Graphic Report: Assad Forces Douse Syrian Rebels With Nerve Gas — Will It Drive U.S. Intervention?
Just after reports of a government airstrike on a bakery in the rebel-held town of Halfaya, which killed more than 60 Syrians waiting for bread provisions, new reports are that poisonous gas has been used on rebels. Some are beginning to wonder if this will prompt U.S. intervention.
Al Jazeera reported Sunday that those fighting under Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime used nerve gas on rebel forces. David Axe for Wired’s Danger Room reported that if this is true – and he says “that’s a huge if” — then it could come with “serious implications for the rest of the world.”
Here’s what Al Jazeera wrote in its report of the alleged gassing:
Seven people have died in Homs after they inhaled a “poisonous gas” used by government forces in a rebel-held neighbourhood, activists said.
Activists also told Al Jazeera on Sunday night that scores of others were affected in al-Bayyada neighbourhood. Side effects reported include nausea, relaxed muscles, blurred vision, and breathing difficulties.
Residents said they did not know the nature of the gas used.
“The situation is very difficult. We do not have enough facemasks. We don’t know what this gas is but medics are saying it’s something similar to Sarin gas,” Raji Rahmet Rabbou, an activist in Homs, told Al Jazeera.
A doctor treating patients subsequently said the gas seemed to be a concentrated form of tear gas that has not been used in Homs before. Inhaling large amounts can lead to suffocation and death, he said.
The gas appears to have been used during a battle with rebel fighters.
Al Jazeera included this along with its post. It appears that the man is being treated medically after being gassed (Content warning: Disturbing images):
The translated title of the video (via Google Translate) reads “Homs Mahasrhatalaq chemical gases crippling nerve and temporary loss of sight.”
Business Insider pointed to a Google+ page that lists the names of alleged victims killed by “Agent 15″ nerve gas. The page also has several more videos listing cases of suffocation due to the gas and a doctor commenting on the cases.
The Google+ page written by Cham Shareef includes that more than 50 people were exposed to the gas and 12 are in critical condition. Effects of the gas, according to Shareef, include suffocation, nerve paralysis, temporary blindness, change in skin color, nauseous, and hysteria and hallucinations.
This video shows the effects on the victim of the alleged poison gas as well (Warning: Disturbing images):
The threat of chemical warfare in Syria has long been present, but these reports might be an indication that it’s not longer just a threat.
If the gas was in fact used, Wired pointed out Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said earlier this month that the U.S. was “certainly planning to take action” if chemical weapons were used in Syria.
Business Insider included that 63 percent of people responding to a Washington Post poll last week would support American intervention in Syria if chemical warfare began.
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stealthman
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:36pmAfter viewing all the videos for the last hour, I believe that these videos are real. Assad used a form of poison gas on Sunday. In short he crossed Obama’s so-called red line on intervention. With Russian and Iranian boots already on the ground helping Assad, if NATO actually gets involved, it will be WW3. I have no idea what Obama will do. He is on vacation after jumping with Congress over the Fiscal Cliff on Friday. He probably does not want to be bothered by this. Merry Xmas.
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dmerwin
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:46pmNo intervention, period! Let them finish each other off. There is no “good” side in this one.
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NOT A CRAZY
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:55pmHow do you know that Assad gassed anyone? Muslims are willing to blow themselves up to murder innocent women and children. Do you actually think these POS wouldn’t gas themselves too?
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SouthTexan
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:07pmThe Antichrist needs a war, to distract from F&F, Benghazi and the fiscal cliff red herring. Having supplied Al Qaeda and other “freedom fighters” with 50′s, RPG’s and stingers, he will send our troops, who will have to fight Assad’s troops, Russian, Iranian forces and the terrorist that he armed.
The money spent on this will accelerate his goal of our economic collapse. I suggest we should not be involved in Syria and let the UN handle it, as they are so adept at preventing the slaughters of millions of people. Let them all kill each other and save us the trouble.
We should obey the Constitution, pull out of all foreign, Mideast conflicts and mind our own business. We all witnessed how much the “Commie in Chief” cares about soldiers, by the WH and State dept. deafening silence, when ex marine Jon Hammar was being extorted and locked in that Mexican hell hole prison.
We need to seal that border tight and adopt Mexico’s immigration policy, as their president lectured our congress about our policies. If a US citizen illegally enters Mexico or attempts to access any social benefits, it is a 2 year minimum sentence for first offense, 10 years for second offense and life for the third. Wait, they would not vote Democrat then, would they?
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Melvin Spittle
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:10pmThe classic symptoms of nerve agent poisoning are excessive runny nose, tightness in chest, difficulty in breathing, loss of muscle control, death. I have seen this agent in action on goats (training films as an NBC NCO in the army) and can say it is a violent way to go that takes minutes. The early symptom is excessive mucous discharge from the nose followed by loss of muscle control. Atropine is the antidote and must be administered immediately after the onset of early symptoms. Nerve agents smell like a freshly mowed lawn.
Of all weapons of mass destruction, biological warfare is the most horrific and would produce the most casualties depending on the virus or bacteria released. To be tactically useful, biological weapons would need to be transmitted airborne like a cold and exhibit infection rates exceeding 90% with a short incubation time for the infected to actively transmit the virus before any identifiable symptoms develop. Fatality rate targets are 80% or better. We develop active pathogens that can be weaponized in order to create vaccines. There is no intent to ever use biological weapons, but due to the active pursuit of biological weapons by rogue nations, we must have a means of surviving the threat. The truth is that you will not like the truth of the actions that would need to take place if we are to survive. What some consider FEMA internment camps are actually for quarantine. Would you shoot a neighbor to contain infection?
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vic138
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:19pmWhy would he not want to be bothered? His job is to help start ww3 so that we can restructure the worlds financial debt when its over.
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stealthman
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:30pmI am glad to see that someone else agrees with me that Obamanation that Makes Desolate is the 11th horn dude from the Book of Daniel. Sorry that y’all missed the Rapture that seems to have never occurred. Well at least this settles the debate amongst Christians about whether there would be a Rapture. It never occurred. And Obamanation is in year five of his evil rule.
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stealthman
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:40pmWell technically he is at the end of year number four. But his 7th year does not have to be a complete year. Of course, this means that the world will be an entirely different place than what even Dinesh D’Sousa could even have imagined in 2016.
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Jim S
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:48pm..Oh thank God, I was afraid that as our last two wars wound down we wouldn’t have a war to go to !..I see we are moving US military “advisers” to 35 African nations, terror don’t you know…but know that can be the back up plan…Merry Christmas and hopefully we’ll kill the right Syrians…Peace on Earth !
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Wolf
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:56pm“…dmerwin
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:46pm
No intervention, period! Let them finish each other off. There is no “good†side in this one…”
Right on. Keep our fat noses where they belong: in our own yard. We are neither the world’s policeman nor the world’s savior for all things ‘democratic’ (quite the opposite, IMO).
Bring all our troops home from every base outside CONUS and let the rest of the world do its own dirty work. We don’t need the expense, the aggravation, the riots, the bad press or the denigration of the world for doing what they have neither the balls nor ability to do.
Let them burn each other up and if asked politely about three times, maybe then we will consider going in and cleaning up the mess.
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dublinthewagons
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:00pmFreedom is not free. These people have shown how grateful they are for free freedom.
Just like the people on the dole here @ home. It gets a dictator elected doesn’t it.
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hatchetjob
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:28pmMELVIN SPITTLE, Your comment is informative, thanks and Merry Christmas.
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dissentnow
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:38pmSo, Assad gassed the al-Qaeda rebels……what’s the big deal?
As we head over the fiscal cliff, the last thing that we need to do is get involved in another war. Haven’t you neocons learned your lesson yet? We can not sustain our current welfare and warfare spending.
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Todd P
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:40pmThere will be no intervention here. These are Obama’s allies. But AFRICA – now that’s a different story. Americans dying for Africans would be just what he has dreamed of.
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Wiley41
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:02pmCassandra anyone?
The last thing many authoritarian regimes must corrupt to gain full power is the military.
Do not doubt me, Obama wants:
1) the fiscal cliff to happen so he can gut the military without directly being responsible
2) continuous low level conflicts that keep our military spread thin and at the least burns out the patriotic Soldier and at most malicious continuous to kill off a portion of his opposition ( no coincidence that ever since 2001, the vast majority of casualties have been white, male, patriots; and from a group that is heavily conservative) … Yes sometimes and other races but look at the stats, if this had been reversed we’d never hear the end of the poor minorities dying for rich whitey.
3) to reduce the confidence of the public in the military through strategic information warfare of select stories to discredit them (not focus on heros but on 1-2 freak incidents, like Koran burning)
4) to scare and intimidate the military leadership by indirect blackmail, so they do not dare challenge him (e.g. Petreaus)
5) co-opt people leaving the military by drastically increasing ex-military on disability so their payments are tied to big government
6) reduce morale and comraderie by illigetimazing tradition and enforcing ideas that are counter to this brotherhood (e.g. Homosexuals)
And I am running out of space, but mark my words he wants the destruction of the military as we have known it so he can co-opt it, replace it, and take over
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randy
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:11pmAsk me if I care…….
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AlwaysAmazed
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:32pmJust stay in HI, POS POTUS.
The less you do, period, the better for all of us.
Enjoy your well-deserved time away from it all.
Oh yeah, don’t worry about the expense. It is far cheaper to keep you out of Washington.
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ColdDeadHands
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:40pm+1. to no involvement !! Keep us Out!
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1389AD
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:20pmI’m not buyin’ it. It’s the same old story:
Muslim entity wants western intervention on its behalf, so they fake some photos, videos, and news reports to play themselves as the victim.
US/NATO intervention predictably results.
Even more predictably, the Muslim entity wins, and it turns out that they were never victims of anything other than the evil Islamic doctrine that they themselves chose to embrace.
It also turns out that the side that the US and NATO supported was actually the local branch of al Qaeda and/or the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Walkabout
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:34pmWe fought Al Waeda in Iraq. Code Stink, Harry Reid & other liberals supported Al Qaeda by advocating withdrawal, saying the war was based on a hoax, said it was for oil, said we were imperialists, threatening to cut off funds.
In short the liberals tried their damnedest to undercut our moral authority. They also tried to undermine the was financially. Blood is on their hands.
So after we take out Assad & Al Qaeda / AL Nusrah attacks us, will they support the military or will they spout find yet more liberal psycho babble about ho we should leave Syrian forthwith & let Al Qaeda take it over even after they kill some of our troops there?
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SPIN_MD
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:35pmObama will do nothing. They know it. He is perceived as a weak effeminate man with very little intelligence and no leadership skills.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:20pmMany of the rebels are al-qaeda/muslim brotherhood and we are already arming them.
I see no reason to fight side-by-side, though i know the socialists in both parties would love to do it
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Bilko
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:22pmI’m normally anti-genocide, but in the case of Muslims I’m willing to make an exception.
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dissentnow
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:34pm@WALK
I know, right? Giving Mrs. Muhammad the right to vote was certainly worth 5,000 dead US troops and countless billions of dollars borrowed from communist China.
Another war would be great for our economy!
Keep spouting those neocon talking points….
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banjarmon
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:27amWe are in WWIII already. For us it is undeclared. For muslims they declared war on years ago!!!
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milez5
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:54ameven assuming that this is true, why must the US always intervene? What is the UN–that we host—supposed to be for? Here we are, less than ten percent of the worlds population, 16 trillion in debt–more if you count off the books spending and spending the same dollar twice, as if one can do that.
Even if we replace Assad, we would probably get no one better.
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1TrueOne55
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 1:00amYou can make a lung and eye irritant gas with simple Chlorine Bleach and Vinegar or urine. I know my G/F cleaned an area of our bathroom/laundry floor that had cat urine dried on the linoleum with a bleach wipe and it was irritating and made me gag a little. Its more like a tear gas. Done that in basic training in the Army. They set off a canister in a testing building to check if you know how to put on a chemical mask when your inside after a 2-3 minutes they tell you to take off the mask and take a deep breath of the CS gas, you cough a lot and salivate a lot some even had there eyes irritated.
I don’t believe that this is the red line that Obama laid down but it is a line that “Activists” with Bill Ayres and Bernadine Dorn have created to get us into that hell hole.
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Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 5:52amWho cares? Putting US troops on the ground in Syria is INSANE. Screw them. Let them kill their own. And Obama still sucks.
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Trigus
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:40amI think these are the syrian terrorist seen in the video testing Sarin gas on rabbits.
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Marine 1
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:13pmAnd we were expecting what from those evil people?
This act should be of no surprise to anyone.
There is surely more to come.
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Sr Newk
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:36pmHow do we know or not know if this is Al Queada’s or better yet the Muslim Brotherhood’s trick, to get the US involved in this mess that is currently happening? I say stay out of this mess, we have helped two nations and thery are begging to turn against us.
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dcatlady100
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:57pmjust make a dam glass parking lot and be done with it
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AngryK9
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:35pmWell, at leat they’re only killing muslims.
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dublinthewagons
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:57pmFor now. The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend. They all hate use. Do the right thing. Send flowers and a note to the families saying “I APPROVE”
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1389AD
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:31pmThat isn’t the point! It’s all just a false flag op in order to trigger US/NATO intervention on behalf of the local branches of the Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda.
Not that Obama and Hillary need much of an excuse themselves – it’s all whitewash to gain public acceptance of the policy that they’ve already espoused.
Why would anybody trust al Jazeera on this topic anyway? Just askin’.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:24pmremember, Romney said USA should go in to prevent this sort of thing. So far, it does not appear Obama has the guts for another war – i have no doubt Romney would have liked to intervene
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MattMott
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:33pmThis is exactly what happened with Gaddafi. At least to me it smells just like it. Al quida was the one firing on his people, but the US blamed it and publicized it to everyone saying how bad he was. If the shoe fits i always say.
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christhefanatic
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:47pm…and the Shah of Iran…..American knife in his back.
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dublinthewagons
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:03pmThese are Obama’s friends. Let Obama and his supporters take up arms and go to Syria
You may have to tell them its Canada. Worked for clinton
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1389AD
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:04pmHere we go again…
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Blitzking
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:32pmThis country is dead to me.. killed by the cancer of modern liberism.. any country that would REELECT an infanticidal marxist lying traitorous ghetto crackhead punk gets what it deserves… I am now looking out for me. Family friends and like minded people… Any Obama Supporter is my mortal enemy…Bill Adams
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TheePolitinator
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:14pmI agree I tossed my wife sister out of my house after she told me she voted for Obama twice.
I am with you 100%
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rlimike
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:39pmRight on … right on.
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Melvin Spittle
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:37pmMatthew 10:21 “And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.”
Nation’s laws and leaders should not have the power to set you against your brother. Trust in His Word and seek refuge in it. I believe that the sacrifice of our savior Jesus Christ will give me the strength that I cannot have without him to not fear death. I also believe that their are evil people on this planet and will seek God’s will through the Bible and prayer. He has never let me down nor given me a burden too heavy to shoulder. He gives me strength to deal with others that have harmed me. I understand free will, but also understand the amazing power of forgiveness that is the only complete and true healing that makes one stronger through the revealed truth. I pray to do His will and that answer may result in my physical death, injury, sacrifice or to do battle against His enemies. His will will be clear if you seek it. Are you willing to hear it and act upon it?
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Wolf
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:10pmAyup- 100% agree.
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hatchetjob
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:33pmSee you in heaven MELVIN.
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Do Not Panic All is Well
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:29pmI am with you on this. Time to make a stand.
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Beachmastermax
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:09pmSo what exactly is the problem here? Does Sarin gas have some kind of long term impact on the environment?
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:26pmGet outa the way and let them kill each other…………
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dmerwin
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:47pmDetroit paperboy
Absolutely!
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FeralHuman
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:01pmIMHO any person serving in the military should not be sent to Syria. All we are doing in these muslim countries is aiding the country to subdue all opposition to Sharia law. We are sending our men and women to die for Islam.
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The_Jerk
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:10pmWe have been sending our young and spending our wealth to secure Israel for far too long. Destabilizing the Middle East was written by Israel’s proxies back in 1996. These proxies populated the Bush II administration. They set the ball in motion.
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wzanesdad
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:01pmI agree….stay the h*ll out!!!!!!!
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AmericanMaid58
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:06pmI agree 100%. We should not send our men and women to Syria. They laughed and passed out candy when the Towers came down. They burn our flag and cry “Death to America”. Why should we defend our enemy?
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wzanesdad
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:12pmThis administration…and several before it…are telling all of us nothing but lies when it comes to the middle east. The rebels are doing the killing, the rebels are alquaida, the rebels are the jihadists…Please STOP beleiving our press and administration.
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Neils60
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:19pmFeralhuman, As usual, “The_Jerk” blames the Jews for the turmoil in Syria. It’s “The_Jerks” exclusive domain to blame the Jews for anything and everything in the world. Not even the Syrian’s, or its controlling forces, the Russians and Iran, blame Israel for the murders going on in Syria. Just “The_Jerk” does. Finally, “The_Jerk” mentions the poison gas that Saddam Hussein of Iraq used to kill his fellow Moslems. He/she, for once, is correct. Historically, however, a lot more Moslems were gassed to death by Bashar Assad’s father in 1982. Haffaz Assad gassed 25,000 of his fellow citizens, just because he felt that those women and children were a threat to his regime. However, 30 years ago, when Assad, Sr. slaughtered those citizens, not one Moslem country voiced any objection. Today, at least, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have complained about the ongoing slaughter.
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The_Jerk
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:43pmNeils60, then don’t take my word for. Read for yourself. Here’s an Israeli Jew writing about our American Jews. Read it.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/white-man-s-burden-1.14110
Here are more American Jews, who wrote this study for Israel back in 1996. In 2000 they were high office policy makers in the Bush II administration, who took us to war with Iraq under false information.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1438.htm
Here are the words of the Jewish “Wolfowitz Doctrine.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfowitz_Doctrine#Oil
Fact is, you have an aversion to both fact and truth.
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sdbonkowski
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:17pmhaven’t you heard? Obama is sending our troops back to Iraq.
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thegoldman
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:26pmNo burns, blisters or coloring…
Total ********….
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WarMunger_Al
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:32pmThese reports are lies and propaganda, as are most of the claims of government slaughter of civilians over there. Most of the civilains were killed by the “rebels”. They take a picture and claim Assad did it and everybody buys the story to justify arming AL Qaeda.
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riseandshine
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:53pmThat’s right, Warmunger.
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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:33pmOur enemies are pathetic liars. Sad actors. Truth twisters.
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TheePolitinator
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:15pmAnd you are all there? Really? You KNOW for a fact? Please, SU we got enough crap to worry about here
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Edward
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:26pmIt doesnt matter if its BS or not if it has the desired effect of spinning this conflict out of control by bringing in other countries then the propoganda worked.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:23pmwar is always the goal of big government and the enemy of liberty. When was the last time the US fought a war for the right reason??? It is rare and hasnt happened in our lifetime
Why nobody should celebrate war….
http://mises.org/daily/6264/Liberty-vs-War-A-Brief-History
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Minnaloushe
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:19pmHmmm. DebkaFile posted yesterday about how the Russians had apparently “secured” the chemical weapons at al-safira and Israel was comfortable with their safety now. What gives?
“Israel backs Russia’s avowal that Syrian chemical arms are secure ‘for now’”
http://www.debka.com/article/22629/Israel-backs-Russia%E2%80%99s-avowal-that-Syrian-chemical-arms-are-secure-%E2%80%9Cfor-now%E2%80%9D
“Russian forces take Syrian chemical, biological weapons under control”
http://www.debka.com/article/22627/Russian-forces-take-Syrian-chemical-biological-weapons-under-control
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Mike76
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:16pmFalse Flag propaganda. And even if it is true, the gas was used against Al Qaeda. It’s really not our problem, but if Assad falls, Al Qaeda and the MB will take over Syria just like they did in Egypt, and with Israel surrounded by forces who will not be restrained – well, you know what happens next. I truly believe that forces from outside the Middle East have been manipulating the tension in that area for decades to bring on a third World War.
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gb2
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:12pmthis story is completely full of it…. not that the rebels dont deserve chemical weapons to be dropped on them, but assad isnt that stupid….. just like when they blamed him for blowing up five grade schools…. total b.s.
Question…. what would happen if 1% of our population whom claim to be us citizens but they really aren’t, started and armed uprising against the government here. they would all be dead. hopefully right.
Why is obama and his god, the un, denying Syria the right to protect it’s sovereignty. (besides the fact that obama is killing our sovereignty)
FUN FACT about 1 % of Syrians (the small number of hardline islamists there) want assad out, because he runs a republic open for business and growth in a moderated Arab country, that happened to be signing a treaty with Israel conveniently right about the time this “peaceful freedom loving uprising started” even though the rebels are hardline islamists, anti christian, murderers, who want total sharia law, and will move on to Jordan as soon as Syria is complete… Syria is not run by islam.
FUN FACT approximately 50 % of American want obama to leave office, immediately thats 50 : 1
when are people here going to wake up and demand our government and the media be held accountable. no more politicizing american events to take our rights away, no more lies from the media, no more false fiscal cliffs, no more u.n. taking over our country, no more handing out billions to foreign counties, no fraudu
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gb2
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:16pmno more fraudulent elections
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Alina.D
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:49pmTotally agree with your post!!
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christhefanatic
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:37pmIt’s funny isn’t it. The world is turning upside down. I consider myself very right-wing….and yet I am beginning to have sympathy for the Russians and beginning to become very wary of the United States.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:09pmEasy to say, much harder to implement.
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sdbonkowski
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:21amI hope for the sake of our country it’s not much longer. When that happens you know it will be the biblical battle of good versus evil. Not only will it be the people versus the government but conservatives versus liberals and even worse, a neighbor versus neighbor. ultimately it will be freedom versus tyranny. The casualties will be immense.
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South Philly Boy
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:04pmSaddam’s WMD
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californiakhg
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:03pmww3 about to break lose
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matamoros
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:03pmWe should absolutely not intervene!!! I cringe every time I hear politicians like McCain say that we need to go in there and help “the people” against Assad. These people that want to take down Assad are al-Qaeda and the muslim brotherhood. THEY ARE JUST AS EVIL. Why bother replacing evil with more evil. What do we get out of it? We get nothing but more hatred and violence directed our way.
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FeralHuman
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:04pmI totally agree! Why should my neighbor go to Syria and fight for the muslims to kill other muslims and to institute Sharia Law. Insane in the membrane is Hussein.
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Randall R.Kniess
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:55pmI too think this could be propaganda. But if it isn’t and it is true, then people had better wake up to the fact that Syria is a small bit player in what is really happening. And that is that Iran is trying to strengthen its presence in the region. I feel sorry for the children in the area, but their fathers and mothers have embraced a culture of death and a religion that favors death rather than life. And because of this embrace, they will suffer. This is just another visual speed bump to hide a greater danger, Iran’s nuclear program. And that my friends makes any nerve gas attack, look like a fart in church. It might clear a pew or two, but it won’t end the service. And Iran would much rather have our attention on another internal conflict between crazies, than on a lunatic with a nuclear bomb. Money will mean nothing if they decide to start mass production of these and disseminating them through our porous borders or into the countries of our few allies that we still have.
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oldguy49
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:02pmamen and pass the ammo,
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PAUL GULLO
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:45pmI thaught this sounded a little weird, “waiting in line for bread” give me a break.
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MisterSarcastic
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:42pmBread lines were common in the former Soviet Union.
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Cavallo
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:43pm50 people? Sounds like an accident. You could kill more with an artillery barrage.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:42pmSeriously though do any of you think that the narcissist Marxist POS needs an excuse to get into yet another war? He thinks he’s God,he actually believes the BS his lap dogs and the state run media have dished out for the simpletons. Barry should’ve been impeached and thrown out of office three scandals ago but congress suffers from low T and the senate is full of commie pigs. We’re stuck with the disaster in chief for four more years,maybe more.
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AlwaysAmazed
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:45pmYou always hit the nail right on the head, Slayer!
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:32pmOne more Red Flag Propaganda being used by Obama’s terrorist allies, a strike with Sarin nerve agents would have killed many more people.
This is one more move, again propaganda, to try and force the world to condemn Assad and force the world to intervene – especially Obama, who would love to have one more excuse to cripple the armed forces and our nations economy in a blood bath to restore the Caliphate for his extremist allies.
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gyro
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:38pmSnowleopard
they frake ths stuff for tv all the time but this is to imortant to ignor
this is bad
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taintso
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:39pmA US Army brigade will begin sending teams into as many as 35 African countries next year to provide training to combat threats from Al Qaeda-linked groups, while also giving the US a prepared force if crises emerge.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:40pmWhy would it matter? We had AMERICANS killed and they did nothing to stop it or seek retribution!
But that would have been against Muslims and for a non Muslim.
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The_Jerk
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:45pmThis is the “Wolfowitz Doctrine” in action. They are carrying out Richard Perle and company’s, 1996 study for Israel, “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm.”
Stay out. We’ve been duped and trapped by these warmongers before. And, it was written about, not here, but in Israel… as it all too often is.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/white-man-s-burden-1.14110
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Tigress1
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:30pm…Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.
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taintso
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:42pmTime to send in Barrack Hussein’s WMD, Hillary Clinton.
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KidCharlemagne
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:08pmTigress1
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:30pm
…Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.
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A myth:
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Syria’s Christians continue to stand by Assad regime
February 6, 2012
Syria’s Christians, a fellow minority, believe they need the ruling Assad regime for protection.
But in Christian homes around the country the prevailing sentiment is one of relief rather than delight — they link the survival of the Assad regime to their own.
“Thank god for Russia. Without Russia we are doomed,” said a Christian woman from Damascus recently.
As a fellow minority, Christians have long supported the Alawite regime in order to ensure protection and rights for themselves. The Alawite are a Shiite sect of Islam.
“Look what has happened in Iraq and now in Egypt,” said the woman. “Assad in power means that won’t happen here.”
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/120205/syria-christians-assad-regime-damascus-russia-china
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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:26pmWell king Barry did say that if Assad used chemical weapons there would be serious repercussions.The king has spoken so I’m sure he’ll send in the troops. Congress can………Oh what am I thinking congress is full of candyasses afraid of the shadow in chief.
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AlwaysAmazed
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:59pmProgressive, I think the only serious repercussion we will see us a ‘strongly worded’ letter. As far as I am concerned, that is too much. Let them fight their own wars. Just don’t bring any refugees over here!
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Mutiny
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:25pmWe are broke. We have no business in that country.
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Cavallo
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:21pmSaddam’s present to Assad? I think Barry the First Gay Dog Eating Messiah is taking notes.
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The_Jerk
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:31pm“Some are beginning to wonder if this will prompt U.S. intervention.”
Not our problem, and we were not innocents when Saddam Hussein carried out the Halabja poison gas attack. Stay out.
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taintso
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:51pmDoes that mean he is gay or that he ate a gay dog? I suppose it doesn’t really matter.
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The-Monk
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:20pmNot unless it falls under the current admin’s plans to destroy America, global redistribution of wealth and a one world gov.
If not… it’s still vacation time in Hawaii.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:26pmHi MONK. I think that if any action is taken, this will drive somebody’s head deeper into the sand.
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gyro
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:35pmmerry xmas The-Monk
this is a global game changer if nothing is done it will end bad
If obama isnt on the tv speeking of this in 2 hr he is a ass
dosnt mate what you think of him he is president this is his job to do
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The-Monk
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:51pmHi Guys,
For some strange reason I keep hearing this when I read this story….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA
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cemerius
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:18pmLet them KILL each other!!! There is no damn way I will support ANY American involvement in Syria!!! Fluke them ALL!!! No matter HOW many of our troops get killed no matter HOW many BILLIONS of dollars we send them they will ALWAYS HATE US INFIDELS!!!! Sorry for the passion here but it will take a baseball bat upside the head to knock some sense into our “politicians”!!!!
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Tigress1
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:32pmI agree. Let them do what they have been doing for hundreds of years. It’s what they enjoy doing and what they do best.
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gyro
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:17pmok Obamma needs to get his ass back to washington now
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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:22pmWhy? He’ll only make things worse for us.
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Cavallo
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:23pmI would prefer if he didn’t. He does less damage to us when he is away.
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taintso
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:24pmWhat for it is too cold to play golf in Washington, no campaigning needs to be done, and there is no solution our EPA is infective in Syria.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:32pmThe US troops in Iraq on the Syrian border are probably getting ready to invade.
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TheCalmOne
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:42pmSAS troopers (Brit, Aussie and Kiwi) are probably already inside Syria.
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riseandshine
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:48pmObama’s just a figurehead. He does whatever is asked of him…no more…no less.
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Wolf
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:27pmThat POS PretendOTUS can stay in Hawaii- let the UN handle this since they’re the best at it. They don’t need ask for any more of our money or men, either. Piss on BHO, the UN and the mideast.
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