Target Syria NWO's next acquisition The Middle East- WW III - Muslim Civil War

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http://news.yahoo.com/us-sends-fifth-destroyer-eastern-med-official-141045939.html

US sends fifth destroyer to eastern Med: official
8/29/13

The US Navy has deployed a fifth destroyer to the eastern Mediterranean, a defense official told AFP on Thursday, as expectations grow of an imminent strike on Syria.

The USS Stout, a guided missile destroyer, is "in the Mediterranean, heading and moving east" to relieve the Mahan, said the official, who said both ships might remain in place for the time being.

Other destroyers in the region -- the Ramage, the Barry and the Gravely -- criss-cross the Mediterranean and could launch their Tomahawk missiles toward Syria if so directed by US President Barack Obama.

The defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not say how long the Mahan would stay in the area before returning to its home port of Norfolk, Virginia, which it left in December 2012.

It is normal for three destroyers to patrol the Mediterranean under the authority of the US Sixth Fleet, primarily in an anti-missile defense role.

The US Navy keeps as a closely guarded secret the number of Tomahawk missiles that each ship carries but it is estimated to be 45.

The US defense official also indicated that the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its escorts remain in the area of the US Fifth Fleet, which extends from the Red Sea to the Gulf and Arabian Sea.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, currently on a week-long trip to Southeast Asia, told the BBC that US forces were in place and "ready to go" if Obama gives the order but no such decision has yet been made.

A second defense official, however, said that while the Nimitz is being held, such a move should not not be linked to potential Syria options at this time.

Syria came up in a meeting between Hagel and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-Jin, with both men voicing grave concern about the use of chemical weapons, a US defense official told reporters.

Hagel told Kim that gross violations of international law cannot go "unanswered", the official said.

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Assad flees to Iran

"Syrian Pres. Bashar al-Assad and his family arrived in Tehran Aug 28, landing at Khomeini Airport aboard his presidential jet. Iranian foreign ministry sources confirmed this with the Lebanese newspaper a-Nahar.

Accompanying the Assad family was a group of senior Syrian government officials who together with Assad are officially there to hold talks with the Iranian government about a Syrian response to a possible US strike on Syrian WMD assets which is expected to take place in the near future.

As this information made its way into a-Nahar, Syrian Army generals continued their dire warning that if Syria is attacked, ‘Israel will burn’ and that if Syria weakens, ‘certain irresponsible groups’ will be formed that would endanger Israel.

Pres. Assad and his family fleeing to Tehran is no surprise. Iran and Syria have been decade’s long allies since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. The Assad’s are Alawite Muslims, which are an offshoot of Shia Islam which is the predominant Muslim sect in Iran.

Syria under the Assad Dynasty of first Hafez and then son Bashar al-Assad were instrumental in helping Iran build, train, equip and supply the terror army known as Hezbollah in southern Lebanon to threaten Israel. Without Assad in control of Syria, Hezbollah can not survive.

Assad's fleeing likely means a Western military strike cannot be far off. If the strike is limited strictly to a brief missile and air campaign, then Assad could return to Damascus once it’s over. If however, events lead to a sustained campaign and/or a ground invasion of Syria by Turkey, Israel or a coalition of nations then Assad’s departure will be permanent.

The most likely reason for the mass chemical weapons attack in the first place, was that Assad’s Fourth Armored Division was in danger of being overrun and they were the last line of defense in central Damascus. Rebels are likely regrouping for a renewed offensive and if Assad does not have any WMD as an option, then returning to Damascus would mean his capture or execution.

There is now a coalition of 36 nations forming for a strike on Syria including Britain, France, Turkey, Australia and Canada among the more powerful nations. It remains to be seen however, whether the United States will participate.

Pres. Obama has been dragging his feet with US allies eager to strike Syrian WMD delivery vehicles and weapons by insisting on a UN Security Council Resolution on Syria, awaiting a UN weapons inspector report when those inspectors have indefinitely postponed any further inspections; and telling world leaders that there has to be accountability assigned before any strike can be authorized.

The governments of Britain, France and Turkey have indicated a willingness to go ahead without the UN on board and have each called their respective Parliaments in to special session for legislative authorization for the use of force. Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan has taken the further measure of asking the Turkish Parliament for a new mandate with language allowing him to act in Syria without a UN mandate or NATO sanction. The existing Syria mandate required one or the other for anything more than defensive operations.

Pres. Assad fleeing to Iran, and with wife and family in tow along with senior regime cronies, is indication that and attack is forthcoming with or without the United States onboard and that someone has tipped off Assad that the attack is pending."

http://www.examiner.com/article/assad-flees-to-iran

[Mark]

U.K. Parliament Rejects Syria Action

The U.K. vote against military strikes in Syria is a tough blow to Prime Minister David Cameron's domestic political fortunes.

Since taking office in 2010, he has on numerous occasions been undercut not just from opposition parties, but also from rebel elements within both his own Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats, the junior member of the U.K.'s governing coalition.

That was the combination that once again hurt Mr. Cameron late Thursday. The government lost a vote—by a tally of 285 to 272—that would have supported in principle military intervention in Syria, where Western governments have said President Bashar al-Assad's regime carried out a deadly chemical-weapons attack on civilians last week. Members of all major parties—including Mr. Cameron's Tories—opposed the measure.

rest: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324463604579042571741346530.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories

[Mark]

RF, China walk out of UN SC meeting after US call for immediate action in Syria
The Russian and Chinese officials walked out of the U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Wednesday, August 28, after U.S. Permanent Representative Samantha Power had called for an immediate action in Syria. The permanent members of the U.N. Security Council - Russia, Britain, China, the U.S. and France - had been invited to the closed meeting. An hour later the Russian and Chinese diplomats left the meeting and headed to the Security Council’s main conference room where debates on Haiti was taking place.   
http://pda.itar-tass.com/en/c32/856318.html


Putin Orders Massive Strike Against Saudi Arabia if syria attacked Russian Government outraged by Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultans terrorist threats
According to leaked information Putin became “enraged” after his early August meeting with Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan who warned that if Russia did not accept the defeat of Syria, Saudi Arabia would unleash Chechen terrorists under their control to cause mass death and chaos during the Winter Olympics scheduled to be held 7-23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Putin was quoted as saying to officials afterwards WHO THE HELL DO THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE DEALING WITH.   
http://countdowntozerotime.com/2013/08/28/putin-orders-massive-strike-against-saudi-arabia-if-syria-attacked-russian-government-outraged-by-saudi-prince-bandar-bin-sultans-terrorist-threats-putinwho-the-hell-do-these-people-think-they-are/

Report: Russia to send two ships to east Mediterranean
Russia's Interfax news agency says anti-submarine vessel, missile cruiser will be sent in coming days because of 'well-known situation'; UN inspectors to leave Syria Saturday   
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4423777,00.html

Europe warns Assad against attacking Israel
According to the officials, Assad realizes that a potential Western assault would be a response to his army's use of chemical weapons and not as a means to affect the current balance of power in Syria.   
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4423710,00.html

France: political solution the ultimate goal for Syria 
French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that Syria needed a political solution, but that could only happen if the international community could halt killings like last week's chemical attack and better support the opposition. 
http://news.yahoo.com/france-political-solution-ultimate-goal-syria-094417340.html

Partial Israeli reserves call-up. US beefs up Qatar air base. Syria moves units into sheltered sites
Ahead of the US strike on Syria, the Israeli security cabinet in special session Wednesday, Aug. 28, ordered the partial mobilization of select, qualitative IDF reserve forces: Rocket, Air Force, missile interception, Home Defense command and intelligence units. Anti-missile Arrow, Patriot and Iron Dome systems were spread out more widely than ever before across the country. US and Syria wound up last military preparations for the US strike. Barring last-minute hold-ups, debkafile’s military sources report the American operation is scheduled to start Friday night, early Saturday Aug. 30-31. 
http://www.debka.com/article/23228/-Partial-Israel-reserves-call-up-US-beefs-up-Qatar-air-base-Syria-moves-units-into-sheltered-sites

Peres: We will respond with 'full force' to any Syrian attack
Israel will respond with "full force" to any Syrian counter-attack, President Shimon Peres warned Thursday morning, commenting on reports emerging from radical corners of the Arab world that have threatened Israel in retaliation if the West attacks Syria. 
http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Peres-We-will-respond-with-full-force-to-any-Syrian-attack-324654 

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Watched a bit of CNN/FOX this morning - neither talked about Syria, but instead talked about Obamacare.

There seems to be ALOT going on now...

Obamacare
Immigration Reform
Dangerous wildfires on the West Coast(in particular the San Francisco area)
Syria
Potential government shutdown in October(which is maybe why this Oct 1 date is floating around)

And it seems like about 1/2 of what is going on isn't even being talked about(ie-with so much talk over Obamacare, you don't hear any debates over immigration reform anymore, which is said to be WORSE than Obamacare).

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http://news.yahoo.com/us-finds-itself-only-1-syria-partner-france-133455689.html
US finds itself with only 1 Syria partner: France
8/30/13

PARIS (AP) — The United States found itself Friday with France as its only major partner in a potential strike against Syria, after a stunning rejection of military force in Parliament forced Britain, America's staunchest ally, to pull out of any operation.

The collapse of British support for a mission to punish Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons puts pressure on President Barack Obama as resistance grows at home — and comes with the irony that France was the most vocal critic of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

French President Francois Hollande pledged backing for a potential American operation to hit the Damascus regime.

"The chemical massacre of Damascus cannot and must not remain unpunished," Hollande said in an interview published Friday by the newspaper Le Monde, as U.N. experts in Damascus began what is expected to be the last day of their probe into the alleged attack.

Amid the turmoil of a British "no" and mounting American skepticism, Obama appeared undeterred in his desire to punish Syrian leader Bashar Assad, and advisers said he would be willing to retaliate against Syria on his own.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, speaking from Manila, Philippines, issued an impassioned defense of the principles behind the planned strike.

"I don't know of any responsible government around the world ... that has not spoken out in violent opposition to the use of chemical weapons on innocent people," Hagel said, adding that such attacks violate basic standards of decency.

He said that Washington would continue to seek partners in its Syria mission: "Our approach is to continue to find an international coalition that will act together."

On Thursday, the U.S. administration shared intelligence with lawmakers in an effort to persuade them that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against its people.

In Damascus, shops and supermarkets filled with people stocking up on bread, canned food and other necessities ahead of the expected strikes, although there appeared to be no signs of panic or food shortages. Prices have shot up because of the high demand, residents complained.

Kheireddine Nahleh, a 53-year-old government employee, put on a brave face.

"We got used to the sound of shelling," he said. "Death is the same, be it with a mortar or with an American missile. I'm not afraid."

On the last expected day of chemical weapons inspections, three U.N. vehicles headed out for more on-site visits, following an early morning delay.

The U.N. has said the inspectors will wrap up their investigation Friday and leave Syria for the Hague, Netherlands, on Saturday. Some of the experts will travel to laboratories in Europe to deliver the material they've collected this week during trips to the Damascus suburbs purportedly hit by toxic gas.

Russia, which as a firm backer of the Assad regime is fiercely hostile to military intervention, expressed bewilderment Friday at why the U.N. team was leaving so soon.

"We don't quite understand why the entire team had to be going back to the Hague when there are many questions about a possible use of chemical weapons in other areas in Syria," said Yuri Ushakov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy adviser.

U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said the timing reflected the urgency of getting any samples to laboratories, noting that the inspectors must do that themselves to "ensure the chain of custody." He said the inspectors intend to return to Syria to investigate other alleged attacks.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that military strikes would lead to long-term destabilization of Syria and the region. He has spoken against any use of force without U.N. Security Council approval, which he said would be a "crude violation of international law." Russia has remained a strong ally of Syria throughout the civil war, which has left more than 100,000 people dead.

In Paris, Hollande suggested that action could even come ahead of Wednesday's extraordinary session of the French Parliament, called to discuss the Syria situation; lawmakers' approval is not needed for Hollande to order military action.

"I will not take a decision before having all the elements that would justify it," he told Le Monde. However, noting that he had convened parliament, he added: "And if I have (already) committed France, the government will inform (lawmakers) of the means and objectives."

The British parliament voted late Thursday against military action in Syria, whittling down the core of the planned coalition to the United States and France. Italy and Germany have said they won't take part in any military action that doesn't have Security Council backing.

Hollande said that France is among the few nations capable of "inflicting a sanction by the appropriate means" and "it is ready." A decision will be made in close coordination with allies, he said.

France has historic ties to Syria, having once ruled the country; it also has warplanes and strategic interest in the region. Paris has embraced the Syrian opposition and urged a firm response against Assad over the purported Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack outside Damascus.

French military analysts say France's most likely role would be from the air, including use of Scalp cruise missiles that have a range of about 500 kilometers (300 miles), fired from Mirage and Rafale fighter jets. French fighters could likely fly directly from mainland France — much as they did at the start of a military campaign against Islamic radicals in Mali earlier this year — with support from refueling aircraft. France also has six Rafale jets at Al Dhafra air base, near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf, and 7 Mirage-2000 jets at an air base in Djibouti, on the Red Sea.

Hollande reiterated that any action is aimed at punishing Assad, not toppling him.

"I won't talk of war, but of a sanction for a monstrous violation of the human person," he said. "It will have a dissuasive value."

[Mark]

Cameron first to lose war vote in Parliament since 1782!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/30/us-syria-crisis-britain-idUSBRE97R1BD20130830

Shadow of False Iraq Intelligence Hangs Over Syria Strike

U.S. President Barack Obama’s case for punitive military action against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is haunted by events a decade ago, when his predecessor based his case for invading Iraq on false intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.

After President George W. Bush took America and its allies to war in Iraq over non-existent WMDs, Obama and allied leaders must overcome heightened scrutiny of their arguments justifying retaliation against Assad’s regime for a chemical attack.

The effort is made more difficult by the fact that, so far, intelligence on Syria doesn’t absolutely prove that the Aug. 21 attack, which killed hundreds of civilians, was ordered by Assad or his top commanders.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-30/shadow-of-false-iraq-intelligence-hangs-over-syria-strike.html

[Mark]

UN chemical experts in Syria finish collecting samples, evidence from last week's alleged gas attack, spokesman says - @Reuters

More: UN team to leave Damascus tomorrow - @margbrennan

http://www.breakingnews.com/

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UN chemical experts in Syria finish collecting samples, evidence from last week's alleged gas attack, spokesman says - @Reuters

More: UN team to leave Damascus tomorrow - @margbrennan

http://www.breakingnews.com/

Just saw this on CNN, and Sec of State Kerry is speaking now.

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/30/20259369-bush-obama-has-tough-choice-to-make-on-syria?lite
8/30/13
Bush: Obama has ‘tough choice to make’ on Syria

Former President George W. Bush said Friday that his successor has a “tough choice to make” on U.S. intervention in Syria, as American allies and Congress appear to be balking at the idea of a strike on Syrian military assets.

“The president’s got a tough choice to make,” he said during an appearance on Fox News Channel as a part of a golf fundraiser for veterans. “And if he decides to use our military he’ll have the greatest military ever backing him up.”

The former president – who launched a military intervention in Iraq in 2003 based on the belief that that country’s leader, Saddam Hussein, was harboring stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction – said that he did not want to get “roped in” to commenting on the ongoing debate over whether a strike in Syria would be justified based on its regime’s apparent use of chemical weapons.

But, he added, he regarded Syrian president Bashar al Assad with suspicion during his presidency.

“I was not a fan of Mr. Assad,” he said. “He’s an ally of Iran and he’s made mischief.”

Asked about his thoughts on the international community’s apparent reluctance to sign off on military intervention, Bush – who assembled a “coalition of the willing” of more than two dozen countries before his invasion of Iraq – declined to comment.

“The president has to make a tough call,” he repeated. “I know that you’re trying to subtly rope me in to the issues of the day. I refuse to be roped in. “

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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/30/20255563-kerry-calls-attack-against-syrian-civilians-crime-against-humanity?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=1
8/30/13
Kerry calls attack against Syrian civilians 'crime against humanity'

Secretary of State John Kerry, painting a grave picture of twitching bodies and victims foaming at the mouth, said Friday that at least 400 children were killed last week in the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack on its opponents.

As he spoke, the White House, appearing to build a case for military action, said in an intelligence report that it had “high confidence” that the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons in the attack.

The report cited a “large body of independent sources.” Kerry insisted to reporters that the Obama administration was “more than mindful of the Iraq experience” and would not repeat the mistakes of a decade ago.

Kerry said the government had determined that 1,429 people were killed in the attack, in the Damascus suburbs, including at least 400 children.

“We know what the doctors treating them didn’t report,” he said. “Not a scratch. Not a shrapnel wound. Not a cut. Not a gunshot wound. We saw rows of dead, lined up in burial shrouds, the white linen unstained by a single drop of blood.”

He spoke of Syrian leader Bashar Assad as a “thug and a murderer.”

Kerry made the case as American public opinion remained divided. An NBC News poll released Friday found that an overwhelming majority of Americans, roughly eight in 10, want the president to seek approval from lawmakers before any attack.

The poll found that support among Americans is higher for a limited military strike, such as cruise missiles fired from Navy warships in the Mediterranean Sea. But half of Americans are opposed to any military attack on Syria.

Obama led a meeting with the National Security Council on Syria on Friday morning at the White House.

On Thursday, top Obama administration officials — including National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel — scrambled to build support for a strike among key members of Congress.

White House officials told NBC News that the administration was prepared for the United States to go it alone. Still, even after a briefing from the administration officials, some members of Congress were unconvinced.

Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif. and the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said he was disappointed that the president himself did not take part in the briefing.

“One of the things that has really bothered me is the president drawing a red line without knowing in his mind what he would do if they crossed the red line,” he said,  referring to a remark Obama made a year ago about Syria’s potential use of chemical weapons.

Other including members of Congress, including Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J., emerged from the briefing persuaded, NBC News reported.

In Syria on Friday, the army bombed rebel-held areas of the capital, Damascus, and artillery shelling and large explosions could be heard from the suburbs at late morning. Stores were open, and people were shopping, even amid sounds of blasts.

Correspondent Bill Neely reported that traffic was flowing in the center of the city but people were apprehensive about whether — and when — missiles might rain down on them.

A Syrian official told Neely that officials were expecting a U.S. attack.

“We know its going to come, we just don’t know when,” Neely quoted the official as saying.

Around 100,000 people are thought to have been killed since the uprising began more than two years ago. Millions have been made homeless.

Meanwhile, United Nations inspectors continued investigating suspected chemical attacks on the country under intense pressure. The White House says it is convinced the forces of President Bashar Assad were behind a recent chemical weapons attacks that killed hundreds, but governments around the world are awaiting the U.N. findings before drawing conclusions.

Late on Thursday, the British parliament rejected a proposal for military action in Syria -- while the White House said it would make its own decision on a possible strike.

Prime Minister David Cameron indicated he won’t proceed without parliamentary approval, saying the government "will act accordingly."

"I strongly believe in the need for a tough response in the use of chemical weapons but I also believe in respecting the will of this House of Commons," he said in the aftermath of his defeat.

Thursday's vote was nonbinding, but Cameron's loss on even a symbolic vote likely means there will be no second-round vote next week.

On Thursday evening, Republican and Democratic said President Obama had more work to do to sell a skeptical Congress and war-weary American public on the wisdom of U.S. military intervention in Syria.

On Friday, the BBC reported it had witnessed the aftermath of an incendiary bomb dropped by a jet plane on a school playground in the province of Aleppo in the north of the country. Scores of children were left with napalm-like burns on their bodies, the BBC reported.

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The deception FOX puts out is VERY subtle - their rhetoric is like..."Where were Kerry and Obama when Saddam Hussein gassed his own people?", "Where were other military actions when other countries violated human rights?", "Assad is a murderer and a thug BUT no military action will have lesser consequences", etc, etc.

So pretty much, it's as if they're saying we should invade Syria but Obama and Kerry are going about it in the wrong way. Again, VERY subtle war of words!

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http://news.msn.com/us/kerry-1429-killed-in-syria-chemical-weapons-attack
Obama says he's considering 'limited' act on Syria
8/30/13

President Barack Obama says he hasn't made a final decision on how to respond to a chemical weapons attack in Syria, but is considering a "limited narrow act."


Update: President Barack Obama says he has not made a final decision about a military strike against Syria. But he says he is considering a limited and narrow action in response to a chemical weapons attack that he says Syria's government carried out last week.

Obama says the attack was a challenge to the world and threatens U.S. national security. The president says he prefers multilateral action on Syria but doesn't want the world to be paralyzed.

Obama's comments came after the U.S. released an intelligence assessment that found with "high confidence" that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government carried out a chemical weapons attack last week.

The U.S. says the attack killed more than 1,400 people.

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[Mark]

dont know if i should laugh or cry, but you finally did it Obama. You destroyed the US.

Pentagon Can’t Afford Syria Operation; Must Seek Additional Funds\

The U.S. military, struggling after defense cuts of tens of billions of dollars, will be unable to pay for attacks on Syria from current operating funds and must seek additional money from Congress, according to congressional aides.

President Barack Obama, meanwhile, said on Friday he has not made a final decision on a military strike against Syria. He sought to play down both the scope and duration of the anticipated punitive missile and bombing campaign.

rest: http://freebeacon.com/pentagon-cant-afford-syria-operation-must-seek-additional-funds/

[Kilika]

Spending money we don't have has never stopped them before.

Isn't the budget extension time getting close?

[Mark]

CNN Caught Staging News Segments on Syria With Actors

Anderson Cooper and CNN have been caught staging fake news about Syria to justify military intervention.

The primary “witness” that the mainstream media is using as a source in Syria has been caught staging fake news segments.  Recent video evidence proves that “Syria Danny”, the supposed activist who has been begging for military intervention on CNN, is really just a paid actor and a liar.
 
While Assad is definitely a tyrant like any head of state, a US invasion of the country is a worst case scenario for the people living there.
 
By pointing out that the mainstream media is orchestrating their entire coverage of this incident, we are not denying that there is a tremendous amount of death and violence in Syria right now.  However, we are showing that the mainstream media version of events is scripted and staged propaganda.
 
The following video shows him contradicting himself while off air, and even asking crew members to “get the gunfire sounds ready” for his video conference with Anderson Cooper on CNN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-DCZxsrt9I&feature=player_embedded

“Syria Danny” has also appeared on many other news programs, and every single time his story on specific events has changed.
 
This is not the first time that mainstream media has been exposed as propaganda, it happens all the time, especially during times of war.
 
Some of the most hyped up news images of our time surrounding war were not actually real but were simply public relations stunts, designed as psychological warfare operations.
 
No one in America can forget the image of Saddam Hussein’s statue being toppled and covered with an American flag, yet few people realize that this was a hoax, a staged psychological operation coordinated between the military and the media.  In July of 2004 journalist Jon Elmer exposed an internal army study of the war showing that this whole statue scenario was indeed a set up.
 
In the article Elmer writes “the infamous toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square in central Baghdad on April 9, 2003 was stage-managed by American troops and not a spontaneous reaction by Iraqis. According to the study, a Marine colonel first decided to topple the statue, and an Army psychological operations unit turned the event into a propaganda moment… The Marines brought in cheering Iraqi children in order to make the scene appear authentic, the study said.  Allegations that the event was staged were made in April of last year, mostly by opponents of the war, but were ignored or ridiculed by the US government and most visible media outlets. “[1]
 
The statue hoax was just one example in a long list of lies and psychological operations surrounding the multiple wars in Iraq.  At the onset of Operation Desert Storm in 1990 a public relations firm by the name of Hill and Knowlton spent millions of dollars on the government’s behalf, constructing news pieces that would sell the war to the American public.  One of the most moving pranks to come from this push to war was the testimony of a 15-year-old Kuwaiti girl, known only by her first name of Nayirah.  In a videotaped testimony that was later distributed to the media she said “I volunteered at the al-Addan hospital, While I was there, I saw the Iraqi soldiers come into the hospital with guns, and go into the room where . . . babies were in incubators. They took the babies out of the incubators, took the incubators, and left the babies on the cold floor to die.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmfVs3WaE9Y&feature=player_embedded

Sounds horrible huh?  Well, luckily it never happened, this too was a fabricated event designed to dehumanize the Iraqi people.  The whole thing was exposed when the journalists discovered that the witness Nayirah was actually the daughter of a US ambassador who was being coaxed by military psychological operations specialists.  If the government and media cooperate to deceive the American public during times of war then there should be no doubt in your mind that the same techniques are used during times of peace, and especially elections.
 
The following clip is another classic staged news segment that was aired by CNN:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTWY14eyMFg&feature=player_embedded

http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/08/cnn-caught-staging-news-segments-on-syria-with-actors-2750918.html

[Mark]

Russia's Vladimir Putin challenges US on Syria claims

Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria attacked rebels with chemical weapons near Damascus.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23911833


Putin: US intervening in Syria 'does not follow any logic'MSNBC
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/31/putin-u-s-intervening-in-syria-does-not-follow-any-logic/

Putin: Syria Attack Would be 'Utter Nonsense'Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/content/putin-syria-attack-would-be-utter-nonsense/1740789.html

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Spending money we don't have has never stopped them before.

Isn't the budget extension time getting close?

Yes, before Oct 1, which is why there are a lot of reports over a potential government shutdown(as pretty much everyone from Congress to the White House can't agree on anything, including Republicans within their own party).

Yes, I know some of this is nothing more than puppet show pondering, but nonetheless especially considering everything else going on, who knows? And add to this the wildfires breakout on the West Coast where they all but ran out of funds and may need to spend money we don't have.

dont know if i should laugh or cry, but you finally did it Obama. You destroyed the US.

The destruction of the USA started a long time ago - the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. The on-going Vietnam war. Ronald Reagan re-establishing ties with the Papacy, and appointing pro-abortion/pro-sodomite justices Sandra Day O'Conner, Antonin Scalia, and Anthony Kennedy. Bush Jr's $1t war in Iraq. The list goes on.

And remember how aspartame, Big Pharma, among other poisons got legalized in the 1980's?

All Obama's doing is having the prize to put the final nail in the coffin(McCain and Romney would have done the same thing if "elected"). Pt being that let's not keep our focuses solely on one thing.(ie-it's not like everything was goody-goody until Obama came into office)

CNN Caught Staging News Segments on Syria With Actors

They've been doing this for many years - even FOX hires actors as well. Not that I endorse Bill Cooper(I have doctrinal issues with him, FYI), but he was correct when he said how(according to his research), the Illuminati minions run a big puppet show using the occult. This is one example.

Eph_2:2  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/30/20264423-un-weapons-inspectors-pull-out-of-syria-ahead-of-schedule?lite
8/31/13
UN weapons inspectors pull out of Syria ahead of schedule

United Nations weapons inspectors left Syria ahead of schedule early Saturday, leaving the path open for U.S. military strikes that could come within hours.

The team reached Beirut airport after a predawn drive across the border into Lebanon, carrying unknown evidence of what the U.S. says was a chemical weapons attack on its own citizens by the Syrian government.

They made no comment as they arrived at the airport.

The U.N. said Friday that the team had finished collecting samples from the site of the alleged attack but that a complete analysis would take time. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the five permanent Security Council members that it may be two weeks before final results are ready, diplomats said.

The unexpectedly early departure came after U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry made a forceful case for U.S. action against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, saying the U.S. had a moral obligation to punish Syria for using chemical weapons.

Tension ratcheted up in the region Friday as it became clearer that U.S. President Barack Obama might be prepared to strike Syria unilaterally, in the face of objections from allies and many in Congress.

Streets in and around the capital were deserted Friday night as the inspectors' scheduled departure approached — seen by many as something of a deadline for the government to resume all-out shelling of rebel positions.

Both sides have largely observed an unofficial cease-fire while the U.N. team remained in Damascus, but shelling explosions could be heard Saturday morning in Damascus a couple of hours after the inspectors left.

Throughout the day Friday, reporters saw Syrians flocking to stores for non-perishable food, candles and other necessities, but otherwise showing few signs of panic.

"We got used to the sound of shelling," Kheireddine Nahleh, 53, a government employee, told The Associated Press. "Death is the same, be it with a mortar or with an American missile. I'm not afraid."

One of the inspectors' last stops wasn't the site of the attacks. Instead, they went to a Syrian army hospital to interview soldiers, who the government insists were themselves the victims of poison gas.

The inspectors made no comment, and government minders didn't let journalists talk to the troops.

The U.N. team will decide whether a chemical attack actually did happen last week — but not who did it. The U.S. and many allies are convinced that the Syria army was responsible, but the government blames the rebels.

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http://news.msn.com/us/6th-us-warship-is-now-in-eastern-mediterranean
6th US warship is now in eastern Mediterranean
8/30/13

A sixth U.S. warship carrying several hundred Marines has been positioned near five destroyers carrying missiles that might be used in an attack on Syria.


WASHINGTON — A sixth U.S. warship is now operating in the eastern Mediterranean, near five U.S. destroyers armed with cruise missiles that could soon be directed against Syria as part of a "limited, precise" strike, defense officials said late on Friday.

They stressed that the USS San Antonio, an amphibious ship with several hundred U.S. Marines on board, was in the region for a different reason and there were no plans to put Marines on the ground as part of any military action against Syria.

One of the officials said the San Antonio's passage into the Mediterranean was long-planned, but officials thought it prudent to keep the ship in the eastern Mediterranean near the destroyers given the current situation.

"It's been kept there as a precaution," said one of the officials, who was not authorized to speak publicly.

The San Antonio transited through the Suez Canal on Thursday from the Red Sea, and received new orders on Friday to remain in the eastern Mediterranean, near the destroyers, according to defense officials. It is one of three ships that are carrying 2,200 Marines who have been on a six-month deployment in the region around the Arabian peninsula.

The Obama administration released evidence on Friday that it said demonstrated the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against civilians. It made clear on Friday that it would punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the "brutal and flagrant" attack that it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus last week.

Officials cautioned the operation under discussion involved a limited, precise set of targets that would be of a short duration, unlike the broader campaign against Libya in March 2011.

The U.S. Navy generally keeps three destroyers in the Mediterranean, but kept two additional destroyers there at the end of their deployments as the situation evolved in Syria over the past week.

The five destroyers are each carrying an estimated three dozen or more Tomahawk missiles for a combined total of about 200 missiles, according to defense officials.

Byron Callan, analyst with Capital Alpha Partners, projected that a limited Syrian strike would use about 200 to 300 Tomahawk missiles, compared to about 221 used in the Libya operation.

Defense officials said a more narrowly targeted operation against Syria could involve even less missiles.

They cited a debate within the Obama administration about striking the right balance between a limited cruise missile attack aimed at delivering a message about chemical weapons, and a broader attack that could be seen as a strong insertion of the United States into the Syrian civil war.

Military and civilian officials have expressed the need for caution to avert a cascading military conflict that could have repercussions throughout the region. Some officials have cautioned that even an attack on military helicopters could be seen as part of a U.S. campaign to disable the Syrian military.

Retired Admiral Gary Roughead, who served as chief of naval operations during the 2011 strikes on Libya, said any strike on Syria would have to be targeted precisely to do the maximum amount of damage to Syrian military headquarters and other key sites — and to avert the possibility of retaliatory action.

"If you're going to try to shape events, you really need to hurt them," said Roughead, now a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. "You would have to do something that would diminish the effectiveness of the Syrian military and that would be their command and control, perhaps their leadership, and then their ability to control air space."

[Mark]

BREAKING!!!!! President Obama will deliver a statement on Syria at 1:15 p.m. ET in the Rose Garden - @PressSec

Saturday on a holiday weekend!!!!

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BREAKING!!!!! President Obama will deliver a statement on Syria at 1:15 p.m. ET in the Rose Garden - @PressSec

Saturday on a holiday weekend!!!!

Oh yeah, that's right! Remember how NWO researchers like Bill Cooper have warned about this - how the Illuminati would pull something like this on a holiday weekend. And remember how the 1st "X Files" movie in 1998 telegraphed this message?

[Mark]

UN press briefing on crisis in Syria
LIVE VIDEO — Spokesperson briefs reporters on the crisis in Syria.

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbcnews.com/52863687

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/erdogan-says-limited-response-not-enough-wants-assad-gone/
Erdogan says limited response not enough, wants Assad gone

Turkish PM rejects ’24 hour hit-and-run,’ calls for Kosovo-style air campaign
8/31/13

A limited military response to the reported use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime is not enough, and any kind of intervention should aim to topple him, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Friday.

“It can’t be a 24 hours hit-and-run,” Erdogan told reporters at the presidential palace in Ankara. “What matters is stopping the bloodshed in Syria and weakening the regime to the point where it gives up.”

Erdogan cited the 1999 NATO air campaign during the war in Kosovo as a good example of the type of action he’d like to see.

“If it is something like the example of Kosovo, the Syrian regime won’t be able to continue,” he said.

Erdogan said he would hold discussions with Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit next week in Saint-Petersburg on September 6 and 7.

Unlike France, Turkey has not yet given clear indication that it would actively join the US in taking action against the Syrian regime.

The Turkish prime minister’s comments came just as US President Barack Obama said he was considering “limited, narrow” action against Syria for its used of weapons of mass destruction on August 21 in an attack the US says killed 1,429 people.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul took a more moderate approach, according to the Turkish daily Today’s Zaman, saying that a genuine political strategy was needed as limited military strikes would not yield the desires result.

“There would be a political and diplomatic solution to the problem. Russia and Iran somehow should be included in the process,” Gül said.

There are currently some 500,000 Syrian refugees currently living in Turkey. The Syrian civil war has claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people, according to the latest UN figures.

[Mark]

Syrian rebels admit to being behind chemical weapons attack

Members of the Syrian rebel movement have admitted that they were behind the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus, Minnesota's Mint Press News reported on Thursday.
 
According to the report, the chemicals were provided by Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who “has been at the very heart of the push for war by the U.S. against Assad.”
 
The group Doctors Without Borders went to the town of Ghouta, where more than 350 people were killed as a result of the chemical attack. After interviewing “numerous...doctors, Ghouta residents, rebel fighters and their families,” the group obtained testimony that the attack was a result of mismanagement and ignorance on the part of the rebels, who didn't realize that they had chemical weapons.
 
“My son came to me two weeks ago asking what I thought the weapons were that he had been asked to carry,” the Mint Press quotes Abu Abdel-Moneim, the father of a rebel who was killed in a tunnel during the chemical attack.
 
Some of the weapons had a "tube-like structure," and others resembled a "huge glass bottle," Abdel-Moneim said.
 
“They didn’t tell us what these arms were or how to use them,” said a female rebel, referred to as "K" to protect her identity. “We didn’t know they were chemical weapons. We never imagined they were chemical weapons.
 
“When Saudi Prince Bandar gives such weapons to people, he must give them to those who know how to handle and use them,” K continued.
 
“Jabhat al-Nusra militants do not cooperate with other rebels, except with fighting on the ground," another rebel called J added. "They do not share secret information. They merely used some ordinary rebels to carry and operate this material.
 
“We were very curious about these arms. And unfortunately, some of the fighters handled the weapons improperly and set off the explosions.”
 
Jabhat al-Nusra is a branch of al Qaeda from Iraq comprised of members who fought and killed American troops during the U.S. occupation of that country.
 
Despite the admission from these rebels, the Obama administration continues to claim that the Bashar al-Assad regime was behind the attack.
 
In an address from the State Department on Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry accused Assad of committing a “crime against humanity” and claimed that the U.S. government knows that Assad was behind the attack.
 
“We know that for three days before the attack, the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons personnel were on the ground in the area, making preparations,” Kerry said.
 
“And we know that the Syrian regime elements were told to prepare for the attack by putting on gas masks and taking precautions associated with chemical weapons. We know that these were specific instructions.
 
“We know where the rockets were launched from, and at what time. We know where they landed, and when. We know rockets came only from regime-controlled areas and went only to opposition-controlled or contested neighborhoods.”
 
Members of the U.S. intelligence community, however, have stated that they don't know for sure who was behind the attack.
 
Intelligence sources told the Associated Press that the evidence against Assad is “not a slam dunk,” and the New York Times reported on Thursday that U.S. officials have no “smoking gun” to indicate it was Assad behind the attack.

http://www.examiner.com/article/syrian-rebels-admit-to-being-behind-chemical-weapons-attack

[Mark]

Israeli military deploys 'Iron Dome' missile defense battery in the Tel Aviv area - @AP

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/31/israel-iron-dome_n_3849145.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

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These are no longer "war rumors"(like with Iran the last few years).

[Mark]

Live video: President Obama delivers statement on Syria - @NBCNews

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbcnews.com/52884250

[Mark]

Welcome to AMERIKA!!!

Protester chants of 'Obama, hands off Syria' can be heard in White House Rose Garden, where President Obama is about to speak on Syria - @joshledermanAP

Photo: Protesters in front of the White House, moments before Obama speaks on Syria - via @arishapiro

Photo: Police clearing protesters from area in front of White House as protesters voice dissent on Syria - via @Siun

[Mark]

Obama said he will seek Congress approval and than attack Syria.