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Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned yesterday that deepening US military involvement in Syria s civil war would be a ''mistake,'' warning the outcome would be unpredictable and messy.

http://arabnews.com/news/451361



Russia s Mediterranean Task Force to Include Nuclear Subs: Navy Chief

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu earlier said a decision to deploy a permanent task force in the Mediterranean to defend Russia s interests in the area had been made. The Russian navy commander also said nuclear submarines could be deployed in the Mediterranean, if necessary.

http://is.gd/f2hzPQ



Syria Endgame Approaching Fast

By Shamus Cooke

Syrian government forces have scored significant battlefield victories over the rebels, and this has provoked a mixture of war provocations and peace offers from the U.S. and its anti-Assad allies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34922.htm



Syrian City Ruled by Gangs of Extremists

By Richard Spencer, and David Rose

The black flag of al-Qaeda flies high over Raqqa s main square in front of the smart new governor s palace. Their fighters, clad also in black, patrol the streets.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34925.htm



Putin Warns Netanyahu, Against Aggravating Syria Crisis

The remark appeared intended as a warning against foreign military intervention or arming the rebels fighting against Syrian forces.

http://is.gd/UMC7Hb



Austria says UK push to arm Syrian rebels would violate international law

Forceful Austrian position signals deep EU divisions on Syria ahead of this month s embargo decision.

http://is.gd/14pKKd



The Real Benghazi Story

US Smuggling Weapons to Syrian Rebels

By Daya Gamage

The 'real show' is that the United States, Ambassador Steven playing a major role, was in the process of shipping arms to Syrian rebels to topple Basher el-Assad s regime.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34974.htm



Syria Rebels Threaten to Wipe Out Shiite, Alawite Towns

By Dana El Baltaji

Communities inhabited by Shiite Muslims and President Bashar al-Assad s Alawite minority will be ''wiped off the map'' if the strategic city of Al-Qusair in central Syria falls to government troops, rebel forces said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35044.htm



Britain, France to drum up support to arm Syrian rebels

French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday said they would seek European support for their proposal to arm the "rebels" to fight Syrian government forces.

http://is.gd/FZUlyd



Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria now best-equipped of the group

Al Qaeda s affiliate inside Syria is now the best-equipped arm of the terror group in existence today, according to informal assessments by U.S. and Middle East intelligence agencies.

http://is.gd/IMgXlC


From Information Clearing House

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Israel, Syria and the United States

Stephen Zunes, Truthout: As America fears the possibility of chemical warfare in Syria, Stephen Zunes reflects on the past decade of political relations between Israel, Syria and the United States, a period filled with misinformation, spin and one too many thwarted attempts at peace.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16341-israel-syria-and-the-united-states

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No intervention in Syria

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

05/10/13

If after the debacles in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya (dare I say Vietnam?) some people still want the U.S. government to intervene, further, in the war inside Syria (but fueled by outsiders), we must conclude, not that they can t learn the lessons of recent history, but that they won t because doing so would be contrary to their assorted political, ideological, and material interests...

http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/tgif-no-intervention-in-syria/


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