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Since the perplexing conflict in Syria first broke out two years ago, the Western powers’ assistance to the anti-government side has been consistent, but relatively indirect. The Americans and Europeans lay the mental, legal, diplomatic, and financial groundwork for regime change in Syria. Meanwhile, Arab/Muslim allies in Turkey and the Persian Gulf are left with the heavy lifting of directly supporting Syrian rebels, and getting weapons and supplementary fighters in place. The involvement of the United States in particular has been extremely lackluster, at least in comparison to its aggressive stance on a similar crisis in Libya not long ago. Hopes of securing major American and allied force, preferrably a Libya-style “no-fly zone,” always leaned most on U.S. president Obama’s announcement of December 3, 2012, that any use of chemical weapons (CW) by the Assad regime – or perhaps their simple transfer – will cross a “red line.”
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Syria’s Opposition Hopes to Win the War by Selling Oil
<img src="http://timeglobalspin.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/int-syria-fighters-130501.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="A rebel FSA fighter fires at enemy positions of Assad forces as skirmishes break out on the front line in Bustan Al Qasr frontline in Aleppo, April 9, 2013." title="A rebel FSA fighter fires at enemy positions of Assad forces as skirmishes break out on the front line in Bustan Al Qasr frontline in Aleppo, April 9, 2013."/> Given the many resolutions on Syria that have hit a brick wall at the U.N. Security Council, and the endless wrangling among Western leaders over how to end the calamitous two-year war, the April 22 decision by E.U. foreign ministers to lift the oil embargo against Syria looked almost like tangible progress.» EU Lifts Oil Embargo on Syria – Buys Directly from Al Qaeda Alex Jones
Tony Cartalucci Infowars.com May 2, 2013 It was recently reported that the European Union would be lifting its oil embargo on Syria, in an effort to help fund what it calls “rebels” operating there. In the Associated Press article, “ EU lifts Syria oil embargo to bolster rebels ,” it states: The European Union on Monday lifted its oil embargo on Syria to provide more economic support to the forces fighting to oust PresidentBashar Assad’s regime. The decision will allow for crude exports from rebel-held territory, the import of oil and gas production technology, and investments in the Syrian oil industry, the EU said in a statement. A recent TIME article titled, “ Syria’s Opposition Hopes to Win the War by Selling Oil ,” reports:
EU eases Syria oil embargo to help opposition
22 April 2013 Last updated at 12:10 ET Sanctions were first imposed in 2011 in response to the crackdown on pro-democracy protests EU member states have agreed to ease an oil embargo on Syria to allow the purchase of crude from the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. Foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg said they had made the decision "so as to help the civilian population". European companies will now be able to import crude oil and petroleum products from opposition-held areas.
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Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com March 5, 2013 Last month’s hope of a constructive outcome during nuclear talks between Iran and the West in Kazakhstan were dashed this week as the AIPAC meeting commenced in Washington. 2013 AIPAC confab dwells on Iran attack. On Monday, Joe Biden made it clear that Obama is behind an attack on Iran. He told attendees Obama’s policy “is to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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Who’s going to step up? President Obama Must be Impeached
Who’s going to step up? President Obama Must be Impeached By Dave Lindorff February 08, 2013 " Information Clearing House " - If the Constitution is to have any relevance, and if America is to remain a free society, then there is really no alternative: there must be a bill of impeachment drawn up and submitted in the House, and there must at least be a hearing on that bill in the House Judiciary Committee. The disclosure, by NBC, of a so-called “white paper” by the White House offering the legal justification for the executing of American citizens solely on the authority of the executive branch and the president exposes a White House so blatantly in violation of the Constitution that it simply demands such a hearing. As Juan Cole explains clearly in an essay in Informed Comment , there are five ways that the white paper authorizing executive execution of Americans violates the Constitution. These, he explains, are:unnamed pearl
February 08, 2013 " Counterpunch " - With its air strikes against targets inside Syria last week, Israel announced its formal entry into the Syrian crisis. The Israeli targeting of Iran has thus entered the Syrian theater. According to McClatchy , the Israeli strikes on January 30 targeted anti-aircraft missiles at a military base outside of Damascus. The missiles, according to Israeli intelligence sources, were headed for Hezbollah in Lebanon.
February 08, 2013 " Information Clearing House " - At the height of the 2012 election campaign in late October, a U.S. delegation tiptoed into Japan and then China with scant media coverage. It was “unofficial,” but Hillary Clinton gave it her blessing. And it was headed by two figures high in the imperial firmament, Richard L.
U.S. Goading Japan into Confrontation with China
Over at ThinkProgress, Ben Armbruster highlighted a Forbes report on the taxes paid by top corporations last year. According to Forbes, General Electric managed to make $10.3 billion in pretax income, but paid nothing into the U.S. Treasury , as it counted its losses in the U.S., while registering its profits overseas. As Forbes put it, “GE Capital has displayed an uncanny ability to lose lots of money in the U.S. (posting a $6.5 billion loss in 2009), and make lots of money overseas (a $4.3 billion gain).”
Exxon Paid Zero U.S. Income Tax In 2009, While Big Oil Defends Billions In Senseless Tax Subsidies
» Israel Announces “Security Zone” in Syria Alex Jones
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com, February 4, 2013 Israel is considering a “buffer zone” stretching ten miles into Syria “to protect itself from fundamentalist rebels on the other side of the border,” the Sunday Times reports. The proposal, which has been drawn up by the military and presented to Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, is intended to secure the 47-mile border against a growing Islamist threat if President Bashar al-Assad’s embattled regime loses control of the area. The “Islamist threat” in Syria is funded and armed by the CIA and Saudi Arabia and Qatar .The Enemies of Free Humanity Rosa Korie Explains Why Public Must Awaken to Agenda 21 Resurfaced Banned Film Sheds Light on The Cause of Autism
» Israel Bombs Targets on Syria-Lebanon Border Alex Jones
Mac Slavo SHTFplan.com July 18, 2012 In recent weeks we’ve seen scores of civilian men, women and children massacred in the Syrian towns of Homs and Tremseh, a Turkish (NATO) plane shot down over international airspace , some 10,000 armed insurgents enter the country across the Lebanese border, and what amounts to nothing short of total anarchy and civil war in the streets of Syria that has left an estimated 17,000 people dead. Western nations have condemned the actions of the Syrian government, calling for a peaceful resolution, but some observers suggest that we’ve be doing exactly the opposite, and rather than looking for a peaceful solution, all indicators point to a growing powder keg that’s set to blow at any moment. The Russians were recently caught transferring armaments to the middle east nation amid condemnation from the Obama administration, with Secretary of State Clinton telling Russia they will “pay a price” for their attempts at halting progress in the region.
» Let the Bombings Commence: Two Key Developments in Syria Suggest It’s Go Time Alex Jones
Russ Baker whowhatwhy.com July 10, 2012 Friday, we read in the New York Times and elsewhere about one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s most important supporters and allies having defected. The impression one gets is that Assad’s government is in a state of collapse— and this gives credibility to those pushing for Assad to turn over power. But what the media are not mentioning is that Brigadier General Manaf Tlass did not defect directly from the Assad inner circle. He had already fallen into disfavor early in the uprising and lost his command in May 2011—14 months ago. If you had that additional piece of information, you would interpret the news reports in a totally different way.