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Chomsky: Instead of “Illegal” Threat to Syria, U.S. Should Back Chemical Weapons Ban in All Nations; Chomsky on 9/11, Syria’s “Bloody Partition” and Why U.S. Role Ensures Failure of Mideast Talks. HeadlinesSeptember 11, 2013 Obama Delays Congressional Vote on Syria After Russian Proposal Syria Admits to Chemical Stockpile, Backs Russian Plan Talks on U.N. … Continued
As Assad Regime Accepts Russian Plan on Chemical Weapons, A Debate on Syria’s Path Forward; 40 Years After Chilean Coup, Allende Aide Juan Garcés on How He Brought Pinochet to Justice; “Make the Economy Scream”: Secret Documents Show Nixon, Kissinger Role Backing 1973 Chile Coup. HeadlinesSeptember 10, 2013 Syria Accepts Russian Proposal to Surrender … Continued
40 Years After Chile Coup, Family of Slain Singer Víctor Jara Sues Alleged Killer in U.S. Court; Was U.S. Journalist Charles Horman Killed by Chile’s Coup Regime With Aid of His Own Government? HeadlinesSeptember 9, 2013 Congressional Debate Begins on Authorization for Syria Strike Kerry: U.S. Could Seek New U.N. Vote; Assad Could Avoid … Continued
The End of Internet Privacy? Glenn Greenwald on Secret NSA Program to Crack Online Encryption; “Undermining the Very Fabric of the Internet”: Bruce Schneier on NSA’s Secret Online Spying; Iran-Contra Redux? Prince Bandar Heads Secret Saudi-CIA Effort to Aid Syrian Rebels, Topple Assad. HeadlinesSeptember 6, 2013 U.S. Push to Bomb Syria Overshadows G-20 Summit … Continued
Rep. Alan Grayson on Syria: Congress Should Reject “Warmongering” and Focus on Problems at Home; Debate: Will a U.S. Attack Help the Syrian Opposition’s Struggle Against Assad? HeadlinesSeptember 5, 2013 Senate Panel Advances Syria Strike Measure Obama Rejects Link Between Syria and Faulty Iraq Intel Syrian Rights Group: 502 Killed in Ghouta Chemical Attack … Continued
Could U.S. Military Action Turn Syrian Civil War into a “Widespread Regional War”? In Secret AT&T Deal, U.S. Drug Agents Given Access to 26 Years of Americans’ Phone Records; David Frost, 74, Remembered by Director Ron Howard For Historic Interview with Richard Nixon. HeadlinesSeptember 3, 2013 Obama Pushes for Congressional Approval to Attack Syria; … Continued
Juan González: Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores; U.S. Prepares to Strike Syria Over Alleged Chemical Weapons as British Vote Not to Back Int’l Action; NFL Reaches Settlement With Former Players Who Suffer From Brain Injuries, Alzheimer’s, Depression; Feds Say They Won’t Try to Reverse State Laws … Continued
Syria Debate: Does U.S. Have the Evidence and Authority to Hit Assad for Alleged Chemical Attack? Historian Taylor Branch on the March on Washington and the Kennedys’ Aversion to Dr. King’s Struggle. HeadlinesAugust 29, 2013 U.S. Faces New Hurdles to Military Intervention in Syria Obama: U.S. Believes Assad Regime Behind Chemical Attack Ban: U.N. … Continued
As Strikes on Syria Loom, Is U.S. Ignoring a Diplomatic Track That Could Prevent More Violence? In Victory for Activists, Entergy to Close Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant; Will More Follow? As Fukushima Raises Severity Level, Nuclear Expert Warns Radioactive Leaks Will Only “Get Worse”; 50 Years After March on Washington, 1970 Documentary “King: A Filmed … Continued
