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Are the Palestinians Ready to Share a State With Jordan? - Daoud Kuttab - The Atlantic

2012-12-28T13:30:00.001-08:00

Video - Seeing a Syrian chemical weapons plant

2012-12-12T11:26:00.001-08:00

Assad Fires Scud Missiles at Rebels, U.S. Says, Escalating War in Syria - NYTimes.com

2012-12-12T11:08:00.001-08:00

'Passing WMDs to Hezbollah – a red line' - Israel News, Ynetnews

2012-12-10T22:18:00.001-08:00

'Passing WMDs to Hezbollah – a red line' - Israel News, Ynetnews:

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Top-Secret X-37B To Launch Dec. 11 On Third Mission Has Everyone Wondering : World : Latinos Post

2012-12-10T22:17:00.001-08:00

Top-Secret X-37B To Launch Dec. 11 On Third Mission Has Everyone Wondering : World : Latinos Post:

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Afghan Army Still Needs Support, Pentagon Says - NYTimes.com

2012-12-10T22:14:00.001-08:00

Afghan Army Still Needs Support, Pentagon Says - NYTimes.com:

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Watch Syrian Rebels Make Rockets Out of Assad's Cluster Bombs | Danger Room | Wired.com

2012-12-09T21:35:00.001-08:00

"When Bashar Assad attacks his own people with cluster munitions, enterprising Syrian rebels don’t just run for cover. They harvest unexploded cluster bombs for parts they can use in homemade rockets to turn back on regime forces. Do not try this at home."

SYRIA DEEPLY EXCLUSIVE: US Trains Rebel Brigades to Secure Chemical Weapons | Syria News

2012-12-09T11:34:00.001-08:00

"The US and its allies have hired contractors to train some Syrian rebel brigades in chemical weapons security, Syria Deeply has exclusively learned from four diplomats, including one US official."

Syrian Bombs Are Now Filled With Chemicals — And Could Be Up for Grabs | Danger Room | Wired.com

2012-12-09T10:56:00.001-08:00

“Uncertainties regarding this crisis are pervasive, yet at least one outcome is highly probable: terrorist acquisition of chemical weapons if the regime falls,” writes Federation of American Scientists analyst Charles Blair

Tracking Pakistan’s nukes to Saudi Arabia?

2012-12-09T10:29:00.001-08:00

"Pakistan may have transferred nuclear weapons to the chief bankroller of its development program, Saudi Arabia, as far back as 2004"

Russian Navy supplies 30,000 nationals in visit to Syrian port | World Tribune

2012-12-09T10:06:00.001-08:00

"They said some 30,000 Russian nationals were believed working in Syria, mostly in cooperation with the regime of President Bashar Assad"

Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead - Houston Chronicle

2012-12-09T10:02:00.001-08:00

Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead - Houston Chronicle:

Pro and anti-Syrian regime militants clash in Lebanon

2012-12-09T10:00:00.001-08:00

Report: Israeli Special Forces Inside Syria Tracking Chemical and Biological Weapons | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

2012-12-09T09:17:00.001-08:00

"Israeli special forces are operating within Syria in an effort to track the Syrian regime’s stocks of chemical and biological weapons"

US, Israeli, Jordanian and Turkish special forces are spread out on the ground in Syria, armed with special gear for combating chemical arms

2012-12-09T09:13:00.001-08:00

"US, Israeli, Jordanian and Turkish special forces are spread out on the ground in Syria, armed with special gear for combating chemical arms"

Failed Military Weapons | SMOSH

2012-12-09T08:00:00.000-08:00

Cool

President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech from Oslo, Norway

2012-12-08T23:30:00.000-08:00

On the eve of a rumored invasion of Syria over it's potential use of chemical weapons, I bring you President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Speech. In this speech, he talks about the causes for a "just war". Delivered almost exactly three years ago, his speech has become uncomfortably spooky to listen to today. It also serves as a revelation of what was to come in Libya, and possibly in the very near the future in Syria.

The speech is striking in it's entirety, fast forward to 15:00 exactly to get to what I wanted to show everybody. The context of todays situation addressed on Dec. 10, 2009. That’s before Syria, Libya, Arab Spring and so on... Highly suggested viewing.

"...and it requires us to think about the notion of a just war and the imperatives of a just peace."

"...there will be times when nations acting individually or in concert will the find the use of force not only necessary, but morally justified."

"...the United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens, and the strength of our arms."

"More and more we all confront difficult questions about how to prevent the slaughter of civilians by their own government, or to stop a civil war who's violence and suffering can engulf an entire region. I believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grounds as it was in the Balkans, or in other places that have been scared by war. Inaction tears at our conscience and can lead to more costly intervention later"

"That's why NATO continues to be indispensable."

~ President Barack Obama at his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, 2009.

The Japanese government has ordered its military to shoot down the missile that is expected to be launched by North Korea as early as Monday

2012-12-08T11:50:00.001-08:00

Japan poised to shoot down North Korean missile - Telegraph: "The Japanese government has ordered its military to shoot down the missile that is expected to be launched by North Korea as early as Monday."

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Psy hates America, loves it's money.

2012-12-08T10:46:00.001-08:00

Psy, sorry my country got in the way of your destiny to become a commie forced to worship the fearless three Kims' of the north at the but of a gun. Juche style! Psy apologizes: Please dont make your money mad at me

Rebels captured the “chloride factory” at Al Safira east of Aleppo. This is a codename for the Syria army’s biggest chemical weapons store and base which also houses Syrian Scud D missiles armed with chemical warheads ready to fire at Israel

2012-12-08T08:15:00.001-08:00

Rebels captured the “chloride factory” at Al Safira east of Aleppo. This is a codename for the Syria army’s biggest chemical weapons store and base which also houses Syrian Scud D missiles armed with chemical warheads ready to fire at Israel.

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Paris: NATO-Arab Syria intervention imminent

2012-12-07T17:51:00.001-08:00

Paris: NATO-Arab Syria intervention imminent:

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US: Sarin bombs ready for Assad’s “go” order. Israel's odd silence

2012-12-06T03:28:00.001-08:00

US: Sarin bombs ready for Assad’s “go” order. Israel's odd silence:

Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order - World News

2012-12-05T15:56:00.001-08:00

So, will U.S. and allies strike before or after chemical weapons are used?
U.S. officials stressed that as of now, the sarin bombs hadn't been loaded onto planes and that Assad hadn't issued a final order to use them. But if he does, "there's little the outside world can do to stop it." Is this fashion of talk alluding to the fact that the only option for stopping a chemical attack is to strike before the order goes? Or, is the comment implying that we will not strike to prevent a chemical attack, and that Assad would be held accountable after the fact? If your the decision maker and you believe a chemical attack is going to be launched by Assad, do you strike first and take the heat? Or, do you let him kill with chemicals so that your unquestionably justified when you strike back with military force? Under who's leadership is either choice the more prudent one to make? Or do you do nothing?

USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier arrives off Syrian shore

2012-12-05T09:55:00.001-08:00

USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier arrives off Syrian shore:

Syrian civil war spills into Lebanon

2012-12-05T09:07:00.001-08:00

Syrian civil war spills into Lebanon:

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