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Posted on 07/05/2013 2:20:03 PM PDT by kristinn
USA Today reports from Cairo at least 10 killed, hundreds wounded in Egypt today on the Muslim Brotherhood's (Ikwhan) "Day of Rejection" of the Egyptian military's removal of President Morsi from office this week after a popular uprising.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department admitted Secretary of State John Kerry was indeed on his yacht in Nantucket on Wednesday as the revolution in Egypt succeeded:
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(Live Thread) Egypt: American Killed During Violent Clashes (Egypt about to blow up)
Live Thread: Egypt Revolution 2.0
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#Breaking SkyNews Arabia: Two mortar shells landed near the hotel of U.N. chemical weapons inspectors in Damas... http://www.naharnet.com
Rosemary Church @rosemaryCNN 2m
#CNN’s Fred Pleitgen says the blast took place near the hotel where the #UN weapons inspectors r staying. No other details #Syria
Turkey would join any coalition against #Syria even if consensus not reached at UNSC - Turkish FM; via @Reuters http://on.rt.com/nusdpx
ajamlive @ajamlive 14m
UN inspectors in #Syria now meeting with wounded from alleged chemical attack, taking samples-@Reuters citing doctor in rebel area #breaking
Agence France-Presse @AFP 51m
#UPDATE Damascus accuses rebels of firing at UN inspectors: TV
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/26/us-syria-crisis-inspectors-idUSBRE97P06620130826
Gunmen shoot at weapons experts’ vehicle in Damascus: U.N
(Reuters) - Unidentified snipers shot at and damaged a vehicle being used by U.N. chemical weapons investigators in Damascus on Monday as they sought to reach the site of a suspected poison gas attack, a U.N. spokesman said.
“The first vehicle of the Chemical Weapons Investigation Team was deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers in the buffer zone area,” the spokesman said, adding the car was no longer serviceable and a replacement vehicle was being obtained.
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RT:
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks meeting called off over protest deaths - reports
Snipers shoot at UN chemical inspectors in Syria – UN spokesman
Britain says response to Syria chemical attack possible without unanimous UN backing
Ahram:
Brotherhood’s ex-youth minister arrested in Cairo
Muslim Brotherhood leading member and former minister of youth Osama Yassin arrested in Cairo along with Kahirat El-Shater’s secretary Mohamed Hafez
Egypt prosecution orders release of son of Brotherhood leader El-Beltagy
Trial of Egypt’s Brotherhood top leaders deferred
Pro-Brotherhood preacher Hegazy charged with attempted murder
26 Brotherhood leaders referred to State Security Prosecution in Tanta violence
Egypt’s Islamists call fresh protests, despite arrests and falling turnout
13:50 Damascus accuses rebels of firing at UN inspectors: TV
13:40 Saudi forces free woman imprisoned 3 years by family
13:25 Abu Dhabi’s TAQA delays $12 bln Turkey coal power plant construction
13:23 63 pro-Morsi protesters referred to Alexandria criminal court
12:58 Calm returns to violence-scarred Myanmar town
12:40 Peace meet cancelled over deaths: Palestinian official
12:23 US leaker Snowden stayed at Russia’s Hong Kong consulate
12:16 Mallawi Museum gold coins recovered
11:44 Two bombs detonate in Egypt’s Sinai, no casualties reported
http://rt.com/news/lavrov-syria-press-conference-003/
Breaking news: Hysteria over Syria chemical attack aims at hampering Geneva-2 talks – Lavrov
Hysteria around chemical attack suits those who want military intervention in Syria - Lavrov
Published time: August 26, 2013 12:24
Following last week’s chemical attack, the West has engineered a media campaign to facilitate a military incursion, says Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The diplomat also cast doubts on the veracity of US and European claims about the incident.
“Official Washington, London and Paris say they have incontrovertible evidence that the Syrian government is behind the chemical attack in Damascus, but they have not yet presented this evidence. Yet, they keep saying that the ‘red line’ has been crossed,” Lavrov said during an emergency press conference in Moscow.
“Now, we are hearing calls for a military campaign against Bashar Assad.”
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says military intervention in Syria without UN mandate would be grave violation of international law - @Reuters
Arab League calls for emergency meeting in Cairo Tuesday to ‘discuss the dangerous situation in Syria’ - @aawsat_eng
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says any US action on Syria would be taken in concert with international community - @Reuters
US Defense Sec. Hagel to reach out to British, French counterparts on Syria, timing uncertain, senior US official says - @Reuters
TEHRAN, Iran — Former top U.S. diplomat Jeffrey Feltman has arrived in Iran for talks on Syria and Egypt, his second visit to Tehran in a year as top U.N. envoy.
Feltman is now the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. He previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs until May of last year.
Iran’s state TV showed Feltman meeting Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, saying the two discussed regional issues including Syria.
Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2013/08/26/4901285/former-us-diplomat-in-iran-for.html#storylink=cpy
Thanks for the updates! I wonder if the inspectors ever made it to area?
BEIRUT — U.N. inspectors successfully entered a Damascus suburb that was the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack last week, after initially turning back because sniper fire hit one of their vehicles, the United Nations said on Monday.
(ANSAmed) - BEIRUT, AUGUST 26 - Un inspectors met on Monday with Syrian doctors in charge of the field hospital of Muaddamiye, south of Damascus, one of the areas allegedly targeted by a chemical attack on August 21, Muhammad Shami, a nurse at the hospital, told pan Arab-Saudi television network Al Arabiya.
Shami said part of the UN inspectors’ team was able to access Muaddamiye and meet medical staff.
The international experts are charged with collecting data to verify allegations by witnesses and doctors that the regime used banned weapons against civilians in the Damascus region.
Muaddamiya is the area with the lowest number of casualties - about 70 - in the attack on August 21 while the areas which most suffered from the attack reporting hundreds of victims, according to sources, are east of Damascus, like Zamalka, Arbin and Ayn Tarma. (ANSAmed).
RT:
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Germany could support military action if Syria chemical attacks confirmed
The German government said on Monday it would support an international military response against Syria if it is confirmed that government troops attacked opponents with chemical weapons. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert said on Monday that if UN inspectors confirm the use of chemical weapons, “it must be punished,” and would not rule out the use of force. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said that if the attack is confirmed “Germany would be among those who consider consequences to be appropriate.”
Thanks! Just woke up and appreciate the updates. Years ago, when the drum beat was just starting to sound about Iraq in the papers etc., my very first instinct was that it was a terrible idea. However, I got onboard to support the president and never looked back...defending it to the end. I think this time, I am going to stick with my first instinct...this is a very bad idea. Syrian pres may be bad, but not as bad as what comes after. And given that we now have a president that hates our country and troops (unlike Bush)...it is a very, very, very bad idea.
I concur ... bad, bad, bad.
The Hill had an article today which says that Obama is boxed in, given his earlier “red line” statement.
Meanwhile, Russia is issuing more warnings.
Curious timing of the Snowden release that the US was spying on the UN. Now we are hearing Snowden stayed at Russian consulate while in Hong Kong.
I saw all those articles about Obama being ‘boxed in’, blah,blah,blah. It really reminds me of the press behavior leading up to Iraq. They were all running around writing articles about the threat of Saddam with WMDS....egging Bush to war with breathless articles and TV specials about how terrible Saddam was, etc. Then Bush goes to war...and they immediately start screaming foul...the very same ones who wrote article after article about how in danger we were from Saddam and his WMDS. It was crazy....lol.
The US state media won’t be turning on Obama. Expect boastful analysis; decisive leader, and other BS.
Of course! They are already setting the table. ‘Obama is being pushed by Republican warhorses’.....Obama is boxed in...Obama is being pressured by Britain..Obama is being forced to enter war by Israel......Etc, etc, etc.
That way..when the whole thing goes to hell...Obama will have no responsibility for it whatsoever.
Putting, pie and puppies.
Moochelle and daughters are in NYC for the US Open and taking in a Broadway show.
BREAKING PHOTO: UN VEHICLE SHOT BY TERRORIST SNIPERS IN SYRIA EARLIER TODAY.
AFP:
Cameron cuts holiday short to tackle Syria
LOL..these people are beyond contempt.
The low-information voters eat it up.
31% Favor More Military Help to Syrian Rebels If Chemical Weapons Charges Are True
http://rt.com/op-edge/syria-un-war-investigation-006/
Syria charade: West bent on war, UN investigation meaningless
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/mccain-urges-very-serious-us-action-on-syria_871826.html
Seoul: A “very serious” US response to an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government does not require UN corroboration that the incident took place, a senior Republican senator said on Monday.
Speaking as UN inspectors headed to the site near Damascus where the opposition says more than 1,300 people died last week, Senator John McCain said he was “totally convinced” President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was behind the “atrocity”.
McCain, who has long argued for military aid to the Syrian opposition to tip the balance in the conflict, said he was sceptical that the UN team would be able to complete a thorough probe.
“It’s hard for me to believe that Bashar al-Assad is going to allow the UN to investigate something he has done that will be harmful to him,” the former presidential nominee told reporters in the South Korean capital Seoul.
“But we don’t need UN corroboration,” McCain said, urging President Barack Obama to respond swiftly and effectively.
“If the US stands by and does not take very serious action — not just launching some cruise missiles — then again our credibility in the world is diminished even more... if there’s any left,” he said.
Obama had said a year ago that the use of chemical weapons by Assad’s forces was a “red line” that could trigger Western intervention.
McCain said the United States should neutralise the Syrian government’s air capability and establish a safe zone under its protection.
He also rejected arguments by some in the US administration that arming the Syrian rebels might result in weapons falling into the hands of Islamist groups.
“We can get the weapons to the right people. That is not a difficult task,” he said. McCain was in Seoul, together with Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, for a visit to discuss the human rights situation in North Korea.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “Official Washington, London and Paris say they have incontrovertible evidence that the Syrian government is behind the chemical attack in Damascus, but they have not yet presented this evidence."
Now we hear that Germany will support international action IF supplied proof that chem weapons were used.
Germany is only demanding proof that chem weapons were used, NOT proof of who used them.
Neither rebels nor Assad are even refuting the fact that chem weapons were used.
Even the press seems unconcerned about WHO used the chem weapons??? The story is all about THAT they were used.
Based on that evidence alone, countries are lining up to support removal of the chem weapons.
Is anyone asking exactly how that will be accomplished? --- as skillfully as a surgeon removes bullets from a body? just remove the offending material? and let the Syrian war carry on, minus the chem weapons?
Pen replied [5072] to a post of mine: "Don’t forget that some say that this may be about that pipeline that the Sauds want through Syria. The UK wants it too so that they are not so dependent on Russia’s oil. Russia doesn’t want it."
I didn't know about that. A big hmmm....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058887/posts?page=5#5
Israeli intelligence ties Syrian gas attack to Assad
Daily Caller ^ | 08/25/2013 | Josh Peterson
Israeli intelligence can tie the recent gas attack against the Syrian rebels to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the German publication Focus reports.
U.S. Naval War College Professor John Schindler tweeted the story, adding that Israel shared the information with the U.S. and other allies.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
This explains a little about the whole pipeline thing to help those unfamiliar with the whole thing:
(Older article)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-16/mystery-sponsor-weapons-and-money-syrian-rebels-revealed
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