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By Bill Van Auken

The Obama administration has reportedly ordered the Pentagon to plan a far wider attack on Syria than had originally been indicated.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36149.htm



High-Level U.S. Intelligence Officers Say: Syrian Government Didn t Launch Chemical Weapons

By WashingtonsBlog

Opposition leaders were ordered to prepare their forces quickly to exploit the U.S. bombing, march into Damascus, and remove the Bashar al-Assad government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36155.htm



Does Obama Have A Legal Right To Bomb Syria?

By Ted Rall

Here in what neofascist politicians and media mouthpieces call the Homeland, we Americans are watching our top officials and boldface notables brush off the basic legal underpinnings of the political culture with impunity.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36151.htm



Stopping Barry O'Bomber s Rush to War

By Ralph Nader

Dear President Obama: Little did your school boy chums in Hawaii, watching you race up and down the basketball court, know how prescient they were when they nicknamed you 'Barry O'Bomber'.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36152.htm



A Serious Question for Democrats on Syria

By Michael Collins

Leaders of the Democratic Party and their media side kicks are giving President Barack Obama a free ride on his proposal to attack Syria.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36146.htm



They gather on call to AIPAC s command

By William Cook

What congressman or woman will stand against the master that controls his or her future as a politician?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36153.htm



American Israeli Political Activity Committee (AIPAC) to lobby Congress for Syria strike

Though US Congress is pressured by the American public to vote against a US military intervention in Syria, Israel s most ardent supporters in AIPAC urge Congress representatives to vote in favor of an intervention.

http://is.gd/eTDVvv



10 Chemical Weapons Attacks Washington Doesn t Want You to Talk About

By Wesley Messamore

Here is a list of 10 chemical weapons attacks carried out by the U.S. government or its allies against civilians.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36148.htm



Syria and the Reality at Home in America

By Robert Reich

Yet while attention is focused on Syria, more than one in five American children face hunger.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36143.htm



Pentagon Is Ordered to Expand Potential Targets in Syria With a Focus on Forces

For the first time, the administration is talking about using American and French aircraft to conduct strikes on specific targets, in addition to ship-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles. There is a renewed push to get other NATO forces involved.

http://is.gd/5vmKsv



US Eyes Broader Syrian Strike to Include Bombers

A senior national security official told ABC News that a U.S. military strike on Syria will do more damage to the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 48 hours than Syrian rebels have done in two years.

http://is.gd/JvJToa



Russia warns US against targeting Syria chemical arsenal

'In this respect we warn US authorities and their allies against striking any chemical facilities and adjacent territories,' the statement said. 'Such actions would represent a dangerous new turn in the tragic development of the Syria crisis,' the ministry said.

http://is.gd/he8g3C



Russia forced to cancel Syria lobbying mission to D.C.

Sergei Naryshkin, speaker of the State Duma, said the delegation would no longer travel to the U.S. and called the decisions by House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to refuse to meet their Russian counterparts deplorable.

http://is.gd/ODQ1Ua



The Senate s Syria Resolution Has a Huge Secret Giveaway to the President

The draft authorization could actually give him and future presidents sweeping new powers to intervene overseas.

http://is.gd/RKTcCJ



US Congress Finds 'Overwhelming' Public Opposition to Force in Syria

After three days of non-stop phone calls from hundreds of Colorado constituents opposed to a US military strike on Syria, Rep. Doug Lamborn announced Friday he was 'leaning against' a resolution giving US President Barack Obama the authority to take limited action.

http://is.gd/PFp01k



AIPAC Gears Up for War with Obama

By M.J. Rosenberg

AIPAC intends to use the United States Congress to cause Rouhani to abandon negotiations by making clear that Congress will accept nothing short of an Iranian surrender on nuclear issues.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36353.htm


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