In the New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/world/middleeast/chemical-weapons-wont-be-used-in-rebellion-syria-says.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120724 - it is evident that Syria has a large cachet of WMD. Why? Well Saddam's stock must have gone somewhere when sabrés were rattled. Syria is all that is left of the common Ba-athist political party that fell with Saddam in Iraq. What is Ba'athism? It is an Islamic form of Socialism. …
Category: Syria
Clinton’s stern warning to Syria
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/08/hillary-clinton-syria-washington (Update: no progress on Syria).
Syria shoots down Turkish jet
Syria has shot down a Turkish jet without warning after the jet had allegedly entered Syrian airspace when it was flying low 1km off the coast. The Turkish government has vowed "necessary action" in response. Syria has issued some apologies but face international condemnation for killing thousands of protesters and those fighting the Assad regime. …
The Role of Government
As Syria continues to slide into chaos with the slaughter of 90 people by Government forces that are as such, denied. Of course they are. The Government's attempt to blame the rebels is expected but is it logical? The repression that results in a massive popular rebellion is in itself an unacceptable form of Government …
Homs
9 Feb AM - Homs The shelling of civilians by the Syrian Government forces is a civil war crack down by a brutal Ba'athist regime of Bashir al-Assad against a popular uprising in the Arab Spring. 9 Feb LATE - UPDATE: The slaughter continues. "The patterned plastic sheets the medics had placed on the floor …