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In Bed With Bibi

It is time our progressive humanists engage in a preliminary ethical investigation.

(LONDON) - Once again we see a familiar pattern: our united 'progressives' -- a veritable synagogue, a collective of great humanists -- lend their support to the oppressed.

This time it is the ‘Syrian people’ whom they wish to liberate and their enemy is obviously Bashar Al-Asad.

EXCLUSIVE Interview with `Sandman` - Member of the Free Syrian Army

WARNING: Includes extremely graphic photographs of atrocities in Syria. PHOTOS MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN OR SENSITIVE PEOPLE.

(SACRAMENTO / DAMASCUS) - If there is one thing I learned from this conversation with a jihadist, (Mujahidin) who goes by the name of 'Sandman' - it is that the whole Islamic world may be fragmented beyond repair.

Our perceptions in the west are generally far from reality because Muslim on Muslim conflicts are complicated.

FSA Terrorists through the Eyes of a Nun - Interview with Mother Agnes Mariam

"Non violence is the best way to get what we want."

(DUBLIN) - Mother Agnes Mariam and other religious leaders are trying to illustrate a 'third' way to deal with Syria. She stands opposed to the endless war that has gripped this country.

They want human rights for all - particularly the normal citizens caught in the crossfire, and strongly object to outsider Free Syrian Army rebels who operate like mafia.

Syria and Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction

No WMDs were found in Iraq. Obama does not want to make the same error of judgment.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - On July 23, 2012, Syria admitted possessing a stockpile of chemical weapons, which it claimed are reserved for national defense against foreign countries.

One of Syria’s main facilities for producing chemical weapons of mass destruction (WMD), including sarin, a lethal nerve gas, is located in the town of al-Safira, near Aleppo.

Syria and Sarin Gas: US Claims Have a Very Familiar Ring

Reports of the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons are part of a retold drama riddled with plot-holes

(DAMASCUS) - Is there any way of escaping the theatre of chemical weapons?

First, Israeli "military intelligence" says that Bashar al-Assad's forces have used/have probably used/might have used/could use chemical weapons...

Zionists and Gulf Monarchs Ponder...
Pushing Al Qaeda to Take on Hezbollah

Jabhat al Nusra and friends are capable of igniting yet another catastrophe in this region...

(BEIRUT) - “This is one damn fine idea, what took us so long to see a simple solution that was right in front of our eyes for Christ’s sake”, said Senator John McCain

He reportedly demanded an answer from Dennis Ross during a recent Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) brain storming session in Washington DC.

American Leaders and their Half Baked `Facts` on Chemical Weapons in Syria

A 'red line' first discussed by Obama last August over Syrian chemical weapons, was a perfect set up for this new effort to put Americans in another war.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - War proponents in the US are pleased today.

An unconfirmed report that Syria used chemical warfare, has Obama and his supporters playing a steady beat on the war drum.

Robert Fisk: Inside Damascus - Memoirs Reveal the Hafez Approach

Hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry.

(DAMASCUS The Independent) - “Clinton impressed Assad: a young man who appeared to want to be neutral”

What would Hafez have done? Every Syrian asks this question. Would the old lion of Damascus, whose son Bashar al-Assad became president when he died in 2000, have handled the present Syrian tragedy more harshly or more leniently?

How Damascene Jews Hope to Return... to Normalcy

Zionism and its corrosive effects on Judaism as a philosophy is absent among Jews here.

(DAMASCUS, Syria Al Manar) - Bab Touma Jewish Quarter, Damascus -- Growing up in the small town of Milwaukie, Oregon and until after graduating from high school, I never knew or knowingly met a Jew.

Not until my first post-high school job as a swimming instructor and life guard at the Portland Jewish Community Center...

Israeli Tank Fires Into Syrian Territory

While casualties from Israeli fire were as yet not confirmed, the Israeli army said that there were no Israeli casualties from the Syrian fire.

(GOLAN HEIGHTS AFP) - An Israeli tank has fired into Syrian territory after Syrian mortar and small-arms fire hit the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan heights, the Israeli Defence Forces told AFP.

An Israeli army statement said troops "returned precise fire at the source and reported a direct hit".