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By Mehdi Hasan

In the war on terror America was happy to send suspects to Syria. Now the US cries torture.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30585.htm



Obama Administration Opens Door to Aid for Syrian Rebels

By The Associated Press

The Obama administration opened the door slightly Tuesday to international military assistance for Syria s rebels, with officials saying new tactics may have to be explored if President Bashar Assad continues to defy pressure to halt a brutal crackdown on dissenters.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30619.htm



Thousands of Gunmen Preparing to Fight In Syria?

By RT

Over 10,000 Libyans are reportedly being trained in a closed-off zone in Jordan, before being snuck into Syria to fight for the opposition. These men are allegedly paid around US$1,000 a month, funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30616.htm



Libya 2.0: U.S. 'May Have To Consider Additional Measures' To End Bloodshed

The United States says it will consider taking ''additional measures'' to end the bloodshed in Syria if an international outcry and a strengthened sanctions regime do not convince the government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop its crackdown on the opposition.

http://bit.ly/yDIOOu



US Ready to Help Arm Syrian Rebels

By AP

THE US has opened the door to military assistance for Syria s rebels as intelligence sources revealed the Free Syrian Army is acquiring sophisticated weapons systems, including Russian anti-tank missiles, from sympathisers and officers in President Bashar al-Assad s military.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30621.htm



Russia: 'We won t go to Syria summit'

Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said the meeting in Tunisia ''looks like an attempt to forge some kind of international coalition as it was with the setting-up of a 'contact group' for Libya.''

http://bit.ly/AcKGY0


From Information Clearing House

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Why Assad Has Survived
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/why-assad-has-survived.html

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Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch: ''With the United States now well into the second decade of what the Pentagon has styled an 'era of persistent conflict,' the war formerly known as the global war on terrorism (unofficial acronym WFKATGWOT) appears increasingly fragmented and diffuse. Without achieving victory, yet unwilling to acknowledge failure, the United States military has withdrawn from Iraq. It is trying to leave Afghanistan, where events seem equally unlikely to yield a happy outcome."

http://www.truth-out.org/uncle-sam-global-gangster/1329682326

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Al-Qaeda and Washington war hawks call for arming Syrian rebels
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-middle-east/al-qaeda-and-washington-war-hawks-call-for-arming-syrian-rebels.html



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