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By Barbara Starr
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Monday the United States was prepared to act if Syria used chemical arms as new concerns surfaced about those weapons, although Syria said it had no intention of using them on its own people.
Speaking after meetings in Prague, Clinton reiterated that such a move by the regime of Syria's Bashar al-Assad would cross a red line previously drawn by President Barack Obama.
"I'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of credible evidence that the Assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people. But suffice it to say, we are certainly planning to take action if that eventuality were to occur," Clinton told reporters.
"There is no doubt that there is a line between even the horrors that they have already inflicted on the Syrian people and moving to what would be an internationally condemned step of utilizing their chemical weapons."
Clinton met with the Czech foreign minister and discussed the concerns, she said after the meeting. Clinton said the Czech Republic has extensive expertise with chemical and biological weapons.
Security Clearance: U.S. official: Turkey Patriot request not a prelude to Syria no-fly zone
"They have already been consulting about what can be and should be done, both at this time and post the inevitable fall of the Assad regime," Clinton said.
U.S. intelligence is concerned about the Syrian government's intent regarding its vast chemical weapons stockpiles after what one senior U.S. official described as "worrying signs" of activity in "the last few days."
"There are concerns the regime may be considering use of chemical weapons" the official told CNN on Sunday.
But the official stressed that the Obama administration has not come to a final conclusion about Syria's intent.
"This isn't just about movement, but about potential intent to make certain chemical weapons ready for use."
The official admitted it is not entirely clear to the United States what the Syrian government is up to, or if this latest development was ordered specifically by the Assad regime.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information discussed, declined to specify the exact intelligence that the United States has gathered in the past few days.
The New York Times first reported the concern on Sunday.
Syrian State TV cited a Foreign Ministry official on Monday as saying the country would never use chemical weapons on its own people.
Syria is known to store its chemical stockpile, in many instances, separately from the artillery shells, rockets or missiles that would deliver those chemical weapons in an attack.
As rebel fighters continue to make some gains, capturing military assets and territory, U.S. and Middle Eastern intelligence services have been watching for some months for any signs the Syrians would be loading up those weapons with chemical agents.
In recent months, the Obama administration has acknowledged at least two instances of Syrian chemical weapons stockpiles being moved but has said it believes those were efforts to put the material in more secure locations as fighting increased.
"We don't know if there is actual intent," the U.S. official said about the latest observed activities. "This is worrisome. This is a step beyond moving them around."
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What Israel may well suspect is that North Korean and/or Pakistani nukes have been already smuggled into Iran, Syria and Gaza. US and Israel Intel saying that Iran's own Nuke effort is 6 months away, 1 year away or more is just a smoke screen masking the real proxy nuclear attack that may be ready now!
The most recent 1000 Iranian rocket barrage from Gaza may only have been a test of Israel's Iron Dome ABM system. It is impressive, but will not stop a mass launch of hundreds of missiles from Iran, Syria and Gaza at the same time.Better take all three out first! Then Bulldoze Gaza into the sea.Screw the North Korean, Pakistani, Russian techs and scientists. They deserve to burn. Nuke the Russian base in Tartus, Syria too. That was the port of entry for Russian, Iranian and North Korean ships that smuggled in the nukes.
Tartus hosts a Soviet-era naval supply and maintenance base, under a 1971 agreement with Syria, which is still staffed by Russian naval personnel. Tartus is the last Russian military base outside the former Soviet Union, and its only Mediterranean fueling spot, sparing Russia's warships the trip back to their Black Sea bases through straits in Turkey, a NATO member. I am sure Russia has nukes stored there.
yeah, i remember when they said that Iraq will also use theirs WMD and then send that country to the middle ages.. after the war, they said that there actually was no WMD, but what the heck, never mind, our stupid public won't mind that we lied to them... CAN'T YOU SEE THE SAME PATTERN HERE? don't have prejudices towards someone, believe your own mind, not tv... mr. nobel prize, give us some evidence for this statements, otherwise shut up... we are tired of lying and manipulating... usa in the last one hundred years declared at least 20 wars to other nations, syria maybe one, so who is unstable then?? i know it is hard to believe, but it is a fact
[Unnecessary Wars]
The US government is so busy for the profit of the US military complex. The US uses lies and violence to kill 100,000 innocent Iraqis, including lots of children and women. In reality, it is an unnecessary war. 2000 innocent Libyan are also killed, the victims include Gaddafi's grandchildren, age below 12.
Now the US provides weapons, money, lies and organization for murdering other 100,000 Muslims (include many children) in Syria for prompting the US military budget; 100,000 innocent Syrian people will die, it is a destiny.
The terrible big military budget of the US will bankrupt the US. The US Federal debt is bigger and bigger; the US would begin to have a big economic crisis in 2020, then after 2025 the US will lose the positions of largest economy and military forever. It is a destiny. The world should have a preparation.
None of you can state what is exactly going on in Syria unless you have experienced it or have relatives that reside there who have seen what is actually going on. Stupid people like you can make a comment ASSUMING USA is the culprit who support the killers of children and women in Syria. Marco, you are dead wrong! My father just returned from Syria. 99.9% of the atrocities are being committed by the Shahiba. The regime endorses these thugs to kill without remorse. Dont try to become an expert on a subject you dont anything about. Yes, I understand we Americans are wary of War. But instead of thinking of the 4000 thousand soldiers that have died in Iraq or the 3000 in Afghanistan. Think about the thousands as in over 50 thousand that die from overdose, drunk driving accidents, homicides, etc. Think straight, America.
great articles please support our troops
And Russia continues to support Syria no matter what they do. Please remember, Russia is no friend of the US or free world, they never was or will ever be.
Obama is friends with them...
The Syria goverment though doesn't consider those rebels to be syrians but Al-qaeda and islamist extremist. So in the their heads it wouldn't be wrong to use chemical weapons on rebels
Syria will use their chemical weapons and they know there ain't a damn thing the obumbler administration is going to do about it. The only thing that's going to happen is Syrians will suffer massive deaths and Obumbler will fart and stain his pants because he's too scared, too inept, and too dumb to know where to even begin on this issue.
I guess he was too dumb and inept to send the team in that took out Bin Ladin? Chemical weapons are a serious, almost uncontrollable threat and i have a feeling their use would even change Russia's stance on Syria
they are serious and so is ying about them like this report
reality check nice little propaganda news that report Gerbails would be proud of, This is misinformation, Syria is not moving any chemical weapons, there are no FACTS what so ever where are facts please report them no here say r this person in this position says this................., Hitler said Poland was about to lunch a TERROIST attack on Germany(look it up) during WW2 ---with this propaganda they brain wash and scared the German public into shouting like rabid animals for Germany to attack Poland in WW2 nice....................... one Bababra
need a little soap to get that red off your neck?
Be concerned about our children in the armed services that will be possibly deploy because of syria's aggression against their own people. Instead of putting the president down. Bone head!!!
muslims are involved in every bloody conflict in the world......
most of them are not educated...MUSLIMS ARE PEACE and LOVING PEOPLE...hmmm........but they dont understand the real meaning...
Chemical weapons?
Impossible! All you Democrats just spent the last 9 years saying there weren't any WMDs in Iraq and that there was no way that Iraq could have passed them over the border from Saddam Hussein's Baath Party-controlled Iraq to Bashir Assad's Baath Party-controlled Syria.
Just like you Democrats pretended that Syria wasn't the gateway for the tens of thousands of non-Iraqi terrorists - excuse me, "insurgents" - who were responsible for the overwhelming majority of deaths in Iraq.
There's a war crimes tribunal awaiting you in the Haige, you worthless coward war criminal!
Wow kill 1 pestinian terrorist and the whole world gathers .....bashar and his dad have killed over 100,000 thousand of their own civilians and the UN is like a dear in the headlights........where is the UN? Where are the flotillas? Where is the arab league?
Sorry Hillery, let me get this stright, To secure chemical weapons, your plan is to either overthrow or kill the guy's guarding the things????
Obama will stir up some war to try and win the hearts and minds of people. Nice.
Pretty ignorant remark.
People usually fall for it.
Ends two wars to "stir up a war". Seems legit. lmao.
Lola your crazy!!!!
OH no. Must stop a Middle Eastern government from using WMD. Fear. Fear. Fear.
Haven't we seen this one play out recently, say like 2002/2003. Are we really going down that road again?
Armed Forces Kill Scores of al-Qaeda Terrorists in Damascus Countryside
Units of the Armed Forces on Sunday killed scores of al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Zamalka, Daraya and al-Shifoniyeh in Damascus Countryside.
An official source told SANA reporter that a unit of the Armed Forces killed tens of terrorists in al-Shifoniyeh , including one of the most dangerous terrorists, Abu Ali Kheibeh.
The source added that army units clashed with terrorist groups near the fire department and al-Zaiytoun roundabout in Daraya, killing and injuring many of their members.
It said a number of terrorists were killed in Zamalka in the eastern Ghouta, including Abdel-Hamid Shalhoub, Mohammad Srour and Abdo al-Tunisi.
Dozens of Terrorists, Snipers Eliminated, DShK-Equipped Cars, Motorcycles Destroyed, Bases for Launching Missiles Dismantled
An army unit on Monday morning destroyed 6 pickups fitted with medium and heavy machineguns and a number of motorcycles were used by al-Qaeda linked- Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Muhmpel town in Idleb countryside.
SANA correspondent quoted a source in the province as saying that the operation resulted in the killing of a number of terrorists and the injury of several others while the rest fled to the surrounding forests and mountains. The army units are still pursuing them.
The reporter pointed out that another army unit destroyed several gatherings for al-Qaeda terrorists who were blocking roads, looting and sabotaging private and public properties in Binish, Taftanaz, T'uom, Deir Sunbul, Sarge in Idleb countryside.
Heavy losses were inflicted upon the terrorists where a number of them were killed and injured.
A unit of the Armed Forces, in cooperation with the security and law-enforcement forces at the Interior Ministry, inflicted heavy losses upon terrorist groups on Idleb-Harem road.
A source at the Interior Ministry stressed that pursuit operations resulted in the killing of scores of terrorists and the injury of many others.
Snipers Killed in Daraya, Damascus Countryside
A unit of the Armed Forces clashed with an armed terrorist group from al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra near the Cultural Center in Daraya city in Damascus Countryside.
An official source told SANA reporter said that the clashes resulted in killing a number of terrorist snipers and injuring others, in addition to seizing their machineguns and sniper rifles.
Terrorist Attack on al-Zabadani Police Command Building Repelled
Members of the police command in al-Zabadani area in Damascus Countryside confronted terrorist groups which attempted to attack the directorate.
A source at the Interior Ministry said that the policemen repelled the terrorist attack, no casualties among their ranks were reported.
Terrorists Killed in Homs, Clashes between Two Terrorist Groups over Dividing Loots
Units of the Armed Forces clashed with terrorist groups which attempted to attack two checkpoints for law-enforcement forces in al-Mukhtariyeh and Souq al-Ghanam neighborhoods in Homs City, inflicting heavy losses upon them.
A source in the province told SANA reporter that the Armed Forces repelled attack attempt carried out by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists against the law-enforcement forces in the aforementioned areas, killing and injuring many of them while the rest fled away.
The source added that another army unit destroyed a terrorists' hideout in Housh Kfar Nan in the countryside of al-Rastan, killing a number of terrorists and injuring others.
The wanted terrorist Mohammad Suleiman Mansour was identified among the dead.
In al-Rastan, the source said that the clashes between two terrorist groups as they disputed over dividing loots caused the killing and the injury of many of their members.
Terrorist Fadl Saad Tlas, Mohammad Qasem Tlas, Alaa Mohammad Tlas, Badr Tlas and Khaled Mohammaf Bahbouh were identified among the dead.
The source said that two passengers were injured as terrorist snipers opened fire on a bus carrying passengers on Damascus – Aleppo highway near Talbeiseh area early in the morning.
Three Leaders of Terrorist Groups Killed, Four Bases for Launching Missiles Dismantled on Homs-Hama Road
An army unit killed all members of an armed terrorist group which attempted to attack citizens and the checkpoints for law-enforcement forces in Aqraba town in the countryside of Hama.
An official source told SANA reporter that three leaders of the so called "al-Farouq Battalions" affiliated to al-Qaeda were killed.
The source added that the army dismantled four bases for launching missiles set up by terrorists on Homs-Hama road to target residential areas...
aaron thanks for copying and pasting articles...as if anyone is going to read your long comments.....and we know that is not your name Bashar...
Russia Voices Concern over Deployment of Patriot Missiles on Turkish-Syrian Borders
Press Attaché of the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskov, said that weapons and combatants are being transported to Syria through Turkey, voicing Russia's concern for various reasons over the deployment of Patriot missiles on the Turkish-Syrian borders, saying that this doesn't help stabilize the deteriorating situation in the region.
In a statement on the sideline of the Istanbul meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, Peskov said that Russia's position on the crisis in Syria is consistent and transparent, stating that it's not right to support one side since this won't help resolve the situation; rather active help to one side will escalate conflict.
He noted that talks between Russia and Turkey will deal with many issues, noting that there are many serious contradictions in viewpoints between the two countries on international levels.
Peskov said that talks will deal with the Syrian situation and it's not unlikely that President Putin will discuss the issue of the detainment of the Syrian civilian airplane by Turkish authorities.
Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow Intends to Receive Number of Syrian Opposition Delegation Before End of 2012
Special Envoy of the Russian President to the Middle East, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov announced on Monday that Moscow intends to receive a number of delegations from the Syrian opposition before the end of 2012.
Russia Today website quoted Bogdanov as saying that a number of Syrian opposition delegations are expected to visit Moscow soon, and that Russian officials will hold talks with them and urge them to unite on constructive basis and the Geneva declaration, expecting that this would happen before New Year's Eve.
He pointed out that Russia always called for uniting the Syrian opposition on constructive basis, noting that there are forces within this opposition that support a political resolution, yet many reject dialogue and call for military methods.
Bogdanov said that Russia disagrees with rejecting dialogue and calling for military methods, and that it doesn't support unifying the opposition on such basis as this would continue bloodshed and escalate the situation in Syria.
He also stated that Syria is witnessing more militarization of the conflict, as extremist opposition groups still receive large amounts of weapons, including very dangerous weapons such as portable anti-aircraft Stinger missiles.
Bogdanov said that the militarization of the conflict in Syria is moving at full force which is a cause of concern for Russia as this doesn't help efforts to calm the situation and deal with all opposition groups to reach an immediate and full ceasefire.
You're all insane. The world and humanity is insane... Group dynamics in action....mass hysteria. It's a shame that some many people are willing to commit murder for a diseased minded rationale, and so many innocent people are caught up.
Towel Heads vs. Towel Heads in a WMD Smack Down!!!!!!!! On Pay Per View!!!! Hahahahahahaha
This is absurd – word is that Lance Armstrong is helping hide the chemicals – his new sponsor is Assad.
If Assad uses chemical weapons what will be the response from other Muslim countries?
Blame Israel and p the Jews.
What worries me is the idea of the U.S. looking for some phoney pretext to jump into Syria's civil war if this current proxy effort fails as it appears that it might. The only true crime that Bashar al-Assad committed was not to be another pro-Western stooge like Mubarak, Saleh, the king of Bahrain, King Abdullah II of Jordan, etc. For that, I say kudos to Assad!!
Only a complete idiot would give Kudos to a man who is responsible for the death of tens of thousands of his own people.
Only another idiot would believe the propaganda of the external UK Organization "The Syrian Observatory". Early in the war there were faked reports of massacres, as noted on YouTube and fake CNN reports from "Danny Boy" also noted on YouTube & CNN.
I'm not falling for the WMD koolaid either. When the war is over the world courts will sort out who the war criminals are.
This is a civil war, or, economic hitman created war, I feel it is nobodies business besides the actual citizens of Syria to sort out their business.
I doubt Assad would use them against Israel. Any response that Israel would mount would probably start with using Assad's air force for target practice, the last time that happened in 1982 his father lost 1/3 of his air force in a little over a day. The Syrian air force is one of his most effective assets against the rebels, he loses that, it could be game over. I don't think he'll risk it.
HE might gamble that if he uses those weapons internally, on his own people and can keep the effects from drifting into Turkey, Israel or Iraq that the world will respond with 'sound and fury' but no more concrete action than we've seen already(i.e. nothing). Perhaps some more sanctions but as long as he still got Iran writing him checks and Russia and China's backing in the UN he can probably ride them out. He has examples to draw on. Iraq used them in 1988 against the Kurds and against Iran; there was much condemnation but no action.
Chemical weapons are incredibly destructive but very tricky. Unless they're applied carefully and your own troops are ready and equipped to deal with them you could do as much damage to your own forces as you do to your enemy.
Assad is mostly responsible for the deaths of 42,000 people, why would anybody ever doubt he would use the chemical weapons? If this screwball tries to fire them over at Israel, expect Damascus to be gone.
Doesn't matter what the media says. They have them, they'll move them and then claim we made it up. History repeats itself.
Can you prove any of that mumbo-jumbo you posted above, East Coast? I think not!
George you are real smart.....saddam used wmd's several times...so of course he had them...they just moved them to syria......and congress approved of going into iraq...that includes the left wing limp wristed liberals like you.....
Yep, you pretty much summed it up. Iraq version 2.0
Weapons described here are bad, yes. Worse are electeonic ones, microwave-plus and more, that disable persons resolve, mind and body, temporarily or worse. Not expensive, silent and not comprehended by most nicely behaved people. Most mid-east look to be fighting but will unite against whatever appears as a common threat. Under cover of their neighbor's fighting, Iran is quietly preparing worse weapons. Let's neither be faked-out nor fall asleep.
LIES , this answer we hear in 2001 first when regime started killing people in Street and arresting, that time regime started killing kidnapping all activities and say on media ( armed gangs ) do it , what I am sure of it that those killer were armed and some of them working with intelligent some of them were Alawiate civilians or was serving in the army before and regime's thugs trust them.
in 2011 no one wanted to believe that regime killing peoples and kept say same you said now LIES also we said they are using Tanks, cluster bomb and all kind of bombs and terrorist. today in Damascus regime's thugs surrounding 4 streets filled them with thier thugs.
I am living in Damascus till now and I know who did destroyed my own home. let me tell you some thing
do you want to say lies
one more think i want to draw you attention to, USA not worry about Syrian people and this we are sure from it , USA worry about Israel and how the effect going to be if these weapons go to Hezbullah OR used in Syria in wrong way
We know the fact that world some how worry for Israel and no matter if tyrants killed people or not BUT we are sure of one thing going to be : OUR REVOLUTION GOING TO WIN AND WE WILL BRING OUR FREEDOM BY OUR HANDS THANKS
People in Arab countries are sick of the "dictator" ruling their countries. Too many dictators have bled their countries dry of revenue and have padded their one bank accounts. Even Kuwait is protesting now of because some changes to their political process.
Time for a new dictator......
Israel offered the rebels aid they refused . Doctors from Israel and food medical supplies but you guys said no thank you some people who where wounded in the fighting are being treated in Israeli hospitals .
Syria moving something, Iran moving something, North Korea moving something, Russia moving something, China moving something, Pakistan just moved something, wait do these US officials keep their eyes on other countries moving something? Ever since, non of these officials have names...
There are 2 countries that have used these dirty bombs in the past, they are US and Iraq. Iraq used chemical weapons that were provided by US on Iran.
Moving chemical weapons = P R O P A G A N D A
They're just trying to justify (to the American people) that those Syrians are getting dangerous and we just HAVE to do something about it.
Syria = Sovereign nation... NO justification for us being there under ANY form...yet, here we are...paying and providing intelligence for foreign mercenaries to go in there and KILL INNOCENT people under the GUISE of democracy.
Syria's chemical weapons are the "new WMD's". Yes, Syria's chemical threat doesn't exist now, just as the weapons of mass destruction didn't exist THEN.
Lies to go to war. Do the people American people sleep through another aggressive act on the part of their military?
P r o b a b l y . . .
James; LIES , this answer we hear in 2001 first when regime started killing people in Street and arresting, that time regime started killing kidnapping all activities and say on media ( armed gangs ) do it , what I am sure of it that those killer were armed and some of them working with intelligent some of them were Alawiate civilians or was serving in the army before and regime's thugs trust them.
in 2011 no one wanted to believe that regime killing peoples and kept say same you said now LIES also we said they are using Tanks, cluster bomb and all kind of bombs and terrorist. today in Damascus regime's thugs surrounding 4 streets filled them with thier thugs.
I am living in Damascus till now and I know who did destroyed my own home. let me tell you some thing
do you want to say lies
one more think i want to draw you attention to, USA not worry about Syrian people and this we are sure from it , USA worry about Israel and how the effect going to be if these weapons go to Hezbullah OR used in Syria in wrong way
We know the fact that world some how worry for Israel and no matter if tyrants killed people or not BUT we are sure of one thing going to be : OUR REVOLUTION GOING TO WIN AND WE WILL BRING OUR FREEDOM BY OUR HANDS THANKS
Dont converse on a subject you dont know nothing about. You are ignorant. The situation in Syria is the fault of the Regime. Nobody else. I have been to Syria and many parts of the world. I dont discuss in conversations I dont know anything about. Unlike you.
I once travelled to Miami – I know all about it..... I know where their support lies....
If Assad uses chemical weapons, the full force of the US military should be unleashed on him.
Assad's use of his chemical weapons, or more likely the rebels' use of a captured stockpile, will be interpreted by NATO as a plea for help with killing even more Syrians.
Gas as a weapon is almost useless, it is difficult to use because of the wind, requires alot of people to be in one small space and not rise off the gorund once it hits.
Stupid useless weapon over all. Using is like pitching horse shies off mount everest and hitting the peg half down the mountain, AL Assad, best of luck with that, and you know the end results of this, they come straight for you in hours and not days. Bombing your palace would be minutes away from the med sea
Exactly. I think the Kurds of northern Iraq would disagree though. Spoiler alert, thousands died.
Hey hero.. Syria did not make these weapons to see them destroyed by its enemy.. make no mistake, if anyone dares to cross the RED LINES we draw, these weapons will be unleashed on your friends and will target your interests every where within its reach.. The Jewish bible predicted the end of days to start from Syria, so if your leaders are itching to say goodbye to this world, then let them make their move!
I think the American people are getting tired of being the worlds police. Find some other country to send their boys & girls into the fight.
No it shouldn't. Unless you are in the military, you need to STFU.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Get our people the hell out of there. If just one American dies from chemicals the country'll scream for obama's head on a pole.
pole jumping
. . . we don't have anyone there. Are you serious? You don't even know what country America has troops in and you think you're bright enough to make head-on-a-pole predictions about our own president?
If one of our people gets gassed I'm going to want the head of the S.O.B that did it, not our leader.
Does anyone remember Obama's boastful statement not so long ago that any "movement" of such weapons would trigger a severe response from the US?
Obama ought to worry the free and democratic world!
So now they want to go to war to look for WEAPONS of mass destruction AGAIN
Does anyone remember how in the past the Syrian regime has moved chemical weapons stockpiles around the country to keep them more secure from the rebels? Nevermind, selective memory is great if it leads to a chance to flex American military might. If you're so hot to attack Syria, why don't you catch a flight to Damascus and join the jihadis right now? It'll make me feel warm and fuzzy inside to see your ilk massacred on the next set of wire photos.
The rebels in Syria deserve to be gassed. They are nothing but Islamic radicals making the country miserable for everyone else. I would expect my own government to do the same thing if an extremist movement was attempting the violent overthrow of my country.
Looks like the rightwing fruitcakes are busy working overtime still trying to justify the war in Iraq. Chemical weapons secretly shipped out of Iraq to Syria LOL. These right wing kooks are so gullible they'll believe in anything any hack Bush apologist will say.
The funny thing will be if their theories are actually true, then a lot of those chemical weapons will have been made in the USA.
You are so gullible to NOT believe it...Saddam used chemical weapons several times, and was known to have a large stockpile.....then they just disappeared? Where do you think they went? You talk a tough game but are a little mouse...
I'd rather them turn their own country into a desolate wasteland instead of letting the crap end up being used on us over here.
Syria recieved thier chemical weapon via a train , which came from Iraq , before the second Gulf war . Iraq had chemical weapons all along , and gave them free to Syria , as long as Syria didnt attack Iraq when Saddam Hussain was prepareing for the American invasion . Saddam want those weapons out of his country so rebels wouldnt use them against his regime .
you are 100% WRONG.
haha, nice revisionist history at attempting to justify the war in Iraq. Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence and please don't redirect me to a right wing website.
John, let me tell you something......saddam used chemical weapons? YES FACT.....Did Saddam have a large stockpile of chemical weapons? YES FACT....did those weapons disappear ? YES FACT......most likely destination SYRIA.....most intelligence agencys believe thats where they went....so who are you to dismiss it?
LOL "Iraq planning invasion of US".....i thought it was US who invaded Iraq....well it is CNN website, you don't expect too much
Nobody believes anyone anymore, we will jsut have to wait for a catastrophe to happen then people will say Oh well i guess they were right this time.
Remember Saddam killed over 100,000 of his own people with Chemical Weapons.
For those individuals who have not gone through CBR training or have not seen the results of a Chemical or Biological attack, you have not idea what you are talking about. Look up the different gasses, look at pictures of what Mustard Gas did in WWI. Now imagine a container of it being brought to the USA and dispursed in NYC,or any major city, Subways, or even Washington DC. You are talking about mass deaths and uninhabitable areas for long periods of time. These agents must be watched carefully becasue no one wants to distroy them since they work so good. Look at what Sadam did to his own people, killing thousands with gas.
Good for you, someone saw fit to give you CBR training, and you've seen some photos on Wikipedia so you're an NBC weapons expert. But I suggest you take your research a step further and look into who gave Saddam the chemical and biological weapons to use on his own people, if you want to know whom and what you really need to be afraid of.
Who Cares??? Let them kill each other off!! Oh, wait a minute, Israel is afraid of them so they'll most likely launch a pre-emptive strike, just to get the 'silly' people in the US to back them, LOL
I hope Assad use everything at its disposal,so all hell can break loose.
Whats that Steve? Are you maybe a little bit retarded?
What about the chemicals used in America that are killing Americans today, the BP oil spill that was covered by CNN and then forgot about when the government told them to, is screwing America. Not reported on this web site CNN, it turns out that the chemical used to disperse the BP oil "Corexit" is 52 time more lethal than the oil it self and is now killing many in the gulf and because BP dumped so much of this poison in our ocean its killing from the bottom up, plankton are the first to die and then some day it will be the humans all because some greedy fools think life revolves around money, money is easy to print, but you cant print oxygen, ozone, or the earth in the end we will be killed by shot sighted fools that though that making more money would solve all their problems, how sad that the earth will die because the 1% needed more.
CNN are you listening, because your included in the masses that will die, you had a choice but sold it for nothing.
CNN your fools.
There was shooter on the grassy knoll.
Who says the truth is out there? It's all lies and every single one of you is in on it.
Everyone who has a brain should look up the youtube video where Gen Wesley Clark talks about how during the bush adminstration after 9/11 he was given an outline to invade 7 countries in 5 years. Yes, syria is on the list.
This is all Bush's fault or the YouTube video–a dictator would never use WMD against her/his own citizens. Just ask Saddam–oh, he's dead for crimes against his citizens. Nah, just Bush's fault is simplier!
Time to take your meds, my friend.
But.. but wait, there can't be any WMDs. Because Bush lied, or something.
Incorrect, Saddam had them but removed them months before the invasion, However should the invasion never happen he had plans to restart production for the following
– Tabun
– Sarin
– O-ethyl S-[2-ethyl] methylphosphonothioate
– Blood Agent HC
He didn't have them at the time of the invasion but he did have the means to deliver such a attack.
that was the primary fear the U.S and allies had.
I think that was sarcasm. Of course Assad has chem-bio weapons.
And I wouldn't be a bit surprised a good number of them say Made in Iraq. We gave Saddam a long, long time to spirit the evidence out of the country, a probability that seems lost on the "no WMDs were ever found, Bush lied" crowd.
Where's the evidence???? Your dim-witted, conspiracy theory riddled brain doesn't count either.
what a convenient and politically motivated excuse you have conjured up. you say that Iraq HAD the weapons before the US invaded, Would have had them there if we had not invaded, would then again have the weapons after we had left too. That's your story? Everything except the truth. The Bush admin could have told you anything to justify an illegal invasion, fixed the facts around their per-determined outcome and people like yourself will buy it hook, line and sinker every time.
Do you still believe in the tooth fairy, Easter Bunny, and Santa too, 66th?
John, you are the bumbleheaded conspiracy theorist thinking America and her allies made up the fact that saddam had wmd's...he used them on his own people and was known to have a large stockpile you dummy...please tell us where they went? Start by trying the road to damascus
We would prefer the Syrian Regime use chemical (or) Bio-logical weapons first as grounds for a "AUMF" resolution so there would be reason for some sort of intervention or prevention. We know it sounds bad however it seems that acting before a incident doesn't please the world anymore but rather let a few thousand more die as a example. However it seems the very same people over there have been crossing borders and firing on NATO soldiers so that is just as unfavorable as watching the innocent suffer.
We might also seek the truth.
They better not use them.
Will there be an Egyptian Free Army, like the Syrian Free Army? ........ It seems Morsi may be as bad or worse than Assad.
He may be better depending on perspective.... After all he was elected...
The Iraq dictator did it and nobody stopped him. Wait till this one kills several thousand w/it & then MAYBE after the cry of conplaint they'll come to the rescue! Typical behavior w/value of human life... like a traffic light that's put up after several people are killed, etc!! In the end, is all about money!!!
Tony............. After Iraq used gas against Iran, on NBC News, Lt. Col. Rick Francona described how he was a "Forward Observer Spotter" for the U.S. Army. One can only wonder what is to come in Syria, after Gaddaffi in Libya was killed via a mad dog group.
Let's not forget who gave such weapons to him in the first place.
In fact some encouraged him...
This is bad news no matter what. If Syrian Regime uses chemical weapons, Western powers will be lambasted for not doing anything and thousands will die. If Syrian Regime collapses, or the rebels get their hands on it during the civil war, these weapons will be in the hands of unknowns and now jihadist. What was once a 16-month non-violent revolution has turned into a bloody civil war infused with islamic jihadists from around the world exploiting the situation. And rebels need every fighter they can, so they aren't complaining.
Seems like they're getting desperate enough to do it. Hopefully the people on the ground will disobey/desert before they go that far, but it seems like a good part of their military can be relied upon to follow orders. And Assad clearly feels he has nothing to lose at this point.
What a mess.
It would be a good time for our president and other world leaders to get in front of the cameras and explain exactly what the consequences will be if Assad uses chemical weapons. This could be Obama's Cuban Missile moment if he chooses to take it.
If things start getting tough for Assad it's a sure thing that these weapons will be used. For Assad what's not to like about gassing people. It's cheap and efficient. And it achieves the goal of making those attacked suffer. Chemical and biological warfare is a Muslim dream weapon, cheap to deliver, impossible to defend against.
more war mongering
Beat the drums of war. I noticed CNN does this a lot. And then when we actually go to war, they turn against our soldiers and call them idiots, murders, and rapists, without any evidence.


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Baseball's career saves leader had surgery June 12 to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, an injury that occurred while he was shagging fly balls during batting practice in Kansas City on May 3.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering if the complex proposal submitted by operator Southern California Edison last week to repair and start the damaged Unit 2 reactor will require the license change, Regional Administrator Elmo Collins told reporters Monday.
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"We got into the current situation because Edison bypassed the license amendment process when it replaced the steam generators," said Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer on nuclear policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who is a critic of the nuclear power industry. Restarting the plant "without a full adjudicatory hearing that a license amendment would permit would just repeat that mistake."
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Mobile Market share: Nokia still dominant in the overall mobile market share especially in the emerging markets. In China they have more than 50% market share. Nokia is almost non-existent in the US market share.
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Blackberry is still the most used phone in business markets but iPhone and Android are expected to make continual gains in this area.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica is embracing a controversial Super Bowl commercial that depicts a white office worker from the U.S. Midwest feigning the Caribbean island's lilting patois accent to display a cheerful, upbeat outlook.
Some U.S. critics have described the pregame Super Bowl ad from Volkswagen of America as offensive and culturally insensitive, apparently seeing the commercial that hit the web on Monday as an echo of segregation-era depictions of white people posing as happy-go-lucky black folk. Jamaica's population is predominantly black.
On NBC's "The Today Show," Barbara Lippert, editor-at-large at mediapost.com, said she believed the commercial was racist because it was "just saying that black people are happy." New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow said during an appearance on CNN that the advertisement was like "blackface with voices."
But the charged reaction has met with puzzlement in Jamaica, which has very visible white, Asian, Middle Eastern and mixed-race minorities that also often speak with the local accent.
The island's government has endorsed the commercial, which shows an ebullient white worker from the U.S. state of Minnesota trying to cheer up glum colleagues with a Jamaican patois accent because he is so happy with his Volkswagen. At the start of the commercial, he paraphrases the lyrics to late reggae icon Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" as he tells his co-workers: "No worries, mon. Everyting will be all right."
The company's website continues the theme, offering a clip of Jamaica's Jimmy Cliff singing "C'mon, get happy."
On Wednesday, opposition lawmaker Edmund Bartlett said the television ad "is a perfect illustration of Jamaican culture's global reach and our uncharacteristic penchant to be happy even in challenging situations."
Tourism Minister Wykeham McNeill said he believes the Super Bowl commercial has the potential to increase tourist arrivals.
"I think this is a very creative commercial which truly taps into the tremendous appeal that brand Jamaica and its hospitable people have globally," McNeill said in a late Tuesday statement.
At a Kingston bus stop, office assistant Jennifer Blake said she saw the Volkswagen advertisement online and thought it was amusing to see an American trying to speak patois.
"I'm not sure why people would think it was offensive or anything," she said Wednesday, adding that many of her friends have shared links to the commercial on social media.
Nearly all islanders, regardless of class, can speak and understand the country's patois. Jamaica's official language is standard English, but many people cannot speak it.
Those who speak standard English fluently, mostly people from the middle and upper classes, tend to use patois for emphasis or to affect a down-to-earth persona.
A representative for Volkswagen of America said Wednesday morning that the company has no plans to pull the Super Bowl spot.
"As of this morning, we received no consumer calls or complaints about our ad. In fact, we've only received positive endorsements," Scott Vazin, a company spokesman, said in an email.
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The developer who earlier this week uncovered code within iOS 8 that pointed to a split-screen mode posted demonstrations of the feature in action.
On Wednesday, Steven Troughton-Smith, the founder and CEO of mobile app developer High Caffeine Content, outlined the iOS split-screen in a slideshow and a video (see below). He used Apple's iOS Simulator, which runs on a Mac and simulates how iPhone and iPad apps-in-progress will look and run on the actual devices, to create the demos.
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The slideshow, which Troughton-Smith first referenced on Twitter, showed the four split-screen pane sizes he had uncovered earlier: full-screen, two-thirds, one-half and one-third the width of an iPad display when the device was held in landscape mode.
Those options would let two apps appear on the iPad simultaneously, the display split between two apps of equal width (50-50), or when the first app occupied one-third of the screen and the second two-thirds (33/66). The 24-second video, which Troughton-Smith also tweeted, then added to YouTube, demonstrated how a two-finger swiping gesture would be used to resize the panes.
Talk first surfaced about a possible split-screen addition to iOS 8 last month when 9to5Mac.com claimed the new operating system would offer the productivity-enhancing feature. If accurate, said analysts, it implied Apple would push the iPad to become more palatable to business users.
Pundits and other observers quickly drew comparisons to Microsoft's Windows 8.1, which already offers multi-app, split-screen views in its "Modern," nee "Metro," UI.
Windows 8.1 allows two-app views of 50-50, 30/70 and 40/60, with additional three-app (33/33/33) and four-app (25/25/25/25) options on sufficiently-high-resolution displays. Microsoft has made the feature a selling point for its oft-maligned OS and criticized the iPad for lacking something similar in its television ads for the Surface tablet line.
Apple did not mention an iOS split-screen during its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote last week, leaving everyone to speculate whether it had been dumped, or would be added later to iOS 8.
Troughton-Smith assumed the latter. "This amount of code throughout the OS doesn't make it to production by accident," he said on Twitter. "I imagine they're saving it for the iPad event." He said that the split-screen would presumably work on the current iPad Air and its 9.7-in. screen.
Apple is expected to launch new iPhone and iPad models this fall. The split-screen mode would be a smart complement to an iPad with a larger screen; talk has clustered around one of 12-in., the same size as Microsoft's Surface Pro 3, which goes on sale next week.
"Split-screen gives you something to do with all that space of a larger iPad," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, in a May interview. "So it fits in with the rumored larger commercial device."
Other analysts agreed. "It's sort of a no-brainer," said Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research. "Two apps [on the screen at the same time] do not really complicate the simplicity of the iPad, and people have grown up with the idea of multiple windows."
In 2013, Apple introduced its newest iPads, including the iPad Air, on Oct. 22, six weeks after the debut of two new iPhones and the launch of iOS 7. On the day of the iPad event Apple bumped up its mobile operating system to version 7.0.3, fixing a few bugs and adding features such as the iCloud Keychain and a password generator.
Troughton-Smith's comment about "saving" split-screen for another iPad unveiling and an accompanying iOS 8 update was based on those past moves.
If Apple followed the same timeline as last year, it would roll out iOS 8 and new iPhones on Tuesday, Sept. 9, then follow that with an iPad-centric presentation on Oct. 21.
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UPPER MONTCLAIR, N.J. – Thierry Henry won't be the only Red Bull staying home for New York's MLS Cup Playoffs opener Saturday.
Fellow striker Salou Ibrahim, as well as midfielder Tony Tchani, have also been officially ruled out of the match at San Jose. None of the players will travel with the club across the country for the first leg of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Henry has been limited with the club this week and has missed the past two games with a knee injury he suffered in training. According to Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe, the striker will stay home and work with a private trainer in an effort to rehab. Backe ruled out any types of shots at this point in an effort to get the striker on the field.
"We'll try again with the ball next week," Backe said of Henry. "It'll still be day by day."
Tchani and Ibrahim are both down with right hamstring injuries, which kept them out of Thursday's practice. The second overall pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, Tchani has become a regular with the team.
[inline_node:305111]The loss of Ibrahim is a great blow as well to New York, as the forward started the last game of the regular season and was penciled in to start this weekend in San Jose.
There is some good news for the Red Bulls as midfielder Joel Lindpere returned to the practice field on Thursday following a groin injury in training on Friday. The knock kept Lindpere from fully training with the team on Monday and Tuesday.
"Perhaps we've been training too hard this season," Backe said of the recent rash of injuries.
The New York coach did add, however, that there is a strong possibility that Tchani will be back with the club next week and training ahead of next Thursday's second leg of the playoffs.
And with Henry's availability next week very much up in the air, Backe is hopeful that he will also have Ibrahim back to potentially partner up top with Juan Pablo Angel.
"I think [Ibrahim] will probably start training next week," Backe said.
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New Dynamics of Masculine and Feminine Qualities in Leadership15 March, 2012 | (01 hr)
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Balanced Leadership addresses the need for a fundamental shift in the definition of good leadership for a fundamentally changing business environment.
Current leadership models and corporate cultures are built on predominantly "masculine" qualities, values and behavior. One of the consequences of holding on to the old models in a transformed world is an acute lack of connectedness. This is not surprising when you consider that companies and company cultures have their roots in the previous centuries, with challenges fundamentally different from those we face today.
Companies assess and reward managers on "masculine" competences that primarily fit pyramidal organisations. An evolution is underway, however, to flat (virtual) networked organisations, in which there is great need for collaboration, co-creation and empathy. These new values are predominantly "feminine".
Creating a better gender balance and a more inclusive leadership style are important strategic issues for companies who want to successfully connect with changing customer demands, establish an innovative and creative working environment and attract and retain the best available talents.
However in the gender balance debate a lot of attention is given to the numbers (with quota or target figures) and to programs directed at "fixing the women". And in all fairness, progress is slow to say the least.
The concept of Balanced Leadership takes the debate a step further to the needed changes in corporate culture and leadership behaviour. The internal definitions of good leadership have a direct impact on the type of leaders a company (re)produces.
Balanced Leadership is about recognizing, valuing, developing and using both masculine en feminine qualities in leadership. This goes beyond gender, as both masculine and feminine qualities are inherently available within every individual.
During this webcast you will learn what the masculine and feminine dimensions are, and how you can put them to use in a business context.
A Balanced Leader is able to take the strengths from both the masculine and feminine leadership style, regardless of his or her gender.
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Rosemary and Lemon White Bean Dip Recipe
Sauces, dips, dressings, and condiments from around the world.
Mere minutes of work result in a smooth and creamy bean dip with lemon and rosemary creating a crowd-pleasing herbal, zesty, and fresh flavor.
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- 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 medium cloves garlic, peeled
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice and 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest from 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 2 teaspoons finely minced fresh rosemary
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
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With motor running, slowly pour 1/4 cup of oil through feed tube. Process until mixture is smooth.
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Data: November 23, 2001
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Shenmue II (シェンムー II Shenmū Tsū?) is a 2001 adventure game for the Dreamcast and Xbox. It is the sequel to Shenmue, and was produced and directed by Yu Suzuki of Sega AM2.
Due to exclusivity rights obtained by Microsoft,[2] the North American Dreamcast version was cancelled. Because of this, no English dub was recorded for the Dreamcast version of Shenmue II. The European release instead featured the original Japanese audio with English, French and Spanish subtitles. Shenmue II incorporates three chapters of the Shenmue saga.
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CD2: 98min 53sec 3frames
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Recently I dropped my iPhone 4 and when I picked it up the screen was all black but the sensor was still on. I called Apple and basically they said they can try to repair it or just buy a new one. So, I'm buying a new phone.
As I want to still have all my information, I'm trying to make a backUp, but when trying an error prompts asking me to unlock the iPhone, which is something I can no longer do as I can't see the screen nor does the touch screen work.
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Winn's vision: Islam is very, very bad
Who's afraid of calling Islam an evil religion? Not Craig Winn. Who's afraid of writing a novel to convey this novel idea? Not Craig Winn. Who's afraid of parlaying two business bankruptcies into a fledgling writing career? Not Craig Winn.
The man who founded dot-com retailer Value America, which created and destroyed over 500 local jobs around the turn of the century, has just weighed in with his latest book: Tea with Terrorists. Like his first book, an account of his days with Value America and the "scumbags" who destroyed it after his ouster, Tea begins identifying villains right out of the gate. Consider the first two paragraphs:
Men are useless. A shortish blonde woman, in roughly the same shape as the office she occupied, leaned back in her chair. She plopped her size tens on what otherwise was an elegant mahogany desk. Madam President wasn't happy this morning. She squinted up at the eagle carved in the ceiling and continued to rant. "I've had it with the lot of you."
That was true in more ways than one. The first woman to hold the office, she had arrived on the backswing of the political pendulum. The previous occupant of this noble house had been devoted to family and faith, a simple man of simple ideas. But this President had divorced her husband, albeit after the election, and within days of her inauguration had shocked the nation by announcing that she was a lesbian. Tough as steel and just as cold, this new breed of president seemed to have faith in nothing but her own invincibility, and to fear nothing but anonymity.
Six hundred and three self-published pages later, the novel by the man whom Business Week identified as cashing in over $50 million from Value America, ends with a BOOM! Well, almost.
In September, Winn was a guest on televangelist Pat Robertson's 700 Club, where he revealed that he met with terrorists and read the Quran before attacking Islam and creating such fictional characters as "Yasman Alafat."
The Hook struck out trying to get a review copy of Tea, so we special-ordered it from New Dominion Bookshop for $28.16 including tax. The rich get richer.


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Japan Airlines explains 787 fuel leak in Boston
Japan Airlines is giving more details about a fuel leak on one of its Boeing 787s that delayed a nonstop flight from Boston to Tokyo.
A spokeswoman said Wednesday that one of four valves connecting the center and left main fuel tanks was open. That led to fuel flowing between those tanks to a surge tank near the wing tip and then out a vent, spilling about 40 gallons.
She says that valve was deactivated and the flight was cleared to depart later Tuesday. A more detailed inspection was scheduled in Tokyo.
The leak Tuesday was the second problem in two days for Japan Airlines at Boston Logan. A fire broke out in a battery pack in the belly of a different Boeing 787 on Monday, after passengers had exited.