Syria Is Said to Be Hiding Weapons, Moving Troops
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syria-hiding-weapons-moving-troops-20145087?singlePage=true
As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas.
Politically, President Bashar Assad...
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
This week two incidents took place in which IEDs were used against IDF forces on patrol near the security fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip. In August 2013 an attempted terrorist attack in...
Should US AID Place Conditions on donations to UNRWA?
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13763#.UiERzxXn_IV
On August 16, the US and the Palestinian Authority signed a new $148 million economic aid agreement.
Our agency asked PA officials where the money was going.
The answer: education, for the new school year of...
Privately, Israelis are worried about fallout from attack
http://warrenswil.com/2013/08/30/israel-calmly-prepares-for-the-worst/
CONTRARY TO THE IMPRESSION one may get from reading U.S. media, Israelis, while calm, are worried about fallout on them from any U.S.-led strike against Syria.
Israel, alas, is used to violent conflict, both within...
Verify chemical weapons use before unleashing the dogs of war
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/29/verify-chemical-weapons-use-before-unleashing-the-dogs-of-war/
The Obama administration has selectively used intelligence to justify military strikes on Syria, former military officers with access to the original intelligence reports say, in a manner that goes far beyond what critics charged...
Hedegaard: “A man who is living under death threats does not fear Islam’s servile...
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/50162
Lars Hedegaard, executive editor of Dispatch International and co-founder
Damish and International Free Press Societies.
Lars Hedegaard, executive editor of DispatchInternational in Copenhagen, published an editorial today expressing outrage about the lack of police responses to...
The Pros and Cons of Attacking Syria
http://www.meforum.org/3599/attacking-syria
Go after the dog's master, not the dog.
Kudos to Michael Ledeen for explaining that the road to Damascus starts in Tehran. As Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu explained on Aug. 25, "Assad's regime isn't acting...
Obama’s Halfway Effort in Syria
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/356935/obamas-halfway-effort-syria-elliott-abrams
As it becomes increasingly obvious that President Obama has decided to attack Syria with cruise missiles and perhaps a bit more, those of us who have been urging a stronger stand on Syria for...
What’s Wrong with Going into Syria
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/robert-spencer/whats-wrong-with-going-into-syria/
American military intervention in Syria is likely to begin this week, and one thing we know amid the general confusion is that the objective is not to oust Bashar Assad: White House spokesman Jay...
U.S. Attack on Syria Won’t Change Anything
http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/08/by-barry-rubin-forgot-about-hysteria-of.html
Forgot about the hysteria of an impending U.S. attack on Syria. Forget about the likely self-congratulatory backslapping by policy makers and the chanting of, “USA!” by citizens. A U.S. air assault on Syria will...