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2013-06-14. Klart att al-CIAda-killarna ska ha häftiga amerikanska vapen till sin jihad! Detaljer som att större delen av världens befolkning motsätter sig detta, kan man ju som "folkvald" ledare i västliga s.k. demokratier absolut inte ta hänsyn till..?
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Abby Martin talks to political
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SR 2013-06-14: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=5565617
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At the behest of Senator John McCain (R-AZ), the White House announced on Thursday that it will be supplying the Syrian opposition with more military support. History is bloodied by similar US interventions, namely in Afghanistan in the 1980's. So why do John McCain and the Obama White House think this intervention will be different this time? RT Political Commentator Sam Sacks reports.*
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F.d. CIA-experten Ray McGovern avslöjar bakgrunden till USA:s krigsförklaring mot Syrien
Publicerad den 14 jun 2013
On Thursday, the White House announced that they would be funding the anti-government rebels in Syria. Since 2011, President Obama has been asking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, and this week the Obama administration claimed it found evidence that Assad's forces have been using chemical weapons in the civil war. But how credible are these findings? Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern weighs in.*
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– Jag applåderar presidentens beslut och jag uppskattar det, sa den inflytelserika republikanska senatorn John McCain.*
Han mötte nyligen rebelledare i Syrien och han har länge tryckt på för att USA ska förse dem med amerikanska vapen. Han välkomnar nu president Obamas beslut, samtidigt som han säger att det inte räcker...
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Vilken typ och i vilken omfattning har inte sagts men förmodligen handlar det, till en början i varje fall, om lättare handeldvapen. Leveranserna väntas börja om några veckor...
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- En talesperson för FN säger att generalsekreterare Ban Ki-moon säger att människorna i Syrien inte behöver mer vapen och att han är emot allt ytterligare militarisering av konflikten.
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Även den tidigare presidenten Bill Clinton, kanske den mest populäre politikern i USA, stöder beslutet även om en opinionsundersökning från tidningen Wall Street Journal råkar säga att bara en av fyra amerikaner vill ge vapen åt rebellerna...
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- Eliten skickar vapen till Syrien trots att bara 1 av 4 amerikaner stöder beväpning av al-Qaida-rebeller...
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/is-obama-starting-a-war-with-syria-just-to-distract-us-from-all-the-scandals
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Is_Obama_Starting_A_War_With_Syria_Just_To_Distract_Us_From_All_The_Scandals%3F/26661/0/38/38/Y/M.html
http://www.infowars.com/detain-obama-under-ndaa-for-supporting-terrorists-in-syria/
http://rt.com/news/syria-no-fly-us-709/
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By Franklin Lamb, Counter Punch
Beirut.
The short answer is Iran and Hezbollah according to Congressional sources. “The Syrian army’s victory at al-Qusayr was more than the administration could accept given that town’s strategic position in the region. Its capture by the Assad forces has essentially added Syria to Iran’s list of victories starting with Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, as well as its growing influence in the Gulf.”
Other sources are asserting that Obama actually did not want to invoke direct military aid the rebels fighting to topple the Assad government or even to make use of American military power in Syria for several reasons. Among these are the lack of American public support for yet another American war in the Middle
East, the fact that there appears to be no acceptable alternative to the Assad government on the horizon, the position of the US intelligence community and the State Department and Pentagon that intervention in Syria would potentially turn out very badly for the US and gut what’s left of its influence in the region. It short, that the US getting involved in Syria could turn out even worse than Iraq, by intensifying a regional sectarian war without any positive outcome in sight.
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Why_Obama_is_Declaring_War_on_Syria/26684/0/38/38/Y/M.html
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The CIA is preparing to deliver arms to rebel groups in Syria through clandestine bases in Turkey and Jordan that were expanded over the past year in an effort to establish reliable supply routes into the country for nonlethal material, U.S. officials said.
The bases are expected to begin conveying limited shipments of weapons and ammunition within weeks, officials said, serving as critical nodes for an escalation of U.S. involvement in a civil war that has lately seen a shift in momentum toward the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
But U.S. officials involved in the planning of the new policy of increased military support announced by the Obama administration Thursday said that the CIA has developed a clearer understanding of the composition of rebel forces, which have begun to coalesce in recent months. Within the past year, the CIA also created a new office at its headquarters in Langley to oversee its expanding operational role in Syria.
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http://www.blacklistednews.com/CIA_to_use_secret_bases_to_arm_%27rebels%27_/26681/0/38/38/Y/M.html
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The president’s abrupt decision to arm Syrian rebels is a huge mistake, one driven by emotion and propaganda not they kind of strategic White House plan that has marked past successful interventions in civil wars, according to former Carter-era national security chief Zbigniew Brzezinski.
In a broad attack on President Obama’s vague interventionist policy, the highly-respected international affairs analyst warned that by jumping in to Syria’s civil war with no plan is likely to lead to another costly and extended military action that could eventually draw U.S. forces into a clash with Syria’s top ally Iran.
“I think our posture is baffling, there no strategic design, we’re using slogans,” slammed Brzezinski on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Friday. “It’s a tragedy and it’s a mess in the making,” he said. “I do not see what the United States right now is trying to accomplish.”
http://www.phantomreport.com/zbig-obama-syria-plan-is-chaos-baffling-a-mess-tragedy
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USA skickar vapen till Syrien trots att bara 1 av 4 amerikaner stöder beväpning av rebeller
Why Obama is Declaring War on Syria
June 15, 2013Beirut.
The short answer is Iran and Hezbollah according to Congressional sources. “The Syrian army’s victory at al-Qusayr was more than the administration could accept given that town’s strategic position in the region. Its capture by the Assad forces has essentially added Syria to Iran’s list of victories starting with Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, as well as its growing influence in the Gulf.”
Other sources are asserting that Obama actually did not want to invoke direct military aid the rebels fighting to topple the Assad government or even to make use of American military power in Syria for several reasons. Among these are the lack of American public support for yet another American war in the Middle
East, the fact that there appears to be no acceptable alternative to the Assad government on the horizon, the position of the US intelligence community and the State Department and Pentagon that intervention in Syria would potentially turn out very badly for the US and gut what’s left of its influence in the region. It short, that the US getting involved in Syria could turn out even worse than Iraq, by intensifying a regional sectarian war without any positive outcome in sight.
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Why_Obama_is_Declaring_War_on_Syria/26684/0/38/38/Y/M.html
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CIA to use secret bases to arm 'rebels'
June 15, 2013
Source: Washington Post
The CIA is preparing to deliver arms to rebel groups in Syria through clandestine bases in Turkey and Jordan that were expanded over the past year in an effort to establish reliable supply routes into the country for nonlethal material, U.S. officials said.
The bases are expected to begin conveying limited shipments of weapons and ammunition within weeks, officials said, serving as critical nodes for an escalation of U.S. involvement in a civil war that has lately seen a shift in momentum toward the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
A look at the Syrian uprising nearly two years later. Thousands of Syrians have died and President Bashar al-Assad remains in power, despite numerous calls by the international community for him to step down.
Syria experts cautioned that the opposition to Assad remains a chaotic mix of secular and Islamist elements, highlighting the risk that some American-provided munitions may be diverted from their intended recipients.But U.S. officials involved in the planning of the new policy of increased military support announced by the Obama administration Thursday said that the CIA has developed a clearer understanding of the composition of rebel forces, which have begun to coalesce in recent months. Within the past year, the CIA also created a new office at its headquarters in Langley to oversee its expanding operational role in Syria.
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http://www.blacklistednews.com/CIA_to_use_secret_bases_to_arm_%27rebels%27_/26681/0/38/38/Y/M.html
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Former French Foreign Minister: The War against Syria was Planned Two years before “The Arab Spring”
June 15, 2013
In an interview with the French TV station LCP, former French minister for Foreign Affairs Roland Dumas said:
‘’ I’m going to tell you something. I was in England two years before the violence in Syria on other business. I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that they were preparing something in Syria.
This was in Britain not in America. Britain was organizing an invasion of rebels into Syria. They even asked me, although I was no longer minister for foreign affairs, if I would like to participate.
Naturally, I refused, I said I’m French, that doesn’t interest me.’’
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Zbig: Obama Syria plan is ‘chaos, baffling, a mess, tragedy’
Source: Washington ExaminerThe president’s abrupt decision to arm Syrian rebels is a huge mistake, one driven by emotion and propaganda not they kind of strategic White House plan that has marked past successful interventions in civil wars, according to former Carter-era national security chief Zbigniew Brzezinski.
In a broad attack on President Obama’s vague interventionist policy, the highly-respected international affairs analyst warned that by jumping in to Syria’s civil war with no plan is likely to lead to another costly and extended military action that could eventually draw U.S. forces into a clash with Syria’s top ally Iran.
“I think our posture is baffling, there no strategic design, we’re using slogans,” slammed Brzezinski on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Friday. “It’s a tragedy and it’s a mess in the making,” he said. “I do not see what the United States right now is trying to accomplish.”
http://www.phantomreport.com/zbig-obama-syria-plan-is-chaos-baffling-a-mess-tragedy
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Israel and U.S. Coordinating How to Target Assad’s Arsenal
June 15, 2013
Source: Time
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“Things are happening behind the scenes,” says one Israeli official. “Things are really happening.”
Earlier this month, the Pentagon announced it was sending F-16s and Patriot missile batteries to Jordan, ostensibly for an exercise (“Eager Lion”), but which would remain in the Hashemite Kingdom afterward.
“It’s a clear, purposeful, presence of a strike force near the border of Syria,” the Israeli official noted. “I think it’s a message, a clear message.” The message is also meant to be legible to Iran, which is arming Syria and the Lebanese militia Hizballah by air, as well as testing the resolve of Western powers who threaten to strike its nuclear program. “It’s only a short leap to the Gulf,” the official said.
Patriot batteries went into Turkey last year, under the banner of NATO. And the chief of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence agency, traveled to Ankara this week to meet with Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, known by its Turkish initials MIT. As opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad organize themselves to assist the rebels opposing him, Israel feels obliged to lay low. Though closely aligned with Washington, and maintaining diplomatic relations with Jerusalem, countries like Jordan and Turkey have majority Muslim populations who would not welcome overt military cooperation with Israel. “If this is to hold water, this cannot involve Israel,” the Israeli official said.
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USA skickar vapen till Syrien trots att bara 1 av 4 amerikaner stöder beväpning av rebeller
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/people-around-the-world-oppose-arming-syrian-rebels.html
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