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Sep 9, 2013, Taylor Report Zafar Bangash, who recently spoke at an anti-war rally, recalls the lies we were told about Iraq. He discusses the allegations of chemical warfare by the Syrian government, and the possession of said weapons by Syrian rebels. What are the Saudis doing ‘helping’ collect evidence …

Sep 9, 2013, Phil Taylor Commentary Obama is playing hide-and-seek with what he is going to do to Syria, but Syria is clear: they are willing to relinquish their chemical weapons stock to U.N. control. Don’t be fooled – this move towards peace will frustrate the U.S. leadership, who will …

Sep 12, 2013, Unusual Sources Doug and Brendan comments on the rapid drive in the U.S. to escalate the war in Syria and the mounting opposition. LISTEN HERE

Sep 12, 2013, The Passionate Attachment On September 7, The Economist’s “Pomegranate” blog on the Middle East reported Israeli “consternation” over President Obama’s “seeming lack of resolve” to bomb Syria. After noting the help that Israel’s army has been giving to the Syrian rebels, the piece ended with an account …

Sep 14, 2013, Press TV The Turkish public prosecutor has issued an indictment for eleven suspects caught with sarin gas in the Turkish province of Hatay, Press TV reports. The public prosecutor claimed on Friday that the detainees had relations with the al-Qaeda-linked groups of al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham …

Sep 14, 2013, Press TV   The United States halted its plan to attack Syria as Washington was apprehensive of the resistance movement and the opposition of the world public opinion to such an offensive, an Iranian lawmaker says. In a Saturday interview, Mohammad Esmaili, a member of the National …

10 April 2013, BBC The leader of the al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group fighting in Syria, has pledged allegiance to the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani said the group’s behaviour in Syria would not change as a result. Al-Nusra claims to be have carried out many suicide …

Dec 2, 2012, McClatchy Newspapers QALAT AL MUDIQ, Syria — When the group Jabhat al Nusra first claimed responsibility for car and suicide bombings in Damascus that killed dozens last January, many of Syria’s revolutionaries claimed that the organization was a creation of the Syrian government, designed to discredit those …

Sep 14, 2013, Press TV   Over the past few days, there has been a tremendous wave of optimism that it may be possible for war with Syria to be averted. Unfortunately, it appears that a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria is extremely unlikely. Assad is certainly willing …