Posted by seumasach on May 9, 2013
“the US shifted its position on the core issue; namely, its demand that the Assad regime should quit as a prelude to any dialogue.”
M.K.Bhadrakumar
9th May, 2013
The foreplay of Russian-American high-level exchanges can be very revealing. This time too the two sides indulged in some robust shadow play in the run-up to the overnight “working visit” of the United States Secretary of State John Kerry to Moscow on Tuesday.
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Posted by seumasach on May 7, 2013
The imperial elite is in complete disarray as the UN uncharacteristically tells the truth
Alex Lantier
7th May, 2013
In a series of interviews, UN investigator Carla del Ponte said that sarin gas used in Syria was fired by the US-backed opposition, not the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Posted by seumasach on May 7, 2013
The situation is now unimaginably convoluted: the “dangerous violation” of the sovereignty of an Arab state is apparently the Saudis’ job since they are the co- backers, along with Israel, of the Syrian “rebels”
7th May, 2013
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday called for UN action to end Israeli strikes on Syria, describing the raids as a “dangerous violation” of the sovereignty of an Arab state, the official SPA news agency reported.
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Posted by seumasach on May 6, 2013
Perhaps Hamas will now reconsider its misguided support for the “rebels”
6th May, 2013
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has slammed the Israeli regime for its recent act of aggression against Syria, calling for an end to the turmoil in the country.
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Posted by seumasach on May 6, 2013
5th May, 2013
United Nations investigators say they have found testimony from victims and medical staff that shows militants have used the nerve agent sarin in Syria, which has been classified as a weapon of mass destruction in UN Resolution 687.
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Posted by seumasach on May 4, 2013
Brzezinski Joins Lugar Warning Against U.S. Role in Syria
4th May, 2013
President Barack Obama’s declaration that a Syrian use of chemical weapons would cross a “red line” was a mistake, according to two veteran U.S. foreign policy leaders who warned against deeper U.S. engagement there.
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Posted by seumasach on May 1, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
30th April, 2013
The United States President Barack Obama’s second telephone conversation in successive weeks with President Vladimir Putin on Monday underscores the criticality of Russia’s cooperation at the present juncture for Washington on the foreign policy front.
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Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2013
L’attaque états-unienne de la Syrie serait un acte suicidaire
Pierre Khalaf
29th April, 2013
Le commandement syrien poursuit la mise en œuvre de ses nouveaux plans dans un timing politique et militaire adéquat, et à l’ombre d’une ambiance populaire résolument favorable à l’État et au président Bachar al-Assad, de l’aveu même des puissances occidentales.
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Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2013
1,000 Bodies Transferred
29th April, 2013
TEHRAN (FNA)- 5,000 Saudi fighters who had joined the terrorist groups in Syria have disappeared, while corpses of over a thousand more have been transferred to Saudi Arabia, news media said on Monday.
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Posted by seumasach on April 29, 2013
NYT: “Nowhere in Rebel-Controlled Syria is There a Secular Fighting Force to Speak Of”
27th April, 2013
In an astounding admission, the New York Times confirms that the so-called “Syrian opposition” is entirely run by Al Qaeda and literally states:
Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of.
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Posted by seumasach on April 28, 2013
“The path to the liberation of Palestine doesn’t pass through Doha.”
28th April, 2013
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine warned the US and its allies, specially Israel, to avoid a military attack on Syria, stressing that Palestinian resistance groups will join the Damascus army in case of a foreign military aggression.
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