buchanan, American political commentator, The American Conservative, March 24, 2003 “I wasn’t afraid …
Read More »Working Together Separately
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 »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 »West toxic lie on Syria exposed
Oct 16, 2013, Finian Cunningham They say an expert liar needs to have a good memory to succeed in maintaining deceptions. This is because sooner or later the liar is liable to trip himself up with his own previous lies. Only weeks after the deadly chemical weapons incident near the …
Read More »John Kerry now says Syria’s Assad must go, situation ‘urgent’
Oct 14, 2013, Washington Times Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that Syria President Bashar Assad has no future and must be removed from power — a somewhat confusing stance given the recent praise he gave the regime for cooperating with a Russia-forged chemical weapons deal. Mr. Kerry said …
Read More »Obscuring the Details: A Panoramic Look at America’s Case Against Syria
Oct 13, 2013, Strategic Culture The US federal government and the various agencies, media organizations, individuals, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, lobbies, forces, and other entities that are tied to it have done everything in their power to obscure the details involving the chemical attacks in that took place in Syria …
Read More »Foreigners train Syrian rebels in Afghanistan to use chem weapons – Lavrov
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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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