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This Is What’s Planned for Syria’s Daraa

Oct 9, 2013 [translation from Arabic] Expectations arise about a raging battle might occur in Syria’s south between army units and armed groups, amid Western media reports referring to a Gulf and Western vigorous pursuit to make a breakthrough in the Syrian army field progress, ahead of any political resolution …

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Obscuring the Details: A Panoramic Look at America’s Case Against Syria

Oct 13, 2013, Strategic Culture The US federal government and the various agencies, media organizations, individuals, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, lobbies, forces, and other entities that are tied to it have done everything in their power to obscure the details involving the chemical attacks in that took place in Syria …

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1,500 evacuated from clashes near Damascus as major opposition group rejects Geneva-2

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on October 12, 2013 shows Syrian women and children arriving to be evacuated by Syria's Red Crescent from a Damascus suburb (AFP Photo)

Oct13, 2013, RT.com Some 1,500 civilians were evacuated from a hotspot suburb of Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said. It comes as the Syrian National Council declared they wouldn’t attend peace talks in Geneva threatening to quit the National Coalition. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) said …

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Syrian TV, chemical inspectors’ hotel targeted in bomb attacks in Damascus – report

Oct 13, 2013, RT.com Multiple bomb blasts have rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus, a mortar attack on Syrian TV among them, reports RT’s correspondent at the scene. Suicide bombers blew up two booby-trapped cars near the General Organization of Radio and TV in Damascus, state TV reported. The other …

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Syria, Intervention and the Anti-war Movement

Oct 1, 2013, Alternatives When Barack Obama first warned Syria that its use of chemical weapons would facilitate the US decision toward military intervention in the Syrian conflict, it almost seemed like the President was implementing the first phase in a plan that would ultimately see the West intervene. To …

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Syrian National Council won’t attend Geneva II peace talks

Oct 13, 2013, al Akhbar A key group within the Syrian opposition National Coalition said Sunday it would not attend proposed peace talks in Geneva and would quit the Coalition if it participated. “The Syrian National Council, which is the biggest bloc in the Coalition, has taken the firm decision… …

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USA’s Cowboy Democracy is Terrorism Dressed in Noble Clothes

Oct 9, 2013, Information Clearinghouse Recent events around Syria have brought up the subject of how the U.S. promotes the ideals of democracy in the world. There is quite a list of countries that have fallen victim to American democracy. For example, Afghanistan has become a heroin power owing to …

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Nobel Prize part of West’s propaganda fog

Oct 11, 2013, Finian Cunningham The Nobel Peace Prize should be renamed the Nobel Propaganda Prize, after this year’s ever-so contrived award to the UN-approved chemical weapons team sent to disarm Syria. Other dubious winners of the “illustrious” prize include the accused war criminal, former US Secretary of State Henry …

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Massacres That Matter – Part 2 – The Media Response On Egypt, Libya And Syria

Aug 29, 2013, Media Lens Corporate media coverage of atrocities in Egypt, Libya and Syria has closely matched US-UK government interpretations and priorities. While the US government has refused to describe what was very obviously a military coup in Egypt on July 3 as a coup, many media have also …

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