War With Iran: History and Consequences (video)
Global Research TV
November 21, 2011
TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=3219
This month’s release of a new International Atomic Energy Agency report into Iran’s nuclear energy program has caused a flurry of diplomatic activity, political posturing, and breathless news headlines about the supposed imminent threat of an alleged Iranian nuclear weapons program.
Given the nature and tenor of the coverage of the IAEA report in the mainstream press, one might be forgiven for believing that the agency has in fact uncovered new signs that Iran has made any concrete steps toward creating a nuclear weapon since it suspended that program in 2003 or that there is any evidence whatsoever that Iran has made any progress in the development of nuclear weapons technology.
In reality, however, the report contains no new information about Iran’s alleged attempts to create nuclear weapons, a fact quietly conceded by even the most hawkish opponents of Iran’s nuclear program, including former weapons inspector David Albright.
Find out more about the recent moves toward war with Iran in this week’s GRTV Backgrounder.
Immortal Technique Exclusive: “Obama is A War President” (video)
Infowars
November 16, 2011
Syrian Baath Party building ‘hit by rockets’
Josie Ensor
London Telegraph
November 20, 2011
Syrian Army defectors say they launched a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a Baath Party building in Damascus on Sunday, in the first insurgent attack inside the Syrian capital since the uprising began.
Witnesses reported hearing two explosions before seeing smoke rising and fire trucks rushing to the scene early this morning.
It is thought the attack was carried out just before dawn when the building was mostly empty. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Thabet Salem, a journalist who lives close the party building, told Al Jazeera: “This is a clear-cut escalation of what’s going on … It will bring us into a dangerous phase.”
Report: US & Arab States Set To Impose No Fly Zone Over Syria
Plan to cripple Assad’s military forces within 24 hours
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
November 23, 2011
Reports out of Kuwait suggest that Arab states are set to impose a no fly zone over Syria with US logistical support, advancing the prospect of a military assault to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad under a “humanitarian” pretext.
“Senior European sources said that Arab jet fighters, and possibly Turkish warplanes, backed by American logistic support will implement a no fly zone in Syria’s skies, after the Arab League will issue a decision, under its Charter, calling for the protection of Syrian civilians,” reports Albawaba, citing Kuwait’s al Rai daily.
YNet news, the website for Israel’s most widely read newspaper, also carried the report.
As part of a plan to cripple the country’s military forces within 24 hours, the “movement of Syrian military vehicles, including tanks, personnel carriers and artillery,” would all be banned under the terms of the no fly zone.
West’s fixation on Assad eclipses bloody chaos in Egypt (video)
RT
November 23, 2011
The bloody chaos engulfing Egypt again, just months after its first revolution toppled President Hosni Mubarak, is the focus of the world’s media spotlight. But Western leaders are turning a blind eye, instead setting their sights on pastures new.
It seems the bogeyman of the moment is another Middle Eastern country.
“Abuses and loss of life are taking place in Syria,” says British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
“The future of Syria now depends upon the ability of all us to keep pressure on them,” says EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton.
“We’ve called on President Bashar al-Assad to make reforms,” says French Foreign Secretary Alain Juppe.
Around 30 people have died in Cairo’s clashes already, and it has been all over the international media.
‘CIA, MI6 and Mossad: Together against Syria’
RT
November 21, 2011
The West is doing its best to destabilize the situation in Syria, author and journalist Webster Tarpley told RT. According to him, civilians have to deal with death squads and blind terrorism, which is typical of the CIA.
“What average Syrians of all ethnic groups say about this is that they are being shot at by snipers. People complained that there are terrorist snipers who are shooting at civilians, blind terrorism simply for the purpose of destabilizing the country. I would not call this civil war – it is a very misleading term. What you are dealing with here are death squads, you are dealing with terror commandos; this is a typical CIA method. In this case it’s a joint production of CIA, MI6, Mossad, it’s got money coming from Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates and Qatar,” he explained.
Chossudovsky: Arab League Gives US-NATO Green Light to Intervene in Syria (video)
RT
November 13, 2011
