Thanks SIUHIN, It's nice to see some facts presented, and data as to how and why those conclusions came to be, instead of ready made emotional responses.
Scott > > Syria Watch URGENT! US Preps For Possible Cruise Missile Attack Syria! > > Accusations Continue, But Still No Evidence of a Syrian Military Gas > Attack! > NO ATTACK ON SYRIA! > > > Call to Action! > 1) Organize a peaceful protest, march, vigil at your local communities > (city hall, federal building, etc.) anytime next week, call for "NO > Attacks on > Syria!" > > If US Begin Attacks Syria, Organize Local Actions Immediately > Peaceful protest, vigil at your local communities (city hall, federal > building, etc.) after the attack begins > - 6 PM same day if the attacks begin during US day time (local Syria > evening time) > - Noon next day if the attacks begin during US evening time (local Syria > day time) > > Send us your updates or schedule to: [email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) or [email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) > > > > Engineering Consent For US Attack On Syria? > U S Preps For Possible Cruise Missile Attack An Syrian Gov't Forces > > Video Report By CBS News > > The Pentagon is making the initial preparations for a cruise missile > attack on Syrian government forces. > _http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35956.htm_ > (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001j2qFdkmhvT8f8GkePkG6xTFBYj2mRVTyOdTm5AHYNhrWg7E3CVbA3Cn8jpre > w6AYxcq4TlNEw9MhEU1eJViR3wvoX9fbt7e7eG6W9wIHF7qhGPtvk7xdJjhaWXEfWRAxM5yEgANu > v2H1PzBNprroTOHFa6osDqmh) > > > Agent Of Destruction > Obama Opts For 'Tomahawk Diplomacy' > > By Anshel Pfeffer > > Since the first operational use of the Tomahawk in the opening stages of > the Gulf War in January 1991, every U.S. president since, the two Bushes, > Bill Clinton and Obama, have all ordered Tomahawk launches. > _http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35961.htm_ > (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001j2qFdkmhvT-sjAfglseMbXvBZw47yVjkirkVwdmvF_4x_wfE-qE-kUHhrN8i > DlATuG1wc031Y6w5L6fuXlyX1klGvUGdT0jVSqrFC8Gt2muhjwS2hggwFkhm5iAvWaqxibcBD3LI > mF6zmDl_l0Saw32jlbeV-n81) > > > > Accusations Continue, But Still No Evidence of a Syrian Military Gas > Attack > > By Stephen Gowans > > Since this is decidedly against Damascus's interests, we should be > skeptical of any claim that the Syrian government is defying Obama's red > line. > _http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35962.htm_ > (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001j2qFdkmhvT_u1DLjh_-OvUiMkyPiC_u2K7AuAQ_WkH3FmACV7ei3HMwBUfgr > z0b2uBialYqAHxofcrCLte8X1V_fjtckZ70LW-MKouzskd8E2-Ly9rObkUovCwp2xh2Wd4ATHsCa > bAnoFg_NDAIFYllShcrHb5TE) > > > > > Syria Chemical Warfare Claims Aim To Provoke Western Intervention > By Bill Van Auken > > http://www.countercurrents.org/auken220813.htm > > The unsubstantiated charges that the Syrian regime of President Bashar > al-Assad carried out a chemical weapons attack outside Damascus killing > large > numbers of civilians have all the hallmarks of a staged provocation aimed > at > provoking Western intervention > > > Syria Gas Attack Story Has Whiff Of Saudi War Propaganda > By William Engdahl > > http://www.countercurrents.org/engdahl220813.htm > > The reports of massive chemical attacks in Syria might become the âred > line > â for the US for active military intervention. But even rudimentary > analysis of the story shows it is too early to believe its credibility > > > Syrian rebel attack may have been false flag. Doubts raised. > > > Experts Doubt Syrian Chemical Weapons Claims > > http://www.washingtonsblog.com/ > > Preliminary Evidence Indicates that the Syrian Government Did NOT Launch > a Chemical Weapon Attack Against Its People > > CBS News reports that the U.S. is finalizing plans for war against Syria > â and positioning ships to launch cruise missiles against the Syrian > government â based on the claim that the Syrian government used > chemical > weapons against its people. > > The last time the U.S. blamed the Syrian government for a chemical > weapons attack, that claim was was debunked. > > But is the claim that the Syrian government used chemical weapons > against its people true this time? > > Itâs not surprising that Syriaâs close ally â Russia â is > expressing > doubt. Agence France-Presse (AFP) notes: > > Russia, which has previously said it has proof of chemical weapons > use by the rebels, expressed deep scepticism about the oppositionâs > claims. > > The foreign ministry said the timing of the allegations as UN > inspectors began their work âmakes us think that we are once again > dealing with a premeditated provocation.â > > But Russia isnât the only doubter. > > AFP reports: > > âAt the moment, I am not totally convinced because the people that > are helping them are without any protective clothing and without any > respirators,â said Paula Vanninen, director of Verifin, the Finnish > Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention. > > âIn a real case, they would also be contaminated and would also be > having symptoms.â > > John Hart, head of the Chemical and Biological Security Project at > Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said he had not seen > the telltale evidence in the eyes of the victims that would be > compelling evidence of chemical weapons use. > > âOf the videos that Iâve seen for the last few hours, none of them > show pinpoint pupils⦠this would indicate exposure to organophosphorus > nerve agents,â he said. > > Gwyn Winfield, editor of CBRNe World magazine, which specialises in > chemical weapons issues, said the evidence did not suggest that the > chemicals used were of the weapons-grade that the Syrian army possesses > in its stockpiles. > > âWeâre not seeing reports that doctors and nurses⦠are becoming > fatalities, so that would suggest that the toxicity of it isnât what we > would consider military sarin. It may well be that it is a > lower-grade,â > Winfield told AFP. > > Haaretz reports: > > Western experts on chemical warfare who have examined at least part > of the footage are skeptical that weapons-grade chemical substances were > used, although they all emphasize that serious conclusions cannot be > reached without thorough on-site examination. > > Dan Kaszeta, a former officer of the U.S. Armyâs Chemical Corps and > a leading private consultant, pointed out a number of details absent > from the footage so far: âNone of the people treating the casualties or > photographing them are wearing any sort of chemical-warfare protective > gear,â he says, âand despite that, none of them seem to be harmed.â > This > would seem to rule out most types of military-grade chemical weapons, > including the vast majority of nerve gases, since these substances would > not evaporate immediately, especially if they were used in sufficient > quantities to kill hundreds of people, but rather leave a level of > contamination on clothes and bodies which would harm anyone coming in > unprotected contact with them in the hours after an attack. In addition, > he says that âthere are none of the other signs you would expect to see > in the aftermath of a chemical attack, such as intermediate levels of > casualties, severe visual problems, vomiting and loss of bowel control.â > > Steve Johnson, a leading researcher on the effects of hazardous > material exposure at Englandâs Cranfield University who has worked with > Britainâs Ministry of Defense on chemical warfare issues, agrees that > âfrom the details we have seen so far, a large number of casualties over > a wide area would mean quite a pervasive dispersal. With that level of > chemical agent, you would expect to see a lot of contamination on the > casualties coming in, and it would affect those treating them who are > not properly protected. We are not seeing that here.â > > Additional questions also remain unanswered, especially regarding > the timing of the attack, being that it occurred on the exact same day > that a team of UN inspectors was in Damascus to investigate earlier > claims of chemical weapons use. It is also unclear what tactical goal > the Syrian army would have been trying to achieve, when over the last > few weeks it has managed to push back the rebels who were encroaching on > central areas of the capital. But if this was not a chemical weapons > attack, what then caused the deaths of so many people without any > external signs of trauma? > > *** > > The Syrian rebels (and perhaps other players in the region) have a > clear interest in presenting this as the largest chemical attack by the > army loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad to date, even if the cause > was otherwise, especially while the UN inspectors are in the country. It > is also in their interest to do so whilst U.S. President Barack Obama > remains reluctant to commit any military support to the rebels, when > only the crossing of a âred lineâ could convince him to change his > policy. > > > The rebels and the doctors on the scene may indeed believe that > chemical weapons were used, since they fear such an attack, but they may > not have the necessary knowledge and means to make such a diagnosis. The > European Union demanded Wednesday that the UN inspectors be granted > access to the new sites of alleged chemical attacks, but since this is > not within the teamâs mandate, it is unlikely that the Syrian government > will do so. > > Stephen Johnson, an expert in weapons and chemical explosives at > Cranfield Forensic Institute, said that the video footage looked suspect: > > There are, within some of the videos, examples which seem a little > hyper-real, and almost as if theyâve been set up. Which is not to say > that they are fake but it does cause some concern. Some of the people > with foaming, the foam seems to be too white, too pure, and not > consistent with the sort of internal injury you might expect to see, > which youâd expect to be bloodier or yellower. > > Chemical and biological weapons researcher Jean Pascal Zanders said > that the footage appears to show victims of asphyxiation, which is not > consistent with the use of mustard gas or the nerve agents VX or sarin: > > Iâm deliberately not using the term chemical weapons here,â he > said, adding that the use of âindustrial toxicantsâ was a more likely > explanation. > > Michael Rivero asks: > > 1. Why would Syriaâs Assad invite United Nations chemical weapons > inspectors to Syria, then launch a chemical weapons attack against women > and children on the very day they arrive, just miles from where they are > staying? > > 2. If Assad were going to use chemical weapons, wouldnât he use > them against the hired mercenary army trying to oust him? What does he > gain attacking women and children? Nothing! The gain is all on the side > of the US Government desperate to get the war agenda going again. > > As I type these words, US trained and equipped forces are already > across the border into Syria, and US naval forces are sailing into > position to launch a massive cruise missile attack into Syria that will > surely kill more Syrians than were claimed to have died in the chemical > attack. > > - - - - > > Yahoo News: India > > US 'backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria, blame it on > Assad govt': Report > > http://in.news.yahoo.com/us-backed-plan-launch-chemical-weapon-attack-syria- > 045648224.html > > London, Jan 30 (ANI): The Obama administration gave green signal to a > chemical weapons attack plan in Syria that could be blamed on President > Bashar > al Assad's regime and in turn, spur international military action in the > devastated country, leaked documents have shown. > > A new report, that contains an email exchange between two senior > officials > at British-based contractor Britam Defence, showed a scheme 'approved by > Washington'. > > As per the scheme 'Qatar would fund rebel forces in Syria to use chemical > weapons,' the Daily Mail reports. > > Barack Obama made it clear to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad last month > that the U.S. would not tolerate Syria using chemical weapons against its > own people. > > According to Infowars.com, the December 25 email was sent from Britam's > Business Development Director David Goulding to company founder Philip > Doughty. > > The emails were released by a Malaysian hacker who also obtained senior > executives resumes and copies of passports via an unprotected company > server, > according to Cyber War News. > > According to the paper, the U.S. State Department has declined to comment > on the matter. (ANI) > > - - - - > It seems that the chemical attack in Syria was filmed and uploaded by the > "rebels" to YouTube a day before the attack allegedly took place on > Wednesday, the 21st. Note the upload date on the YouTube video of the > attack: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO8_eZcZkNE&bpctr=1377314696 > > > > ============================================================================ > == > Peace NO War Network_ http://www.PeaceNOWar.net_ > (http://www.peacenowar.net/) > War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate > Not in our Name! 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