Category Archives: Syria

IAEA: Syrian nuke site was, gee, a nuke site

Even the IAEA can’t hide the facts. Enriched uranium traces were found in soil samples from the Syrian site that Israel bombed: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found uranium at an alleged secret Syrian nuclear reactor site that was … Continue reading

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The doctor’s unpleasant medicine

Helena Cobban is shocked: Since when is it okay for a state (or an individual) to set out to kill a person based solely on accusations against him that have never been publicized and have never been tested against even … Continue reading

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The AP’s lying eyes

Who are you going to trust? The AP bias or your lying eyes? Get a load of this jaw-dropping bias in the lead: Families in this village near the Iraqi border buried loved ones Monday who they said were killed … Continue reading

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Syrian strike

The New York Times reports on yesterday’s raid into Syria and concludes: The United States is trying to negotiate a strategic agreement with Iraq that would allow American troops to remain in the country and carry out military operations. The … Continue reading

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U.S. Special Forces land in Syria

Take a Sunday afternoon nap, and you wake up to the news that some jihadis on the Syrian/Iraqi border have been taken out. An official Syrian spokesman confirmed reports by the country’s state-run television and witnesses, who said that four … Continue reading

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Abbas the messenger boy?

Both the Hashmonean and Shira Bat Sarah noted this story in comments. The first mention was in Ha’aretz: U.S. President George W. Bush has apparently offered his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, to press Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights … Continue reading

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Never the “o” word

Earlier this week, the AP reported, Syria and Lebanon Set Up Formal Ties: The initiative by President Bashar al-Assad of Syria ends six decades of nonrecognition and meets a demand by the United States that Syria act to help achieve … Continue reading

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Serious about Syria?

CNN reports: The United States and Syria held a series of meetings this week, signaling a possible thaw between the two countries as the former seeks to peel the latter from its close ties with Iran. No further meetings are … Continue reading

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A general war?

*Please see disclaimer below* Last week Syria built up its forces along the Lebanese border. Assad apologist Andrew Lee Butters wrote: In recent days, anti-Syrian politicians in Beirut have been crying wolf about an increase in Syrian soldiers on the … Continue reading

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Syria will never make peace with Israel

The so-called Syrian peace negotiations are a sham. Want proof? Just listen to the words of one of the man who says he’s interested in peace. And oh yeah—about that democracy thing? Not in Syria. Syrian President Bashar Assad says … Continue reading

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Iranian Air Force lies

Yeah, pull the other leg: Iran says it has increased the range of its warplanes, allowing them to fly as far as Israel and back without refueling. State TV is quoting air force chief Gen. Ahmad Mighani as saying Iranian … Continue reading

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Peace teaser

The Washington Post reports Syrian General Who Oversaw Arms Shipments Assassinated: A Syrian general shot to death at a beach resort over the weekend was a top overseer of his country’s weapons shipments to Hezbollah, according to opposition Web sites … Continue reading

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The myth of land for peace

Ehud Olmert insists that the Syrians want peace. Some pundits are claiming that Syria needs only to be torn from its alliance with Iran, given back the Golan Heights, and allowed to continue its domination of Lebanon, and there will … Continue reading

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Syria and Iran, BFF

Yeah, they’re going so well, those indirect talks, that Ahmadinejad has the Syrian Foreign Minister in town and is talking about being BFF. Like, omigawd! Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met on Tuesday evening with visiting Syrian Foreign Affairs Minister, Walid … Continue reading

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Syrian serial peace making

David Ignatius hails Israel-Syrian negotiations in A surprise negotiation. There is so much wrong with this article it’s hard to know where to start. OK, I’ll start with Noah Pollak’s observation that Ignatius: regularly demonstrates that you can write about … Continue reading

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