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The Peoples Press - Powered By People - For People Not For Profit - For Global Justice   Note from Tom Just to let you you know that my failure to send out the newsletter yesterday was as a result of my computer crashing, I purchased a replacement, loaded all my software, (thankfully I had a backup of all my data) and now I think we are back on track again. Peace and Joy Tom  ====== "Recently we have been receiving alarming news that the Syrian government may be preparing to use chemical weapons. We have no confirmed reports on this matter," UN Secretary-General Ban  -  Friday December 07, 2012  "I do not understand the squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisonous gas against uncivilised tribes." Winston Churchill - 1919 - As president of the air council "What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of business. Propaganda taken in that way is like a drug you do not know you are swallowing. The effect is mysterious; you do not know afterwards why you feel or think the way you do." - Mortimer Jerome Adler. "All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume." - Noam Chomsky   December 08/09, 2012 Click Here For Op-Ed Articles Click Here For Hard News Items Click Here For Cost Of War Report: US Drafting Plans to Strike Syrian Chemical Weapon Targets By Carlo Muñoz Senior U.S. defense officials are drafting plans for a potential preemptive strike against government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, prompted by concerns over the country's chemical weapon stockpiles. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33255.htm 'No Confirmed Reports' Syrian Govt Preparing To Use Chemical Weapons - UN Chief By RT Washington's continuous claims of Syrian preparations of chemical weapons are based on strategy, not real concerns. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33250.htm Former Powell Adviser 'Skeptical' of 'Politicized' US intelligence on Syria By RT Syria will never use chemical weapons against its own people, Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired US Army Colonel who was Chief of Staff to Colin Powell told RT. Instead, the reality is that US is "preparing the ground to intervene in Syria." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33252.htm US Tightens Military Noose Around Syria By Bill Van Auken Washington now has 17 warships, 70 fighter-bombers and 10,000 military personnel within close striking distance of Syria. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33254.htm US Troops Mass on Turkey's Syrian Border By UPI Some 400 U.S. and Dutch NATO troops were massed on Turkey's Syrian border Friday amid fears besieged President Bashar Assad was poised to use chemical weapons. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33249.htm Bashar al-Assad, And The Truth About Chemical Weapons By Robert Fisk Bashar's father Hafez al-Assad was brutal but never used chemical arms. And do you know which was the first army to use gas in the Middle East? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33258.htm Perception and Reality of Public Diplomacy. US Special Operations Command Leads Propaganda Fight By Tom Vanden Brook The report, examines the military's growing role in shaping perceptions about the United States around the world. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33256.htm Brief History of Modern Syria In an agreement known as the Sykes-Picot agreement, they decided to divide the Middle East into French and British 'spheres of influence'. Syria was to be put under French mandate. In early 1920, French troops landed on the Syrian coast. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33247.htm