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US using ‘ethnic cleansing’ to set up compliant state in Syria

RT — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:54:10 +0000

The US is trying to ethnically cleanse Syria in order to kill off Syrian nationalism and create an obedient state, journalist Vanessa Beeley told RT following a damning report on the US coalition’s military activities in Raqqa.

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Western Lies about Lies over Syria’s East Ghouta

Finian Cunningham — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:03:28 +0000

Western governments, their corporate news media, and even the United Nations’ chief Antonio Guterres are once again playing a disgusting, emotive propaganda game over the Syrian war.

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US Govt-Funded Think Tank Praises “Moderate” Al Qaeda

Whitney Webb — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 20:15:20 +0000

With al Qaeda now seen by the U.S. as likely the only group in Syria “militarily capable of challenging the Assad regime’s grip on power, the U.S. is in the uncomfortable position of having to rehabilitate 9/11 and current terrorists into supportable “moderates.”

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Ending Syria’s Nightmare will Take Pressure From Below

Mike Whitney — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:46:40 +0000

Washington is increasing its weapons stockpile to fend off any attempt by Russia and its allies to keep the battered nation together. A weaker, fragmented Syria governed by tribal leaders and local warlords will pose no threat to Washington or Tel Aviv’s regional ambitions. At least, that appears to be the thinking among US foreign policy elites.

The Trump administration’s plan to splinter Syria and establish a permanent garrison in the eastern part of the country won’t be stopped unless the American people express their opposition en masse.

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