The Syria Analysis Thread

Niccolo and Donkey Tuesday 27 Aug 2013

President Camacho

They aren't even bothering to wait to find out the results from the UN team on the ground. This is a farce since it is a repeat of Colin Powell with PowerPoint at the UN.

Part of this report will no doubt be based on 'intercepted communications between the Syrian Army in this attack" that was 'intercepted by Israeli Intelligence".

Complete and utter bullshit, naturally. They aren't even trying anymore.

Niccolo and Donkey Tuesday 27 Aug 2013

President Camacho SweetLeftFoot

The fix is in!

UK and US finalise plans for military strikes against Syrian regime

Kerry is expected to say there is definitive proof linking the regime to the attack on the basis of "open sources" such as evidence from international doctors, a judgment that only the regime could have launched such a large attack, and intercept intelligence of Syrian communications from, among others, the Israelis.

Kerry's judgment is expected to be followed by a decision by Obama on the exact form of a military strike, which will be designed to deter the future use of chemical weapons by Assad or other regimes.

The White House made clear that the action would not be designed to widen the Syrian conflict or overthrow the regime. Spokesman Jay Carney said: "The options we are considering are not about regime change." He later added: "There has to be a response to that clear violation of international norms."

The Arab League meanwhile blamed Assad for the gas attack and voiced regional support for action. After an emergency meeting in Cairo, the league said it held the Syrian government "fully responsible for the ugly crime" and demanded that perpetrators face international trials."

Iraq, Lebanon and Algeria withheld their support for the statement however, reflecting the largely sectarian fault lines in the Arab world deepened by the Syrian conflict.

In Damascus, the UN inspection of suspected sites of chemical attacks was held up for a day following Monday's sniper attack on one of the inspectors' vehicles. A press statement said: "a comprehensive assessment determined that the visit should be postponed by one day in order to improve preparedness and safety for the team."

The UN investigation in Syria is due to last a further six days according an earlier understanding with the Assad government, though it could be extended by mutual agreement. However, Washington, London and Paris have all made it clear that they would not wait for the UN report to take action based on their own intelligence findings.

Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu made it clear that Israel would not take part in military action but would respond with force if it was the target of Syrian reprisals.

"The state of Israel is prepared for any scenario," Netanyahu said after talks with his security officials.

In a sign that Barack Obama believes he has the legal authority, independently of Congress, to launch a strike, Carney said that allowing the chemical weapons attack to go unanswered would be a "threat to the United States ".

The White House indicated that the allies would sidestep the UN after Russia , which has the power of veto, denounced the gathering momentum towards western armed intervention, predicting it would have disastrous consequences across the region. The deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, tweeted that the west was behaving towards the Islamic world "like a monkey with a grenade".

On Tuesday Russia began evacuating its nationals wishing to flee Syria in anticipation of air strikes, providing space on a cargo plane which had been delivering food aid to the Mediterranean city of Latakia.

Carney said the work of weapons inspectors now was Damascus was "redundant" because it has already been established that chemical weapons were used by Syria on a large scale.

Team Zissou Tuesday 27 Aug 2013

Solid.

Niccolo and Donkey Tuesday 27 Aug 2013

Carney is saying that the UN Inspectors are now unnecessary. No neutral party proof is needed. Isn't this great?

Theo Wednesday 28 Aug 2013

Of course it is. Good to know, that Pentagon's Magic Crystal Ball is working fine.

Can't believe this shit I'm reading. They must be tired of their own act too much, so they drop any pretense to legality.

Niccolo and Donkey Wednesday 28 Aug 2013

From Pepe Escobar's Facebook page :

VERY IMPORTANT: RUSSIA HAS PROOF THAT THE "REBELS" DID IT.

Khalil Harb, of Lebanese paper As-Safir, confirmed a few minutes ago to my great friend Claudio Gallo an article published in Arabic two days ago, quoting a Russian source.

According to the source, Russia's ambassador in the UN Security Council, Vitaly Churkin, presented conclusive evidence - based on documents and Russian satellite images - of two rockets carrying toxic chemicals, fired from Douma, controlled by the Syrian "rebels", and landing on East Ghouta. Hundreds of "rebels", as well as civilians - including those children on the cover of Western corporate media papers - were killed. The evidence, says the Russian source, is conclusive. This is what Lavrov himself was hinting at yesterday. And that's the reason there's no UN Security Council resolution against Syria, and why Washington does not want the inspectors to find anything.

Niccolo and Donkey Wednesday 28 Aug 2013

Longface Angocachi President Camacho Theo SteamshipTime SweetLeftFoot Powerful Male Mohel

Here it is guys! All the proof that they need! No need for UN Inspectors, says Carney...Israeli intel is good enough.

Israeli intelligence 'intercepted Syrian regime talk about chemical attack'

The bulk of evidence proving the Assad regime's deployment of chemical weapons – which would provide legal grounds essential to justify any western military action – has been provided by Israeli military intelligence, the German magazine Focus has reported.

The 8200 unit of the Israeli Defence Forces, which specialises in electronic surveillance, intercepted a conversation between Syrian officials regarding the use of chemical weapons, an unnamed former Mossad official told Focus. The content of the conversation was relayed to the US, the ex-official said.

The 8200 unit collects and analyses electronic data, including wiretapped telephone calls and emails. It is the largest unit in the IDF.

Israel has invested in intelligence assets in Syria for decades, according to a senior government official. "We have an historic intelligence effort in the field, for obvious reasons," he said.

Israel and the US had a "close and co-operative relationship in the intelligence field", he added, but declined to comment specifically on the Focus report.

Senior Israeli security officials arrived in Washington on Monday to share the latest results of intelligence-gathering, and to review the Syrian crisis with national security adviser Susan Rice.

Theo Wednesday 28 Aug 2013

Not this shit again...

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Longface Wednesday 28 Aug 2013

Russia will not fight with anyone over Syria

Russia will not use its military if Western forces move into Syria , said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an emergency press conference that was called due to the sudden escalation in the situation around the country.
Moscow is extremely concerned with the aggressive statements coming from the West, and Russian experts warn that military intervention in Syria will lead to a break-up of the country.
"We do not intend to fight with anyone. We continue to expect that our Western partners will apply their policies strategically and not reactively," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. However, he made it clear that invading Syria would be a flagrant violation of international law, similar to operations in Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya.

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