<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I agree, particularly in the light of the leaked "Report of the Head of the League of Arab States Observer Mission to Syria for the period from 24<div><div>December 2011 to 18 January 2012" <<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/Report_of_Arab_League_Observer_Mission.pdf">http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/Report_of_Arab_League_Observer_Mission.pdf</a>>.</div><div><br></div><div>It's discussed in the following: </div><div><div><br></div><div><<a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NB04Ak01.html">http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NB04Ak01.html</a>> </div><div><br></div><div><div><<a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/02/guest-post-independent-report-contradicts-western-portrait-of-syria.html">http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/02/guest-post-independent-report-contradicts-western-portrait-of-syria.html</a>>.</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Most recently, Pepe Escobar in ATO:</div><div><br></div><div>"...The bulk of Washington
elites see regime change in Syria as a crucial way
to hurt Iran. So this goes way beyond Syria. It's
about shattering the Iranian regime, which is not
a Western satrapy; energy flows from the Middle
East to the West; the West's grip on the GCC and
the intersection between the Arab and Persian
worlds; and preserving the role of the
petrodollar. Syria-Iran is a now a titanic match
between NATOGCC and Russia/China - to try to expel
them from the Middle East..." </div><div><br></div><div><<a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NB09Ak02.html">http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NB09Ak02.html</a>>.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>See also</div><div><br></div><div> <<a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/03/cynicism-around-syria/">http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/03/cynicism-around-syria/</a>></div><div><br></div><div> <<a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/06/the-neocon-propaganda-machine-pushing-%E2%80%9Cregime-change%E2%80%9D-in-syria/">http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/06/the-neocon-propaganda-machine-pushing-%E2%80%9Cregime-change%E2%80%9D-in-syria/</a>>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Feb 8, 2012, at 11:12 PM, Brussel, Morton K wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> It is unfortunate that Zunes has become an apologist for our government's policies towards Syria. Read <div><br> </div> <div><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/08-0">http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/08-0</a></div> <div><br> </div> <div>--mkb</div> <div><br> <div> <div>On Feb 8, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> AWARE should meet promptly this Sunday, Feb.12. and adjourn in time for people to walk over to Unit One to hear Stephen Zunes. --CGE<br> <div><br> </div> <div><br> <div>Begin forwarded message:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"> <div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">Department of History <<a href="mailto:hist-workbox@mx.uillinois.edu">hist-workbox@mx.uillinois.edu</a>></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">February 8, 2012 2:43:49 PM CST</font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><b>FW: Unit One Guest: Prof. Stephen Zunes</b></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "> <br> </div> </div> <div><br> Greetings from Unit One at Allen Hall! <br> <br> We would like to share with your department the upcoming events with Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he chairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies. Expert on US foreign policy and Middle East politics, he will share his perspectives on human rights, social movements, and nonviolent action. He will be our Guest-in-Residence at Allen Hall from Feb. 12th to February 16th, 2012.<br> <br> The week- long event is free and open to the public. Please join us and distribute the information below among any list members, faculty, students, and staff who might be interested.<br> <br> Sincerely,<br> <br> Laura Haber<br> <br> Program Director of Unit One<br> <br> <br> <<a href="https://illinois.edu/skinDesigner/css/3863/AllenHall_UnitOne.jpg">https://illinois.edu/skinDesigner/css/3863/AllenHall_UnitOne.jpg</a>> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Noted expert on US foreign policy and Middle East Politics, Stephen Zunes will be a Unit One/Allen Hall Guest-in-Residence February 12 - February 16.<br> <br> Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he chairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies. He has traveled frequently to the Middle East and other conflict regions, meeting with prominent government officials, scholars and dissidents. He has served as a political analyst for local, national, and international radio and television and as a columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, Huffington Post, Truthout, Alternet and Common Dreams. He has published scores of articles and op-ed pieces on such topics as U.S. foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics, Latin American politics, African politics, human rights, arms control, social movements and nonviolent action. He is the co-editor of Nonviolent Social Movements, the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism and the co-author (along with Jacoby Mundy) of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution.<br> <br> All events take place in the South Rec Room of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL unless noted otherwise. Free parking is available in the parking garage across the street.<br> <br> Sunday, February 12<br> 7pm - Opening Program: My 'Radical Agenda': Human Rights in the Middle East and Beyond<br> <br> Monday, February 13<br> 7pm - The Iraq War and its Legacy<br> <br> Tuesday, February 14<br> 7pm - The United States and the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process<br> <br> Wednesday, February 15<br> 7pm - The Arab Spring and the Power of Nonviolent Action<br> <br> Thursday, February 16<br> 7pm - How to Deal with Iran<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ALLEN HALL/UNIT ONE <<a href="http://www.housing.illinois.edu/Housing/Current/Living-Learning/Allen.aspx">http://www.housing.illinois.edu/Housing/Current/Living-Learning/Allen.aspx</a>> UNIVERSITY HOUSING <<a href="http://www.housing.illinois.edu/">http://www.housing.illinois.edu</a>> <br> (c)2010 University of Illinois Housing <br> <br> <br> <br> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> _______________________________________________<br> Peace-discuss mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a><br> <a href="http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss">http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss</a><br> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>