Facing total economic meltdown at home US/UK, spear-heading NATO, have chosen the path of confrontation with the rest of the world, a path which will lead us to the brink of war with Russia and China
Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2012
Alastair Crooke
9th March, 2012
The UN Secretary General was reported on March 3 saying that he had received “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in Homs after retaking control of the Baba Amr district from insurgents. Did he really believe this; or was he just “saying it”?
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Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2012
8th March, 2012
Syrian rebels are being armed by outside forces, including Turkey, according to reports and officials from Russia, Iran and Egypt.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister accused the U.S. government and Arab countries of arming the rebels a few days after talks with Russianofficials. Robert Baer, a former CIAagent serving in the Middle East, claimed last August that the rebels were not receiving weapons only from Iraq, but from Turkey as well.
Similar allegations have been voiced by Times journalists Richard Beeston and Charles Bremner, who said Turkey was turning a blind eye to shipments of arms to Syrian dissidents. The allegations were immediately denied by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
Egypt has also warned against an upcoming civil war if the flow of weapons from outside forces continues, echoing previous statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
NATO training rebels
Several media outlets in the region have claimed that NATO bases are being used to train rebels, including camps in the eastern Anatolian province of Hakkari.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are reportedly supplying funding for the training.
WikiLeaks reveals US presence
There is a strong and active NATO presence in Syria’s region, according to the leaked emails of a U.S.-based global security analysis company, Stratfor, that were recently released publicly by the whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks.
An analysis director at Stratfor describes U.S. teams in the region as “ready and focused on training the dissident forces” in an email about a Pentagon meeting.
Stratfor is known as a shadow CIA and has reportedly been involved in massive intelligence gathering.
March/08/2012
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Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2012
John Rosenthal
8th March, 2012
On Monday, in calling for airstrikes on Syria, Senator John McCain reprised much the same role he played one year ago at the outset of the Libyan war. Last April, during a highly publicized visit to the cradle of the Libyan rebellion in Benghazi, Senator McCain called for increased American military support for the Libyan rebels. The senator famously described the rebels as his “heroes.”
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Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2012
8th March, 2012
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey says President Barack Obama has requested from the Pentagon military options against the Syrian government.
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Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2012
7th March, 2012
A senior official of Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah has said that the US and its allies would face another defeat in the Middle East as their influence in the region is “diminishing.”
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Posted by seumasach on March 7, 2012
Head of the Syrian-Belgian Friendship Association: Western powers, media channels perpetrating scheme to undermine Syria
7th March, 2012
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Head of the Syrian-Belgian Friendship Association, Kriss Janssen, said that the western powers are perpetrating a scheme to undermine Syria because it is a resistant country.
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Posted by seumasach on March 7, 2012
7th March, 2012
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian diplomat blasted the western countries, specially the US, for their double-standard attitude towards terrorism, and said the Syrian people and security forces are being killed by the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists who are armed with the US and Israeli weapons.
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Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2012
5th March, 2012
BEIRUT: Around 13 French officers are being held by Syrian authorities in Syria, sources have confirmed to The Daily Star.
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Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2012
4th March, 2012
BEIRUT, (SANA) – The Martyrs Square in downtown Beirut witnessed a mass rally on Sunday with the participation of hundreds of the Syrian community people in Lebanon and Lebanese citizens to support Syria and its leader, President Bashar al-Assad.
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Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2012
Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal
4th March, 2012
Now is the time for a paradigm shift in international approach towards resolving the Afghanistan issue. This is the moment for a healing touch; it’s time for the occupation forces to disengage and leave Afghanistan at its own. Left to itself, Afghanistan would normalize after some constructive aftershocks. International community has wandered in the wilderness to find a viable solution for Afghanistan. Too many cooks have indeed spoiled the broth. Everyone had been giving own vision and wisdom; hardly any one cared to incorporate the Afghan perspective and sensitivities to ever-changing recipes. Formulation of Afghan crisis still continues, emanating from lack of consensus on policy and objective. A late January Pew Research Centre poll indicates that 56 percent, of Americans want troops removed from Afghanistan as soon as possible, while just 38 percent believe the US should stay until Afghanistan is stabilized.
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Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2012
Israa Al-Fass
“The crisis is at its end” is no longer a relieving statement made by some political analysts, as the crisis is really close to its end. Baba Amro is now under the control of the Syrian army… and so are the armed groups of which a big number escaped to the Lebanese borders dubbing their retreat “tactical”.
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