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BBC News 2 December 2013 The UN’s human rights chief has said an inquiry has produced evidence that war crimes were authorised in Syria at the “highest level”, including by President Bashar al-Assad. It is the first time the UN’s human rights office has so directly implicated Mr Assad. Commissioner Navi Pillay said her office […] December 2nd, 2013 | Tags: al Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad, chemical weapons, Faisal Mekdad, Jesse Jackson, Navi Pillay, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Robert Levinson, Secretary of State John Kerry, Syria, war crimes | Category: Barack Obama, Human Rights, Iran, Middle East, nuclear weapons, United Nations | Comments are closed
Never Go to War without the Support of Your People
Michael Yon Online Magazine 02 September 2013 …With Syria reaching full pitch in 2013, allegations that President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on 21 August against his own people roiled the airwaves. A year after the Benghazi attack that claimed our Ambassador […] September 2nd, 2013 | Tags: Adam Holloway, al Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad, British Parliament, chemical weapons, Jay Leno, leadership, Lt. Col. Christopher Raible, Michael Yon, rodeo clown, Sen. John McCain, Sgt. Bradley Atwell, Suleiman Asad, Syria, war | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Congress, France, Great Britain, History, Iraq, Islam, Military, National Security, Politics, sarah palin, United Nations | Comments are closed
The Awkward Photo John Kerry Doesn’t Want You to See Chris Miles policymic 8/27/2013
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…In February 2009, before the proverbial Sh*t hit the proverbial fan, Kerry led a delegation to engage Syria. It was a “frank exchange” of ideas and talk about the possibility of peace in the […] August 30th, 2013 | Tags: "Al Jazeera America", "educated elite", "Responsibility to Protect Doctrine", al Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad, chemical weapons, Dennis Kucinich, impeachment, international law, Jabhat al-Nusra, Samantha Power, Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State John Kerry, Sen. John Kerry, Sen. John McCain, Separation of Powers, Syria, War Powers Resolution of 1973 | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Media accountability, Middle East, Military, Politicians, Russia, United Nations, US Constitution | Comments are closed
David Cameron was forced to abandon plans for Britain to participate in military strikes against Syria after suffering an unprecedented Parliamentary defeat. Robert Winnett The Telegraph [UK] 29 Aug 2013 Dozens of Conservative MPs refused to support the Prime Minister and sided with Labour in opposing a Government motion which supported the principle of military […] August 29th, 2013 | Tags: Bashar al-Assad, Charles Krauthammer, chemical weapons, Parliament, PM David Cameron, Syria, war | Category: Barack Obama, Great Britain, Islam, Middle East, Military, Politics, Video | Comments are closed
Paul Ebeling Live Trading News 8/27/2013 Testimony from victims now strongly suggests it was the rebels, not the Syrian government, that used Sarin Nerve Gas during a recent incident in the revolution-wracked nation, a senior UN diplomat said Monday. Carla del Ponte, a member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told […] August 28th, 2013 | Tags: Bashar al-Assad, Carla del Ponte, chemical weapons, Free Syrian Army, Syria | Category: Barack Obama, China, Islam, Media accountability, Middle East, Military, Russia, terrorism, United Nations | Comments are closed
The administration has deliberately left itself almost no room for maneuver – its credibility would now be zero if it failed to take some form of military action” ~Mark Mardell BBC News, North America editor
Patrick J. Buchanan WorldNetDaily 8/26/2013 “Congress doesn’t have a whole lot of core responsibilities,” said […] August 27th, 2013 | Tags: al Qaeda, Arab League, Bashar al-Assad, Benghazi, chemical weapons, Hezbollah, international law, Libya, NATO, Nobel Peace Prize, Rep. Scott Rigell, Secretary of State John Kerry, Sen. Ted Cruz, Syria, UN Security Council, war, WMDs | Category: Barack Obama, China, Congress, Great Britain, Iran, Islam, Middle East, Military, National Security, North Korea, Politicians, Russia, State Department, United Nations, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
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