Syria

A Plea for Caution From Russia By Vladimir V. Putin

What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria   Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against each other during the cold war. But we were also allies once, and defeated the Nazis together. The universal international organization — the United Nations — was then established to prevent such devastation from ever happening again. The United …

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Ex-World Leaders Urge U.S. to Forego Military Attack on Syria By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 4 2013 (IPS) – The United States, which is preparing to launch a military strike on Syria, is being cautioned by several former world leaders and Nobel Peace laureates to seek a political solution to the ongoing crisis – and forego armed intervention in the beleaguered Middle Eastern nation. Former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan argues that there is …

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U.N. Loses Big if U.S. Attacks Syria Unilaterally By Thalif Deen

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has repeatedly said that the Syrian crisis can be solved only politically. Credit: IPS UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 2013 (IPS) – If and when the United States launches a military attack on Syria, one of the biggest political losers would be the United Nations. The administration of President Barack Obama will not only bypass the Security Council, …

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CONFIRMED: US Claims Against Syria – There is no Evidence By Tony Cartalucci

The Wall Street Journal has confirmed what many suspected, that the West's so-called "evidence" of the latest alleged "chemical attacks" in Syria, pinned on the Syrian government are fabrications spun up from the West's own dubious intelligence agencies. The Wall Street Journal reveals that the US is citing claims from Israel's Mossad intelligence agency fed to the Central Intelligence Agency …

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Does Obama Know He’s Fighting On al-Qa’ida’s Side? By Robert Fisk

‘All for one and one for all’ should be the battle cry if the West goes to war against Assad’s Syrian regime   "The Independent" –  If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured – for the very first time in history – that the United States will be on the same side as al-Qa’ida. Quite …

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