World-News

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10907/

US and allies in 'serious discussions about military involvement in Syria'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10909/

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Annan warns against use of force in Syria

Speaking to reporters at the Arab League in Cairo on Thursday, the former UN secretary-general said the solution to the worsening conflict ''lies in political settlement'' and must be ''Syrian-led and Syrian-owned''.

http://aje.me/xq10QX



Leaked Memo Says US SOF in Syria

U.S. Special Operation Forces reportedly have been in Syria since December training groups to conduct guerrilla attacks and assassinations to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to a leaked Stratfor memo published by WikiLeaks.

http://mnstr.me/wP120B



Calls for Syria Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Moscow

''The ill-considered demands for regime change, unilateral sanctions designed to cause economic difficulties and social tension in the country, pushing the opposition toward confrontation with the government... and even calls for military intervention - all of these are risky recipes that can only lead to the escalation of the conflict," he said.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120312/172118120.html


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Media fuels conflict and pushes for intervention
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-is-a-racket/media-fuels-conflict-and-pushes-for-intervention.html



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By Spencer Ackerman

Welcome to the next U.S. war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30747.htm



Few military options for U.S. in Syria, general says

Facing questions over U.S. options to stem the bloodshed in Syria, top U.S. military leaders said Tuesday that creating ''safe havens'' for rebels or imposing a no-fly zone would be extremely difficult because of the Syrian regime s Russian-provided air defense weaponry.

http://bit.ly/xWLxPh


From Information Clearing House

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Panetta cites UN and NATO, not Congress, as 'legal basis' for military action

http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-secret-government/leon-panetta-cites-un--nato-not-congressas-legal-basis-for-military-action.html



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Christian Science Monitor

03/05/12

Senator John McCain urged the US to move towards war with Syria today. McCain also demanded that President Barack Obama commit himself to using force. 'The President must state unequivocally that under no circumstances will Assad be allowed to finish what he has started, that there is no future in which Assad and his lieutenants will remain in control of Syria, and that the United States is prepared to use the full weight of our airpower to make it so.' There is certainly reason for alarm from a humanitarian and moral point of view...

http://tinyurl.com/7ec38xm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Stephen Lendman

Strategies and tactics vary. Objectives are consistent. They involve replacing independent regimes with pro-Western ones by any means, including war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30705.htm

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War Crimes Hypocrisy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/05-0



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Manipulating Public Perceptions

By AP

Detailed plans developed to carry out military action against Syria have been drawn up by the Pentagon and could be implemented upon orders by President Barack Obama.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30673.htm



France, US arming Syrian rebels with anti-aircraft missiles - report

In Homs on Tuesday, a general claiming to be from the rebel group appeared on camera and told a journalist from Reuters news agency that "French and American assistance has reached us and is with us." When asked to elaborate on the nature of the assistance he added, ''We now have weapons and anti-aircraft missiles and, God willing, with all of that we will defeat Bashar [President Assad].''

http://rt.com/news/syria-arms-us-france-531/



Syria: A Conspiracy Revealed

By Felicity Arbuthnot
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30685.htm


From Information Clearing House



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By Chris Marsden

This well-rehearsed scenario threatens to end in a conflict far bloodier than Libya and trigger a wider regional or even global war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30665.htm



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By Ynet News

US readies for possibility of intervention without UN resolution, Asharq Al-Awsat reports, citing US military official plan to include humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees on Turkey s border.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30651.htm



Russia s Secret Service: Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey Supply Arms to Syrian Opposition

By Itar-Tass

Armed groups of Syria s opposition from the rebel force known as the Syrian Liberation Army get more and more weapons from abroad, a source in Russia's secret services told Itar-Tass on Friday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30648.htm



Progressives Embrace Humanitarian Imperialism, Again

By John V. Wals

It was yet one more sign that the ''progressive'' movement in the West has largely abandoned its antiwar, anti-intervention stance.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30645.htm



China: US, Europe have hegemonistic goals in Syria

The official Xinhua News Agency said in a commentary that China s position on Syria was balanced and that ''most of the Arab countries have begun to realize that the United States and Europe are hiding a dagger behind a smile.''

http://bit.ly/x2Szap



''West'' Wants Assad Out, Democracy or Not

By Global Times

What the West wants from Syria is not democracy but the overthrow of the regime so as to eliminate Iran s influence over Syria.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30656.htm



EU ministers support regime change in Syria

They further added that they supported the opposition in its fight to oust Bashar Assad, and that the EU recognised the Syrian National Council as a legitimate representative of the Syrians seeking peaceful democratic change'.

http://bit.ly/xNt7dC


From Information Clearing House



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The two leaders urged the Syrian (both) "parties" to put an immediate end to violence and 'launch' a dialogue without any preconditions.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_02_23/66748190/



Military intervention in Syria could lead to large-scale war in the region

Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has protested against a possible foreign military intervention in Syria, the OIC told Trend on Thursday.

http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/1995701.html


From Information Clearing House



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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


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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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The closure of European and Arab embassies in Damascus could mean possible preparations for a foreign military intervention in Syria, Russia s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said.

http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/1992801.html



Western countries should observe democracy

China Daily Editorial

Western countries should observe democracy in international relations and their media does not speak for everyone.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2012-02/16/content_14619470.htm



Syria And The Media: ''Activists say...''

By William Bowles

Anyone who believes that the Empire is at all concerned about the 'human rights' of Syrian citizens and it s this that motivates its desire to 'protect', must have slept through the Empire's decades-long killing spree.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30562.htm



Fighters, weapons flow into Syrian war zone

SYRIA has become a magnet for foreign fighters, with al-Qaeda-aligned jihadists streaming across the border from Iraq and rebel soldiers from the Libyan city of Misrata crossing in from Turkey, experts say.

http://bit.ly/yzfftA



Iran to conduct joint exercises with Syria?

An Iranian flotilla has arrived in a Syrian port to provide maritime training to the country s navy, media reports. It s only the second time Iranian warships have sailed through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean.

http://rt.com/news/iran-syria-suez-maritime-training-667/



Al-Qaeda Agents Worm Into Syrian Rebel Army

By Pepe Escobar

The EU states are calling for creating humanitarian corridors in Syria, which some fear could open the door to foreign intervention. But Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar says it s already underway.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30590.htm



Bashar Al-Assad is fighting against Al-Qaeda of Iraq

James Clapper is the first top US official to acknowledge US might indirectly support insurgents.

http://rt.com/news/syria-opposition-al-qaeda-us-567/


From Information Clearing House



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