Selected Articles: Syria: Military Escalation? Towards a US-Russia Confrontation?

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The Suspicious Timing of the Latest Provocations in Syria. The U.S. is Planning a Major Strike

By Andrew Korybko, April 10, 2018

By now everyone is aware that “Israel” struck a Syrian base in the early hours of the morning [April 9] with several missiles in response to the latest false flag chemical weapons attack to occur in the country, but the timing of these provocations leaves a lot of unanswered questions that nobody seems willing to answer, let alone in the Alt-Media informational space.

Escalation: Is the Conflict in Syria Evolving Towards a Global War?

By South Front, April 10, 2018

So, is the US trying to figure out who is responsible? Indeed it would appear that Washington has already decided who is to blame and the only problem is to justify the upcoming aggression against Syria.

Could the Cold War Return with a Vengeance? Most Momentous Military Planning on Earth. Invitation to Disaster

By Michael T. Klare, April 10, 2018

Think of it as the most momentous military planning on Earth right now. Who’s even paying attention, given the eternal changing of the guard at the White House, as well as the latest in tweets, sexual revelations, and investigations of every sort? And yet it increasingly looks as if, thanks to current Pentagon planning, a twenty-first-century version of the Cold War (with dangerous new twists) has begun and hardly anyone has even noticed.

On the Threshold of War. “Entirety of Russian Military on High Alert”. Unconfirmed Reports

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, April 10, 2018

Tough man Trump, sitting next to the crazed warmonger Bolton, declared that the alleged chemical attack in Syria “will be met and it will be met forcefully. We can’t let atrocities like we all witnessed… we can’t let that happen in our world, especially because of the power of the US, we are able to stop it.”

Truth, Peace, Justice and the War on Syria: Lies, Fake Humanitarians, Fake Covers for War Crimes

By Mark Taliano, April 10, 2018

As we strive for Peace and Justice, all we have is the Truth.  The mechanisms of International Law will not deliver Justice in the foreseeable future since Western countries and their allies have been, and continue to commit Supreme International Crimes as policy with relative impunity.

Taking the World to the Brink of Annihilation

By Rick Sterling, April 10, 2018

Western neoconservatives and hawks are driving the international situation to increasing tension and danger. Not content with the destruction of Iraq and Libya based on false claims, they are now pressing for a direct US attack on Syria.

Emotional Propaganda 101: Chemical Attack in Syria Appears to be a False Flag to Justify Regime Change

By Steven MacMillan, April 09, 2018

The alleged chemical attack in Syria is a blatant display of how emotional propaganda is used to try and pull at the heartstrings of the general public in order to garner support for a military attack on Syria by the US and her allies.


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