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2013-08-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

U.S. accuses Assad over Syrian chemical strike: Pressure grows on West to arm rebels

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Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Baby Assad's regime is formally denying the charges, + Russia + China are preventing any serious probe or action into the matter.

ONE AGAIN, ALL THINGS EQUAL IT ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO HOW THE BAMMER WILL RESPOND TO BREACHES OF HIS OWN "RED LINES" = "OBAMA DOCTRINE"???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-08-23 02:43|| 2013-08-23 02:43|| Front Page Top

#2 100000 dead Kosovars ride again.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-08-23 03:12|| 2013-08-23 03:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Much more to this story coming g(r)om. One posting from IS in particular you will enjoy.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-23 03:24|| 2013-08-23 03:24|| Front Page Top

#4 One posting from IS in particular you will enjoy.

More detail please.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-08-23 03:30|| 2013-08-23 03:30|| Front Page Top

#5 What pressure. Sayz who?

Other than the current Mouth who is a senator from Arizona it doesn't even come up after a few drinks with a liberal.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-08-23 10:32|| 2013-08-23 10:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Who cares. Personally it looks like scum fighting scum. I pity those caught in the middle but not enough to want US involvement at any level.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-08-23 14:42|| 2013-08-23 14:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds to me like they've got plenty of arms. Don't interfere in an internal war. They will both turn on you.

Posted by Muggsey Mussolini 2013-08-23 15:38|| 2013-08-23 15:38|| Front Page Top

#8 US Intel leans toward concluding poison gas was fired
DEBKAfile August 23, 2013, 9:04 PM (GMT+02:00)
Administration officials said Friday that US intelligence detected activity at known Syrian chemical weapons sites before Wednesday's possible chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,000 people, according to CBS News. It is now seen as possible preparation for the attack. US intelligence agencies now lean to the conclusion that Syria did use chemical weapons. DEBKAfile's military sources add: The gas shells were fired by the Syrian armys elite 155th Brigade. They came from stores near Damascus controlled by the Syrian Air Force intelligence service which answers directly to President Bashar Assad.

Posted by 3dc 2013-08-23 19:13|| 2013-08-23 19:13|| Front Page Top

#9 I saw the videos on the news about the supposed "proof of chemical weapons use", but it looks a lot like the Paliwood videos to me. I don't know, but I'm skeptical.

Posted by Tyranysaurus Sneth4452 2013-08-23 21:16|| 2013-08-23 21:16|| Front Page Top

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