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US to Leave 700 Troops in Jordan in Sign of Deepening Involvement in Syrian Crisis
Obama did not say specifically what the troops would be doing there.
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US Claims of Chemical Weapons Use By Syria A Pretext for Arming Rebels
Pt 1. Omar Dahi: Despite escalating humanitarian catastrophe, G8 summit failed to advance diplomatic settlement.
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Syria: If People Don’t Do Their Own Damn Revolution, It Won’t Work
If the people of a nation in turmoil arenu2019t sufficiently capable of revolution without help from outside forces, they won't be able to self-govern afterwards and will be worse …
Patrick Cockburn on US Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons?
Veteran foreign correspondent Patrick Cockburn of The Independent discusses the Obama administrationu2019s decision to begin directly arming Syrian rebels after concluding the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has used …
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Chemical Weapons Experts Still Skeptical About US Claim That Syria Used Sarin
The Obama administration has yet to offer details of what evidence it has and how it obtained it.
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Mike Lofgren | American Exceptionalism: Alibi of a Nation
We may have moved beyond Manifest Destiny, but American Exceptionalism is still prevalent in modern society.
Did Someone Say Genocide? Syria’s Fake Sectarian War
The fate of Syria and the broader Middle East balances on a razoru2019s edge. The western media is giving dire warnings of an impending sectarian war between Sunni …
Despite Horrific Repression, the US Should Stay Out of Syria
Despite growing violence in Syria, America's involvement should be minimal. Stephen Zunes explains why.
As US Deploys Patriot Missiles and F-16s to Jordan, Could Syrian Conflict Engulf the Middle East?
Pro-government Syrian forces have seized control of the key border town of Qusayr, which had been controlled by rebel fighters for the past year.
Syrian Rebels Balk at Peace Talks
Russia and the Obama administration are encouraging peace talks in Syria.