From onlineopinion.au
''The U.S, U.K, Turkey, and the European Union are determined to save the
ailing Petro-dollar by preventing the completion of Iran’s Pars gas
field pipeline, through Iraq and Syria to the Mediterranean. Should the
Pars pipeline go online and remain under Russian, Iranian, Iraqi and
Syrian control, then Russia would control approximately 40 per cent of
Europe’s gas consumption, and with a Russian allied Syria, Russia would
also be able to take part in the development of major gas fields in the
eastern Mediterranean Levantine Basin.
Neither Russia nor China will accept a repetition of NATO’s abuse of
UNSC Resolution 1973 – 2011 on Libya, but neither will NATO compromise
with Russia on Syria. NATO and the GCC are determined to install an
anti-Iran/Russia government in Syria that will only provide gas from the
GCC to Europe instead of Iranian gas. While the likelihood of the
present conflict in Syria ending with a pro-GCC/NATO government ruling a
docile Syrian population is negligible, there is a chance that if the
Muslim Brotherhood gained control of a significant part of Syria then
Western aims could be achieved. Even a chaotic Syria prevents Russian,
Iranian, Iraqi and Syrian control of the gas lines to Europe and
increases feasibility for the proposed U.S. backed Turkey–Austria
Nabucco pipeline projectfor natural gas from Iraq, Azerbaijan and
Turkmenistan.''
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
''Russian warships ready to pull citizens out of Syria''
From Voice of Russia
''A group of two assault ships, a tanker and an escort vessel left a Baltic port on Monday, the source said. "They are heading to the Syrian coast to assist in a possible evacuation of Russian citizens. Preparations for the deployment were carried out in a hurry and were heavily classified," the source was quoted as saying.''
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''A group of two assault ships, a tanker and an escort vessel left a Baltic port on Monday, the source said. "They are heading to the Syrian coast to assist in a possible evacuation of Russian citizens. Preparations for the deployment were carried out in a hurry and were heavily classified," the source was quoted as saying.''
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Syria: ''The descent into Holy War''
From The Independent
''It is one of the most horrifying videos of the war in Syria. It shows two men being beheaded by Syrian rebels, one of them by a child. He hacks with a machete at the neck of a middle-aged man who has been forced to lie in the street with his head on a concrete block. At the end of the film, a soldier, apparently from the Free Syrian Army, holds up the severed heads by their hair in triumph.''
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''It is one of the most horrifying videos of the war in Syria. It shows two men being beheaded by Syrian rebels, one of them by a child. He hacks with a machete at the neck of a middle-aged man who has been forced to lie in the street with his head on a concrete block. At the end of the film, a soldier, apparently from the Free Syrian Army, holds up the severed heads by their hair in triumph.''
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Friday, December 14, 2012
''Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey''
John Boehner says we are broke, send the bill to the neo-cons...............From Detroit News
''The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed a deployment order en route to Turkey from Afghanistan. It calls for 400 U.S. soldiers to operate two batteries of Patriots at undisclosed locations in Turkey, Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters flying with Panetta.''
''The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed a deployment order en route to Turkey from Afghanistan. It calls for 400 U.S. soldiers to operate two batteries of Patriots at undisclosed locations in Turkey, Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters flying with Panetta.''
Thursday, December 13, 2012
‘Assad is facing assassination no matter what happens’ – Noam Chomsky
audio interview................From Voice of Russia
''Magnitsky Act implementation and uneasiness in US-Russia relations, NATO approving the deployment of Patriot missile interceptors to defend Turkish border with Syria, modus vivendi in which there could be a reduction of violence in Syria, chemical weapons issue, Hague tribunal and economic crisis in the EU – these issues Voice of Russia discussed with Noam Chomsky a famous American philosopher, linguist, and political activist. Chomsky also warned that US placing a missile system near Russia’s borders is a highly provocative act.''
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
Syria: ''Iraq 2.0, another false-flag invasion, rated XXX'
From Voice of Russia
By John Robles
By John Robles
''The US and NATO are set to invade Syria, something many of us have been warning about for a while now. It has been obvious that they have been looking for a pretext and that pretext has already been injected into the public debate. That pretext: chemical weapons, revealed by Fox News and the Director of the CIA, the same two sources that brought us all of the Iraq invasion lies.''
''Sadly no matter how questionable
or fabricated the pretext is, it appears that there is nothing we can do
except sit back and watch the US and its surrogates invade and decimate
yet another nation.''
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
''Will Syria be a new Iraq, and will Hillary Clinton be a new Colin Powell?''
From Voice of Russia
''It all started with the outgoing Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton who, on her visit to Prague, said on Monday,
"This is a red line for the United States. I'm not going to telegraph in
any specifics what we would do in the event of credible evidence that
the Assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their
own people. But suffice to say we are certainly planning to take
action."
President Obama followed suit telling the Syrian government that “there will be consequences, and you will be held accountable.''
Sunday, December 2, 2012
''Russia says West pushing democracy with "iron and blood"
From Reuters
''Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western states on Saturday of trying to advance democracy abroad through "iron and blood", defending Moscow's refusal to join nations seeking the exit of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Echoing comments made by Vladimir Putin, Lavrov made his sharply-worded address to a foreign and defense policy council meeting two days before the Russian president travels to Turkey where the war in Syria is expected to dominate talks.''
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''Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western states on Saturday of trying to advance democracy abroad through "iron and blood", defending Moscow's refusal to join nations seeking the exit of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Echoing comments made by Vladimir Putin, Lavrov made his sharply-worded address to a foreign and defense policy council meeting two days before the Russian president travels to Turkey where the war in Syria is expected to dominate talks.''
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
“We want Russian troops to stay in Tartus”: head of Syria’s National Coordination Committee''
From Voice of Russia
''Representatives of the Syrian opposition, who travelled to Moscow to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, will return home this Saturday.''
''The National Coordination
Committee is one of most moderate opposition groups which are ready for
talks with the government. However, now its members fear arrest on their
arrival in Damascus and are seeking Russia’s protection.''
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Wayne Madsen: ''The Assads: Washington’s one-time favorite family in Damascus''
From Strategic Culture
''Archived declassified files from the Central Intelligence Agency point to successive U.S. administrations supporting Syria’s long-serving President Hafez al-Assad, the father of current President Bashar al-Assad, as a bulwark against Arab radicals. Israel also recognized Hafez al-Assad as the “most pragmatic” of all the Arab leaders of his day…''
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''Archived declassified files from the Central Intelligence Agency point to successive U.S. administrations supporting Syria’s long-serving President Hafez al-Assad, the father of current President Bashar al-Assad, as a bulwark against Arab radicals. Israel also recognized Hafez al-Assad as the “most pragmatic” of all the Arab leaders of his day…''
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
''Lebanon struggles to deal with Syrian refugees''
From Deutsche Welle
Every afternoon, the seven-year-old Ahmed comes to the Amel Foundation's social center in Harat Hreik, a district of southern Beirut, where he learns Arabic, math, and English. The Amel Foundation is a Lebanese NGO that runs health and education centers across the country, offering help to Syrian refugees.''
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''The number of Syrian refugees, mostly women and children, is climbing.
Lebanese and international organizations provide help, but they are
reaching the limits of their capacities.
Every afternoon, the seven-year-old Ahmed comes to the Amel Foundation's social center in Harat Hreik, a district of southern Beirut, where he learns Arabic, math, and English. The Amel Foundation is a Lebanese NGO that runs health and education centers across the country, offering help to Syrian refugees.''
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Friday, November 9, 2012
''Moscow sees shift in Western stance on Syria opposition''
From Moscow News
''Russia believes the West is reviewing its approach toward the Syrian opposition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Thursday.
"I have the impression that over the past couple of weeks the Western stance on the Syrian opposition has been changing noticeably," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti, the daily Moskovskiye Novosti and the journal Russia in Global Affairs.
"On the one hand, there is disappointment over the failure to unite them," he said. "On the other, I believe there is a growing concern that forces totally different from those [the West] gambled on at the outset are beginning to prevail."
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''Russia believes the West is reviewing its approach toward the Syrian opposition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Thursday.
"I have the impression that over the past couple of weeks the Western stance on the Syrian opposition has been changing noticeably," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti, the daily Moskovskiye Novosti and the journal Russia in Global Affairs.
"On the one hand, there is disappointment over the failure to unite them," he said. "On the other, I believe there is a growing concern that forces totally different from those [the West] gambled on at the outset are beginning to prevail."
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
''The Case Of The Swedish Weapons In Syria''
From Z Communications
By Robert Fisk
''The Oslo express is racing across the pre-dawn, frozen pine forests of Norway, snow shawling over the corner window of carriage three, wherein sits Detective Inspector Fisk on the last day of “Operation Aleppo”. He is reading Rafael de Nogales’ Memoirs of a Soldier of Fortune, a 1932 edition of the Venezuelan general’s account of derring-do in revolutionary Latin America and service in the First World War Ottoman army.''
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By Robert Fisk
''The Oslo express is racing across the pre-dawn, frozen pine forests of Norway, snow shawling over the corner window of carriage three, wherein sits Detective Inspector Fisk on the last day of “Operation Aleppo”. He is reading Rafael de Nogales’ Memoirs of a Soldier of Fortune, a 1932 edition of the Venezuelan general’s account of derring-do in revolutionary Latin America and service in the First World War Ottoman army.''
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
''Beijing report says Chinese Muslims are fighting in Syria''
From The China Post
''Chinese Muslim separatists from the northwest region of Xinjiang are battling Syrian government forces alongside al-Qaida and other extremist groups, an official Chinese newspaper reported Monday.
Radicals among China's ethnic Turkic Uighur minority have been traveling to Syria since May to join the fighting on trips organized by groups opposed to Beijing's rule over Xinjiang, the Global Times reported Monday.''
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''Chinese Muslim separatists from the northwest region of Xinjiang are battling Syrian government forces alongside al-Qaida and other extremist groups, an official Chinese newspaper reported Monday.
Radicals among China's ethnic Turkic Uighur minority have been traveling to Syria since May to join the fighting on trips organized by groups opposed to Beijing's rule over Xinjiang, the Global Times reported Monday.''
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
''"Obama the Muslim:" Ploy to Cover-up Years of US-Al Qaeda Support''
From Land Destroyer
''Neo-Conservative Frank Gaffney thinks you are stupid. After plotting for the better part of a decade, arming Al Qaeda across the Arab World in a documented conspiracy to use the notorious terror group as a proxy against Lebanon, Syria, and Iran, Gaffney and his colleagues are attempting to jettison responsibility and all the blunders that have come with the plot, on US President Barack Obama. President Obama for his part, faithfully and knowingly carried out this strategy, "heeding" signed letters sent to him from Gaffney's warmongering circle, imploring him to not only support terrorists in Libya and Syria, but to do so more overtly.''
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''Neo-Conservative Frank Gaffney thinks you are stupid. After plotting for the better part of a decade, arming Al Qaeda across the Arab World in a documented conspiracy to use the notorious terror group as a proxy against Lebanon, Syria, and Iran, Gaffney and his colleagues are attempting to jettison responsibility and all the blunders that have come with the plot, on US President Barack Obama. President Obama for his part, faithfully and knowingly carried out this strategy, "heeding" signed letters sent to him from Gaffney's warmongering circle, imploring him to not only support terrorists in Libya and Syria, but to do so more overtly.''
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Monday, October 15, 2012
''Syria could be Turkey’s Vietnam''
From Indian Punchline
By MK Bhadrakumar
''The prominent Islamist daily Zaman, which is identified with the AKP’s ideological guru Fethullah Gulen (living in exile in the United States), has been lately featuring articles warning Erdogan from going overboard over the Syrian situation. Zaman’s exclusive interview today with former Turkish FM Yasar Yakis becomes highly significant. ''
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By MK Bhadrakumar
''The prominent Islamist daily Zaman, which is identified with the AKP’s ideological guru Fethullah Gulen (living in exile in the United States), has been lately featuring articles warning Erdogan from going overboard over the Syrian situation. Zaman’s exclusive interview today with former Turkish FM Yasar Yakis becomes highly significant. ''
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''Washington Plays Hardball with Russia on Syria''
From Steve Lendman Blog
''Russia and China represent Washington's final frontier. Building up around their borders and encircling both countries with US bases makes anything ahead possible.''
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''Russia and China represent Washington's final frontier. Building up around their borders and encircling both countries with US bases makes anything ahead possible.''
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Monday, October 8, 2012
''NATO Uses Turkey, Who Uses Free Syrian Army, To Self-Authorize NATO Attack On Syria''
From 'There are no Sunglasses'
Intro By Peter Chamberlain
''This Israeli government spokesman is appealing to the world to accept the proposition that any stray bullets or shells coming across the border from Syria are an "attack" upon Turkey, and by extension, an attack upon NATO. This statement is intended to back-up the recent Turkish Parliament authorization for military operations inside Syria. So Turkey is now ready to do what Israel has been afraid to do, go to war against Syria. It would almost seem as though Israel and Turkey had planned all of this from the beginning, were it not for that ugly little incident with the Gaza Flotilla and the IDF attack upon the MV Mavi Marmara aid ship, on May 31 2010. Less than one year later, in March or April 2011. the civil war was beginning inside Syria.''
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Intro By Peter Chamberlain
''This Israeli government spokesman is appealing to the world to accept the proposition that any stray bullets or shells coming across the border from Syria are an "attack" upon Turkey, and by extension, an attack upon NATO. This statement is intended to back-up the recent Turkish Parliament authorization for military operations inside Syria. So Turkey is now ready to do what Israel has been afraid to do, go to war against Syria. It would almost seem as though Israel and Turkey had planned all of this from the beginning, were it not for that ugly little incident with the Gaza Flotilla and the IDF attack upon the MV Mavi Marmara aid ship, on May 31 2010. Less than one year later, in March or April 2011. the civil war was beginning inside Syria.''
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
PhotoEssay: ''Destruction Comes to Aleppo''
From The Atlantic
''Warfare and chaos have come to the ancient streets of Aleppo, Syria's largest city. Rebel groups battling Syrian government forces moved into the metropolis in recent weeks, in an effort to liberate it from the control of Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. Fierce street battles and air attacks followed, leaving behind a shattered city, strewn with charred rubble and bodies in many places. An estimated 30,000 Syrians have already been killed in the past 18 months of civil war, and as many as 700,000 will have fled the country by the end of 2012, according to the United Nations''. [36 photos]
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''Warfare and chaos have come to the ancient streets of Aleppo, Syria's largest city. Rebel groups battling Syrian government forces moved into the metropolis in recent weeks, in an effort to liberate it from the control of Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. Fierce street battles and air attacks followed, leaving behind a shattered city, strewn with charred rubble and bodies in many places. An estimated 30,000 Syrians have already been killed in the past 18 months of civil war, and as many as 700,000 will have fled the country by the end of 2012, according to the United Nations''. [36 photos]
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