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NATO Edges Closer to War on Syria

 

NATO Edges Closer to War on Syria

 

by Stephen Lendman

 

Waging war is easy. Instigate provocative incidents. Blame them on targeted countries. False flags work as planned. So do Big Lies repeated enough times to get most people to believe them.

 

Syria News - Oct 10

Worrisome Middle East Developments

 

Worrisome Middle East Developments

 

by Stephen Lendman

 

Days of Syrian/Turkish border incidents threaten further escalation into something more serious. Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants fired mortar rounds on Turkish territory from Syrian locations they control.

 

Assad was wrongfully blamed for their provocation. Syria has been very circumspect. It wants tensions cooled. Turkey's Erdogan made hostile threats. Events bear watching.

Syria on the Boil

 

Syria on the Boil

 

By Stephen Lendman

 

What's been ongoing for over 18 months looks all too familiar. It could continue for some time. It took most of the 1990s to fully balkanize Yugoslavia. America was the lead belligerent.

 

Whether or not Washington plans the same for Syria remains to be seen. Only the fullness of time will tell. For sure regime change is prioritized. Ravaging the country ruthlessly continues. 

Turkish False Flag on Syria

 

Turkish False Flag on Syria

 

by Stephen Lendman

 

The news is out but bears repeating. New reports confirm it. It shouldn't surprise. It's one of the oldest stunts around. Attacks launched are blamed on victims. Wars follow. More on Turkey's false flag below.

 

Sinking the Lusitania in May 1915 preceded America's April 1917 WW I entry. The 1933 Reichstag fire helped Hitler assume dictatorial powers.

Turkey Plays Lee Harvey for NATO Plotters

Michael Collins

(Washington, DC 10/6) The United States and European Union are setting the stage for a Syrian invasion. (Image)

Turkey is the fall guy.

The Turkish parliament provided Prime Minister Recep Erdoğan with a broad authorization "to make the necessary arrangements for sending the Turkish Armed Forces to foreign countries" Hurriyet, October 4, 2012. The vote was on party lines with the dominant AKP party forming a majority. Muharrem İnce of the CHP opposition party said: "This motion has no limits. You can wage a world war with [it]."

The warning about the road to war may be near reality. McClatchy Newspapers just reported the following:

ISTANBUL -- One day after winning blanket authority to send forces into Syria, Turkey’s prime minister warned Friday that his country is "not far from war" and said that it would be a “deadly mistake” for the Syrian government to test Turkey’s will. McClatchy Newspapers, October 6, 2012

Pressure Building for More Middle East War

 

Pressure Building for More Middle East War

 

by Stephen Lendman

 

Obama's currently waging more direct and proxy wars than any previous president. He plans more. Expect it post-election whoever wins. 

 

Cowardly Terrorists Murder Syrian Civilians

 

Cowardly Terrorists Murder Syrian Civilians

 

by Stephen Lendman

 

Aleppo murders are the latest example. Western-recruited death squads ruthlessly target civilians. They're armed and directed to do so. They're merciless cowards. 

 

Naming the Dead - Afghanistan 11 years on - Sunday 7th

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Naming the Dead - Afghanistan 11 years on - Sunday 7th
Syria & Iran - No to Western Intervention - Tuesday 9th

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This Sunday is the 11th anniversary of the Afghan war. We will be organising a number of local events, and in London a Naming of the Dead in Trafalgar Square at 1pm on Sunday 7th October.
 
The event will be attended by those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan, and among others Mitra Quayoom from Afghans for Peace, MPs Paul Flynn and Jeremy Corbyn, actor Miriam Margolyes, and musician Dave Randall.

We are asking our London supporters to mobilise widely for this. There is growing opposition to the disastrous war and we need to be on the streets. On the day we will also be handing in a letter to David Cameron from Military Families which will be launched as a national petition on the weekend.
 
Let us know you are coming by joining the Facebook event and please share with your contacts: on.fb.me/SjcRFQ

On Tuesday 9th October Tariq Ali will be the main speaker in a public meeting on Syria and Iran. The 'No the Western Intervention' meeting will discuss the situation 11-years on from the start of the war on terror. Please come along and support. 7pm University of London Union, Malet St, London WC1. You can join the Facebook event here: on.fb.me/NxElex
 
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Syria, the story thus far

"Today, many Americans are asking — indeed I ask myself," Hillary Clinton said, "how can this happen? How can this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction? This question reflects just how complicated, and at times, how confounding the world can be." 1

The Secretary of State was referring to the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya September 11 that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans. US intelligence agencies have now stated that the attackers had ties to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.2

Yes, the world can indeed be complicated and confounding. But we have learned a few things. The United States began blasting Libya with missiles with the full knowledge that they were fighting on the same side as the al-Qaeda types. Benghazi was and is the headquarters for Muslim fundamentalists of various stripes in North Africa. However, it's incorrect to claim that the United States (aka NATO) saved the city from destruction. The story of the "imminent" invasion of Benghazi by Moammar Gaddafi's forces last year was only propaganda to justify Western intervention. And now the United States is intervening — at present without actual gunfire, as far as is known — against the government of Syria, with the full knowledge that they're again on the same side as the al-Qaeda types. A rash of suicide bombings against Syrian government targets is sufficient by itself to dispel any doubts about that. And once again, the United States is participating in the overthrow of a secular Mideast government.

At the same time, the Muslim fundamentalists in Syria, as in Libya, can have no illusions that America loves them. A half century of US assaults on Mideast countries, the establishment of American military bases in the holy land of Saudi Arabia, and US support for dictatorships and for Israel's genocide against the Palestinians have relieved them of such fanciful thoughts. So why is the United States looking to forcefully intervene once again? A tale told many times — world domination, oil, Israel, ideology, etc. Assad of Syria, like Gaddafi of Libya, has shown little promise as a reliable client state so vital to the American Empire.

It's only the barrier set up by Russia and China on the UN Security Council that keeps NATO (aka the United States) from unleashing thousands of airborne missiles to "liberate" Syria as they did Libya. Russian and Chinese leaders claim that they were misled about Libya by the United States, that all they had agreed to was enforcing a "no-fly zone", not seven months of almost daily missile attacks against the land and people of Libya. Although it's very fortunate that the two powers refuse to give the US another green light, it's difficult to believe that they were actually deceived last spring in regard to Libya. NATO doesn't do peacekeeping or humanitarian interventions; it does war; bloody, awful war; and regime change. And they would undoubtedly be itching to show off their specialty in Syria — perhaps even without Security Council blessing — except that NATO and the US always prefer to attack people who are exceptionally defenseless, and Syria has ballistic missile capabilities and chemical weapons.

It's likely that the American elections also serve to keep Obama from expanding the US role in Syria. He may have concluded that there are more votes in the Democratic Party base for peace this time than for waging war against his eighth (sic) country.

The propaganda bias in the Western media has been extreme. Day after day, month after month, we've been told of Syrian government attacks, using horrible means, almost invariably with the victims described as unarmed civilians; without any proof, often without any logic, that it was actually the government behind a particular attack, with the story's source turning out to be an anti-government organization; rarely informing us of similar behavior on the part of the rebel forces. In May, the BBC included pictures of mass graves in Iraq in their coverage of an alleged Syrian government massacre in Houla, Syria. The station later apologized for the pictures saying that they had been submitted to the BBC by a rebel group. 3 On June 7, Germany's leading daily, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, citing opponents of Assad, reported that the Houla massacre was in fact committed by anti-Assad Sunni militants, and that the bulk of the victims were members of the Alawi and Shia minorities, which have been largely supportive of Assad.

According to a report of Stratfor, the private and conservative American intelligence firm with high-level connections, many of whose emails were obtained by Wikileaks: "most of the [Syrian] opposition's more serious claims have turned out to be grossly exaggerated or simply untrue." They claimed "that regime forces besieged Homs and imposed a 72-hour deadline for Syrian defectors to surrender themselves and their weapons or face a potential massacre." That news made international headlines. Stratfor's investigation, however, found "no signs of a massacre", and warned that "opposition forces have an interest in portraying an impending massacre, hoping to mimic the conditions that propelled a foreign military intervention in Libya." Stratfor then stated that any suggestions of massacres were unlikely because the Syrian "regime has calibrated its crackdowns to avoid just such a scenario ... that could lead to an intervention based on humanitarian grounds."4

Syria News - Sep 28

 

 

Syria rebels say launch decisive battle in Aleppo - Reuters

Syrian military's text to rebels: 'Game over' - Times Union

Commerce in war torn Aleppo grinds to a halt - CNN.com Blogs

UN: Syrian Refugee Exodus to Reach 700,000 - VOA

Syrian rebels get new ammunitions in Aleppo,“Everyone is willing to pay you just a little bit to buy you – the Muslim brotherhood, Riad al-Assad - CounterPsyOps

Armed group blow up oil pipeline in NE Syria - Xinhua | English.news.cn

VIDEO: Syria rebels announce decisive Aleppo attack - Video Dailymotion

VIDEO: Rebel chiefs meet in their Aleppo headquarters - MSN Video

VIDEO: Free Syrian Army Rebels Take Refuge in Turkey, Funnel Weapons Across Border - PBS NewsHour

VIDEO: The DIY Weapons Of The Syrian Opposition - Brown Moses Blogn

VIDEO: Islamists Attack Christians In Syria - Walid Shoebat

Scholar Warns Syria Rebels Could Turn Into Warlords - VOA

Syria Islamists: 'next stop Israel' - The Jewish Chronicle

Britons Among Foreign Jihadists Fighting in Syria

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Hezbollah increases support for Syrian regime, U.S. and Lebanese officials say - The Washington Post

Turkey’s Erdoğan slams Russia, says it stands by massacre in Syria - TODAYSZAMAN

Iraq's Maliki turns down Turkey's invitation to AK Party congress - TODAYSZAMAN

Syrian Muslim Brotherhood says Russia “an excuse” for inaction - NOW LEBANON

Clearing Syrian WMDs Means 75K Troops and Massive Air Strikes - U.S. Naval Institute

Russia helped US to interact with Syria on WMDs – Lavrov : Voice of Russia

 

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Syria News - Sep 27

 

Suicide bombers strike outside Syrian military headquarters in Damascus, FSA claims responsibility in cooperation with an Islamist group, VIDEO - The Washington Post

Syrian Rebels : Damascus Attack a Preview of More Bombings to Come - The Daily Beast

Iranian reporter killed by sniper at scene of blasts targeting Syria military HQ in Damascus - CBS News

VIDEO: Syrian rebels bomb Damascus military building - euronews

VIDEO: Damascus car bomb aftermath aired on Syrian state TV - Telegraph

VIDEO: Last moments of Iranian reporter killed by rebel sniper - YouTube

Report: FSA Gunmen Kill Lebanese Man — Naharnet

West complicit in Syria “massacres,” rebel leader says - Now  Lebanon

Syrian rebel chief and other defectors abandon FSA and return to the Assad army - Now Lebanon

VIDEO: High figure of FSA defects to engage in dialogue with government - CounterPsyOps

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240 Christian hostages released by Syrian rebels in the village of Rableh - Vatican

Syria’s Suffering Christians Flood Neighboring Countries as Civil War Continues - NCRegister.com

Are the Syrian Christians vanishing? - National Post

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Putin: Use of Force without UN Approval is Road to Chaos, Unilateral actions or block agreements are unacceptable - RIA Novosti

VIDEO: Russian Foreign Minister defends support of Syria - CBS News

At U.N., Qatar emir calls on Arab nations to intervene in Syria - The Washington Post

Tunisia says would support Arab peacekeepers in Syria - Now Lebanon

India against unauthorised internal intervention - The New Indian Express

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Syria not to blame for surge in Turkey violence, analysts say - Now Lebanon

Turkish Opposition Party : Erdogan's Support to Terrorists a Constitutional Crime - SANA

Turks prefer Gul over Erdogan for president: poll - Yahoo! News

 

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Syria News - Sep 24

Syria News - Sep 22

 

 

VIDEO: Romney aide: Obama "dragged his feet" on Syria, President Romeny will work " with our allies - like the Turks, like the Saudis, like the Qataris" - CBS News

Saudi millions and special forces expertise turn Syria's rebels into a fighting force - Telegraph

The war on Syria is a war on Iran, says Iranian top military official - Al Arabiya

PM says Turkey will not take unilateral action on Syria - todayszaman.com

Biden presses Iraqi PM on arms to Syria - AFP

Iraq blocks Syria-bound North Korean plane, suspects weapons cargo - Reuters

Russia: Qatar, KSA behind Syrian Crisis, No Alternative for Political Settlement - sana

Swiss Say Grenades Sent to UAE Ended up in Syria - ABC News

No military intervention in Syria, says top NATO general - Now Lebanon

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Hundreds of Saudi funded takfiri militants from Pakistan are fighting in Syria with an anti-Semitic cause –  Haaretz

Mass grave of terrorists’ victims found in Damascus : Voice of Russia

VIDEO: Terrorist War Crimes - Mutilated Bodies Cover Field as they film - YouTube

VIDEO: How can Wahhabi vandalism be stopped? Wahhabis have a history of vandalising and destroying Islamic heritage sites - YouTube

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Prominent Kurdish Activist Assassinated in Syria - Rudaw

VIDEO: Syrian kurds demonstrating in honor of the assassinated activist - Liveleak

Iraqi Kurds raise money for Syrian Kurdish refugees - UPI.com

 

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