<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you, sharing!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jay</div><div class=""><br class=""><div style=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 27, 2017, at 09:29, Boyle, Francis A <<a href="mailto:fboyle@illinois.edu" class="">fboyle@illinois.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 51, 102);" class="">This Waffen-SS College of Law Is Pathetic! 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Boyle<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 51, 102);" class="">Law Building<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 51, 102);" class="">504 E. 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See his recent interview with Dennis Bernstein at Consortium News: "<a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2017/06/25/a-baseless-justification-for-war-in-syria/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">A Baseless Justification for War in Syria</a>." He said today: "The current posture of U.S., French and perhaps British policy in Syria is basically an invitation for some jihadist group to stage a chemical weapons attack in Syria. That would get blamed on Assad and the U.S. would bomb him. This is an intolerable, incredibly dangerous situation brought on by constant illegal U.S. meddling." </span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></b></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Francis A. Boyle<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Law Building<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Champaign, IL 61820 USA<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">217-333-7954 (phone)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">217-244-1478 (fax)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><u class=""><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">(personal comments only)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></i></b></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></b></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Institute for Public Accuracy . [<a href="mailto:accuracy@accuracy.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:accuracy@accuracy.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, June 27, 2017 9:20 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:francis.a.boyle@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">francis.a.boyle@gmail.com</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Are Claims About Syrian Sarin Attacks Propaganda Leading to More War? -- Interviews Available<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://app.meltwaterpress.com/mpress/statistic.html?accessCode=0aca5159edbd15675e94ae4fa7bd8c3d5d1d5f25&distributionId=542953&contact=francis.a.boyle@gmail.com" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.accuracy.org/release/are-claims-about-syrian-sarin-attacks-propaganda-leading-to-more-war/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Are Claims About Syrian Sarin Attacks Propaganda Leading to More War?</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">BuzzFeed <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/white-house-says-syria-may-be-preparing-another-chemical?utm_term=.ycmB5NDDv#.tobVxmddD" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">reports</a>: "Syria appears to be preparing a new chemical weapons attack against its citizens, the White House said Monday, warning that if the weapons are again used, the U.S. will make the Syrian government 'pay a heavy price.' ... Five U.S. defense officials reached by BuzzFeed News said they did not know where the potential chemical attack would come from, including one U.S. Central Command official who had 'no idea' about its origin."</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">From RT: "<a href="https://www.rt.com/news/394231-us-syria-chemical-threat-kremlin/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">U.S. threats to Syria’s legitimate government unacceptable -- Kremlin</a>." </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">See new interview with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh: "<a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/story:19413:Hersh%3A-Trump-Ignored-Intel-Before-Bombing-Syria" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Trump Ignored Intel Before Bombing Syria</a>" with The Real News. On Sunday, Hersh's piece "<a href="https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article165905578/Trump-s-Red-Line.html" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Trump‘s Red Line</a>" was published in the German newspaper <em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Welt am Sonntag</span></em>. Hersh wrote: "On April 6, United States President Donald Trump authorized an early morning Tomahawk missile strike on Shayrat Air Base in central Syria in retaliation for what he said was a deadly nerve agent attack carried out by the Syrian government two days earlier in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun. Trump issued the order despite having been warned by the U.S. intelligence community that it had found no evidence that the Syrians had used a chemical weapon. ...<br class=""><br class="">"'The Salafists and jihadists got everything they wanted out of their hyped-up Syrian nerve gas ploy,' the senior adviser to the U.S. intelligence community told me, referring to the flare up of tensions between Syria, Russia and America. 'The issue is, what if there’s another false flag sarin attack credited to hated Syria? Trump has upped the ante and painted himself into a corner with his decision to bomb. And do not think these guys are not planning the next faked attack. Trump will have no choice but to bomb again, and harder. He’s incapable of saying he made a mistake.'"<br class=""><br class="">THEODORE A. POSTOL, <a href="mailto:postol@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">postol@mit.edu</a><br class=""> Postol is professor emeritus of science, technology, and national security policy at MIT. Last month, he appeared on an Institute for Public Accuracy news release: "<a href="http://www.accuracy.org/release/postol-nyt-claims-on-syria-attack-unsupported/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">NYT Claims on Syria Attack Unsupported</a>." He said today: "The White House took unjustified actions -- and is now creating another set of reasons for more such actions. Chances of an unpredictable escalation are significant. Trump is pushing the Russians to extreme positions and he's undermining the effort to destroy the Islamic State." </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">FRANCIS BOYLE, <a href="tel:(217)%20333-7954" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">(217) 333-7954</a>, <a href="mailto:fboyle@illinois.edu" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">fboyle@illinois.edu</a><br class=""> Boyle is professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law. See his recent interview with Dennis Bernstein at Consortium News: "<a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2017/06/25/a-baseless-justification-for-war-in-syria/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">A Baseless Justification for War in Syria</a>." He said today: "The current posture of U.S., French and perhaps British policy in Syria is basically an invitation for some jihadist group to stage a chemical weapons attack in Syria. That would get blamed on Assad and the U.S. would bomb him. This is an intolerable, incredibly dangerous situation brought on by constant illegal U.S. meddling." <br class=""><br class="">CNN recently reported: "<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/29/europe/france-macron-putin-talks/index.html" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Macron vows retaliation if chemical weapons used in Syria</a>." <br class=""><br class="">For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:<br class="">Sam Husseini, <a href="tel:(202)%20347-0020" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">(202) 347-0020</a>; David Zupan, <a href="tel:(541)%20484-9167" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">(541) 484-9167</a><br class=""><br class="">June 27, 2017<br class=""><br class="">Institute for Public Accuracy<br class="">980 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045<br class=""><a href="tel:(202)%20347-0020" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">(202) 347-0020</a> * <a href="http://accuracy.org/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">accuracy.org</a> * <a href="mailto:ipa@accuracy.org" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ipa@accuracy.org</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>