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2013/09/182013/09/18

Chuck Spinney: Israel Still Angling for Attacks on Syria and Iran

The author is one of the best journalists in the Middle East. Israel Still Angling for Attacks on Syria and Iran Jonathan Cook Counterpunch:, 2013-09-18 Nazareth. President Barack Obama may have drawn his seemingly regretted “red line” around Syria’s chemical weapons, but it was neither he nor the international community that turned the spotlight on …

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2013/09/182013/09/18

Patrick Meier: MicroMappers: Microtasking for Disaster Response

MicroMappers: Microtasking for Disaster Response My team and I at QCRI are about to launch MicroMappers: the first ever set of microtasking apps specifically customized for digital humanitarian response. If you’re new to microtasking in the context of disaster response, then I recommend reading this, this and this. The purpose of our web-based microtasking apps …

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2013/09/172013/09/17

4th Media: Western Threats and UN Resolution Authorizing Force a Cover Up for Striking and Wrecking Syria?

Western Threats Could “WRECK” SYRIA Peace Talks: West Intends to Strike Syria Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday warned that talk by western countries on the adoption of a “threatening” United Nations resolution on Syria could wreck peace efforts. He spoke after Britain, France and the United States at a Paris meeting agreed on …

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2013/09/172013/09/17

Berto Jongman: Reuters Tells the Syria Story [Possible Disinformation]

Special Report: Syria – A chemical crime, a complex reaction By John Irish and Warren Strobel Reuters, 17 September 2013 PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In early spring France’s ambassador to the United Nations dined with a Russian colleague and discussed the crisis in Syria. Ambassador Gerard Araud told the Russian diplomat France was going to go …

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2013/09/16

Chuck Spinney: Bill Polk Primer on Syria & Chemical Weapons

My friend Bill Polk, a well-known historian with extensive experience in the Middle East and Central Asia and author of many books on these areas, has written a backgrounder on how to make sense out of the Syrian chemical weapons issue. He has given me permission to distribute it. Herewith is his most interesting primer on …

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2013/09/14

NIGHTWATCH: Syria

Syria: Syrian ambassador to the UN Jaafari said, “Legally speaking Syria has become, starting today, a full member of the (chemical weapons) convention.” He made the statement after submitting relevant documents to the United Nations. He said President Bashar al-Asad signed a legislative decree on Thursday that “declared the Syrian Arab Republic approval to accede to the convention” …

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2013/09/132013/09/13

Jon Ramer: Compassion Games to 21 September 2013

Games run September 11-21 worldwide—anyone can play “We behave ourselves into new ways of thinking,as distinct from thinking ourselves into new ways of behaving.” —from the Hoʻoponopono practice of forgiveness SEATTLE, September 9, 2013—Announcing the Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest, a worldwide “co-opetition” running September 11 through 21, 2013. To date, 18 communities in four countries have signed …

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