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U.S. Policy Is To Prolong the Violence in Syria: The Ultimate Goal of the Obama Administration Remains Regime Change

U.S. President Barack Obama, August 9, 2013. His administration’s policy towards Syria is a manifestation of the psychopathic tendencies of those who seek power in government. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Sep 24, 2013, Foreign Policy Journal Although the threat of U.S. strikes against Syria has for the time being abated due to intervention from Russian President Vladimir Putin and an agreement from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to declare its stockpiles of chemical weapons to the Organization for the Prohibition of …

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The maneuvers at the United Nations in perspective Obama administration seeks to lay basis for UN-sanctioned assault

            Sep 20, 2013, Richard Becker Having been forced to back off from a threatened military attack on Syria by intense international and domestic opposition, the Obama administration is now seeking to lay the basis for a UN Security Council-sanctioned assault. On Sept. 13, an …

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Snipers haunt Syrian Christian town of Maalula

Sep 18, 2013, Daily Star MAALULA, Syria: “Maalula, city of culture and history, welcomes you,” reads a sign at the entrance to Syria’s best known Christian town. But any semblance of welcome evaporates once inside Maalula. The army is fighting an invisible enemy, and an AFP team narrowly escaped sniper …

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Militants destroy Jewish mausoleums in Syria

Sep 24, 2013, Press TV Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Syria have destroyed several Jewish mausoleums in the historical town of Tadouf in the northern city of Aleppo. Militants reportedly demolished a number of the most ancient Jewish mausoleums in the town. Foreign-backed militants have so far destroyed many religious sites in …

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Questions Plague UN Report on Syria

Sep 23, 2013, al Akhbar A senior United Nations official who deals directly with Syrian affairs has told Al-Akhbar that the Syrian government had no involvement in the alleged Ghouta chemical weapons attack: “Of course not, he (President Bashar al-Assad) would be committing suicide.” When asked who he believed was …

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John Kerry Supports Al Qaeda in Syria, in Violation of US Anti-terrorism Laws

Jun 5, 2013, Global Research “The United States and its allies are not seeking a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis. If they were seeking a solution they would disengage in terms of their support to al-Nusra, which is a terrorist organization. Their actions are not only a violation of …

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US anti-war delegation returns from Syria

Sep 21, 2013, Press TV Early friday morning, a group of U.S. Anti-War activists returned from a trip to Syria. The delegation that visited Syria included Sara Flounders of the International Action Center, former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia Mckinney, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clarke, John Parker of Workers World Party, …

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Syria: Controversy surrounding MintPress Chemical Weapons Ghouta Report

          Sep 22, 2013, Global Research On Friday 20th September, the corporate media’s favourite “YouTube Syria analyst” and self-proclaimed “weapons expert” Eliot Higgins – aka “Brown Moses” – released a statement on his blog from the Associated Press correspondent Dale Gavlak; in response to his queries …

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“What about Israel’s nuclear weapons?” asks Putin

Putin continues to deny the Syrian regime's responsibility for the chemical weapons attack, stating that 'the attack used an old Soviet shell of a kind no longer used by the Syrian army' - See more at: http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/7470-qwhat-about-israels-nuclear-weaponsq-asks-putin#sthash.umq6xERd.dpuf

Sep 21, 2013, MEMO Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the big question that has been the elephant in the corner as the debate continues about Syria’s possession and use of chemical weapons: What about Israel’s nuclear weapons? Putin was speaking in defence of Moscow’s position on the Syrian crisis, …

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