breitbart.com - 2/21/2009
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The United States and Syria are exploring the possibility of better relations after years of tensionbut questions remain over just how much common ground exists between the two. In a sign that President Barack Obama may be seeking better ties, several U.S. congressmen ...
jpost.com - 2/18/2009
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Syria has been conducting extensive construction work on
a chemical weapons facility in the country's northwest, satellite...
images obtained by the defense analyst group Jane's reveal. The images of a chemical weapons facility identified as al-Safir ...
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'Syria building chemical weapons plant' | Middle East | ...
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 2/14/2009
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This article was published in Geostrategy-Direct , an
open source intelligence (OSINT) newsletter that has a good...
track record. This report would probably seem preposterous if it weren't for the fact that Team Obama already waived sanctions on ...
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Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On ...
telegraph.co.uk - 2/19/2009
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Trashing the Past, Pointlessly
Power Line —
... As the travel around the world, the first thing that Barack Obama's minions do--taking a cue from Obama himself--is to trash the policies of Obama's predecessor. Most recently it was John Kerry in Beirut, speaking in anticipation of his meeting with Bashar Assad in Syria: ...
Kerry Trashes Bush Prior to Meeting Syrian Officials
Gateway Pundit —
Let's see... How many terrorists have crossed through Syria into Iraq? And, how many of these same terrorists killed American soldiers, Iraqi soldiers and politicians and innocent Iraqis? John Kerry attacked President Bush this week prior to his meetings in Damascus. Breitbart reported, via Power Line: "But unlike the Bush administration that believed you could simply tell people what to do and walk away and wait for them to do it, we ...
Lurch Meets the Chinless Ophthalmologist
JammieWearingFool —
... I know, it sounds like some sort of horror flick. And, well, it is. Here you have the failed former presidential candidate picking up where Nancy Pelosi left off: sucking up to a leader of a terrorist state that allowed killers of our troops into Iraq. Refresh me if I'm incorrect, but isn't this Hillary Clinton's job? The United States and Syria are exploring the possibility of better relations after years of tension—but questions remain over just how much common ground exists between the two. In a sign that President Barack Obama may be seeking better ties, several U.S. ...
What’s Going On
The Democratic Daily —
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It may be the weekend, but there’s quite a bit going on in the news today. Here’s a round up of some of the headlines:
Qualifying as rightwing-nutjob of the week, Alan Keyes is back… he’s still pushing the idea that Obama isn’t a U.S. citizen. Keyes is “crazier than ever.”
And speaking of wingnuts, the anti-stimulus crowd is attempting to create a “Tea Party” movement, based on Rick Santelli’s rant, in protest of the stimulus package. Unbelievable, isn’t it. The Santelli followers from Wall Street ...
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U.S. asks for meeting with Syrian ambassador —
Reuters: Politics 2/20/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has asked for a meeting with Syria's ambassador to discuss concerns including Damascus's possible nuclear program and support for groups that Washington labels as terrorists, a State Department spokesman said ...
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