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The Obama administration, hoping that the conflict in Syria has reached a turning point, is considering deeper intervention to help push President Bashar al-Assad from power, according to government officials involved in the discussions.

http://is.gd/i0qpRE



Washington Floats Chemical Weapons Charge as Pretext for Syria Buildup

By Bill Van Auken

The alleged threat from Syrian ''weapons of mass destruction'' is entirely concocted. Not a single piece of hard evidence is cited by any government official or any media source.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33223.htm



Senate orders study on U.S. no-fly zone in Syria

The Senate voted Tuesday to order President Obama to study what military options the U.S. would have if it wanted to get more deeply involved in the revolt against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

http://is.gd/ZWVBS1


From Information Clearing House

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Debating intervention in Syria

In These Times
by Rebecca Burns

11/29/12

The ranks of liberal hawks have swelled in the past two decades in response to atrocities in places such as Rwanda and Darfur. But humanitarian intervention, the doctrine that says the duty to protect civilians trumps state sovereignty and justifies the use of force, has most often been relegated to the realm of the hypothetical. In the murky aftermath of the NATO mission in Libya, humanitarian intervention appears both more probable and more problematic...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/14217/intervention_in_syria


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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