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BBC finds crates of Saudi weapons in Syrian rebel base

Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2012

John Glaser

Antiwar

8th October

For several months now it has been known that the US is cooperating with its allies in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar to provide aid and weapons to the rebel fighters in Syria. While the US has sent “non-lethal” aid to the rebels – like money, communications gear, and intelligence – it was also sent the CIA to the Turkish-Syrian border to funnel weapons coming primarily from Saudi Arabia and Qatar to various rebels. In recent weeks, the Obama administration has redoubled these efforts, sending more spies to help organize the Syrian rebels and tens of millions more in aid.

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Syria: The Grenades on Turkey are NATO Ammunition

Posted by seumasach on October 8, 2012

Syrian News

6th October, 2012

This is a translation of the recent blog post by the German Blog “Alles Schall und Rauch” about the allegedly attack of a Turkish border town by the Syrian Arab Army. It seems that NATO ammunition was used in this attack.

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NATO rebels obvious suspects in mortar attack

Posted by seumasach on October 8, 2012

Syria’s Ayn El Isa village was in the control of the rebels when the mortar shells were fired to the Akcakale

Summary of the article by the Turkish Yurt Newspaper

Libya S.O.S.

7th October, 2012

It was confirmed that Syria’s Ayn El Isa village was in the control of the rebels for 10 days when the mortar shells were fired to the Turkish town Akcakale and killed 5 Turkish civilians.

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Al qaeda terrorists are not freedom fighters!

Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2012

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Security Council press statement on terrorist attacks in Allepo

Posted by seumasach on October 6, 2012

United Nations

5th October, 2012

The following Security Council statement was issued today by Council President Gert Rosenthal ( Guatemala):

 

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Aleppo, Syria, on 3 October, causing dozens of deaths and over 100 civilians injured, responsibility for which was claimed by the Jebhat al-Nusra group affiliated with Al-Qaida.  They expressed their deep sympathy and sincere condolences to the families of the victims of these heinous acts and to the people of Syria.

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Syria investigating source of gunfire on Turkey

Posted by seumasach on October 4, 2012

Fars News Agency

4th October, 2012

TEHRAN (FNA)- Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said that relevant authorities in Syria are investigating the source of the Wednesday mortar fire on a border town in Turkey.

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Crowds demonstrate against war with neighbor

Posted by seumasach on October 4, 2012

Hurriyet Daily News

4th October, 2012

Political parties, unions, professional chambers and nongovernmental organizations came together in Taksim Square Oct. 4 to demonstrate against a possible war with Syria.

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Continuous Turkish artillery barrage cuts out 10-km buffer strip inside Syria

Posted by seumasach on October 4, 2012

Debka

4th October, 2012

Constrained from a substantial military incursion into Syria by US President Barack Obama’s veto and Saudi and Qatari refusals to help pay for it, Turkey’s government and military decided to make do with carving out a buffer strip 10 kilometers deep into Syria by continuous artillery barrages.

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Turkish police use tear gas at anti-war protest

Posted by seumasach on October 4, 2012

Gulf News

4th October, 2012

Ankara: Turkish police fired tear gas to stop a small group of anti-war protesters approaching parliament on Thursday as deputies debated a motion that could authorise military action in Syria if the government deems it necessary.

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Syria hit by many deadly terrorist attacks in Aleppo: France, UK and US silent

Posted by seumasach on October 4, 2012

Helmut Joachim Schmidt and Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

3rd October, 2012

Many powerful terrorist explosions have just hit the financial hub of Aleppo in Syria. The Free Syrian Army (FSA) and various Islamist factions are intent on spreading terrorism, sectarianism and carnage all over Syria. However, look at the deadly silence of the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Therefore, it is clear that the current political elites in these nations now support terrorism on several fronts.

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François holland à l’ONU: l’explication de text

Posted by seumasach on October 2, 2012

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