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News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1147
People Begin to Flee Damascus
- Inter Press Service
ANTAKYA, Turkey, Aug 31 (IPS) - As the United States prepares to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles on military targets inside Syria, Syrians are preparing for a new phase of the conflict that has already left more than 100,000 people dead.
Despite Opposition, Obama Undeterred from Striking Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama indicated Friday he would soon conduct what he called "very limited" military action against Syria to punish its alleged use of chemical weapons which, according to the White House, killed more than 1,400 people in several Damascus suburbs last week.
U.N. Loses Big if U.S. Attacks Syria Unilaterally
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (IPS) - If and when the United States launches a military attack on Syria, one of the biggest political losers would be the United Nations.
OP-ED: Military Force Is a Blunt Instrument, Mr. President
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (IPS) - Now that we have heard Secretary of State John Kerry's emotional plea for us to believe the still rather ambiguous intelligence on chemical weapons use in Syria, there are far more substantive answers to be sought from the Obama administration.
U.S. Drive to Attack Syria Stalls
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (IPS) - What seemed inevitable just 48 hours ago – an imminent U.S. missile attack on Syrian targets in response to an alleged chemical attack that reportedly killed hundreds of Syrian citizens – stalled Thursday as the justification for military action faced increasing questioning both here and abroad.
One Way to See the Killing in Syria
- Inter Press Service
, Aug 29 (IPS) - Zuhair Hassib did not witness the last and the most ghastly massacre in Syria. Images of last year's Siege of Homs were enough for the artist to have seen. His paintings have brought those horrors home in a way pictures could never have.
U.S., U.N. in Diplomatic Cross-Talk Over Syria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 (IPS) - When the administration of President George W. Bush launched a military attack on Iraq in March 2003, it was nearly 18 months before Kofi Annan, then-U.N. secretary-general, described the invasion as "illegal" and in "violation of the U.N. charter" because the United States did not have Security Council authorisation.
Israeli Lobby Looks to 2008 Law to Justify Request for More U.S. Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (IPS) - Israel and its domestic U.S. lobby are already in the early stages of the next 10-year aid package, which would not go into effect until 2017 and will be the first since Congress passed the Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008, which requires in part that U.S. military aid to Israel ensure that Israel maintains its "Qualitative Military Edge" (QME) over any combination of states and non-state actors.
U.S. Neocon Hawks Take Flight Over Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (IPS) - In an echo of the tactics they used to promote U.S. intervention in the Balkans, Iraq and Libya, a familiar clutch of neo-conservatives published a letter Tuesday urging President Barack Obama to go far beyond limited military strikes against Syria in retaliation for its government's alleged use last week of chemical weapons that reportedly killed hundreds of people.
In Rush to Strike Syria, U.S. Tried to Derail U.N. Probe
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - After initially insisting that Syria give United Nations investigators unimpeded access to the site of an alleged nerve gas attack, the administration of President Barack Obama reversed its position on Sunday and tried unsuccessfully to get the U.N. to call off its investigation.
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