[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Red Lines Drawn with Syrian Blood

[C. G. Estabrook]

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> Red Lines Drawn with Syrian Blood
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> Musa al-Gharbi lays out the problems with Obama's case against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. 
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> How the US Tried to Derail UN Probe
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> Gareth Porter investigates how President Obama, in a rush to attack Syria, tried unsuccessfully to get the UN to call off its investigation.
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> Desecrating a Noble Historic Moment
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> Norman Pollack is not happy with how Obama commemorated MLK's great March on Washington. 
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> Preparing For More Slaughter in Syria
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> Chris Floyd writes that the bloodthirsty nations of the US and Great Britain are planning to murder a number of their fellow humans for no reason whatsoever.
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