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Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service: After a week of hard campaigning for military intervention in Syria, President Obama continues to be unsuccessful in gaining support, a reality that some say might signal that the US centered global power system may no longer be sustainable.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/18669-obama-increasingly-isolated-on-syria-military-action



Obama Should Seek Legal Prosecution, Not Illegal War

Kevin Zeese, The Green Shadow Cabinet: 'The most effective deterrent against the use of chemical weapons is not the mass bombing of Syria, an action that would be illegal under international law...but to use the international legal system that has been built since World War I and take legal action under the Chemical Weapons Convention,' writes Kevin Zeese of the Green Shadow Cabinet.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18673-obama-should-seek-legal-prosecution-not-illegal-war



Obama Wants Regime Change in Syria, It s Not Just About the WMD

Gaius Publius, The America Blog: More than the issue of chemical weapons the Obama administration supports military intervention in Syria to upset Assad s regime and develop a moderate center that will favor Western political and economic policies.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/18674-obama-wants-regime-change-in-syria-its-not-just-about-the-wmd



US Pulls Staff from Outposts in Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq

Mitchell Prothero, McClatchy Newspapers: Citing tensions from the crisis in neighboring Syria, the State Department has pulled all non-essential staff from Lebanon. While this is endorsed as an act of general caution there are some rumors that there might be a direct terrorist threat in the area.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/18668-us-pulls-staff-from-outposts-in-lebanon-turkey-iraq

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