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Hooligans: U.S. senators introduce bill calling for 'hybrid tribunal' for imaginary Syrian war crimes


RT
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 11:16 UTC
Ghouta, Syria
© Bassam Khabeih/ReutersEastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria April 7, 2017.
US Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill in a bid to investigate war crimes in Syria, including the creation of a "hybrid tribunal" among other measures. The move comes following the US strike on a Syrian airfield.

A group of senators from both parties - Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire), Bob Corker (R-Tennessee), Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), and Todd Young (R-Indiana) - introduced the Syrian War Crimes Accountability Act on Friday, aimed at investigation of "war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Syria" and bringing Syrian President Bashar Assad to justice for his "heinous acts." The authors of the bill are calling on the Secretary of State to assist investigations into the crimes, including setting up "a potential hybrid tribunal" as part of "credible transitional justice efforts."

The senators defined the term "hybrid tribunal" as "a temporary criminal tribunal that involves a combination of domestic and international lawyers, judges, and other professionals to prosecute individuals suspected of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide."
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Russian cruise missile-armed frigate returns to fleet in Mediterranean


RT
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 11:30 UTC
Russian missile frigate
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Russia's Admiral Grigorovich cruise missile-armed frigate has joined the Russian fleet in the Mediterranean, following joint Russian-Turkish military exercises.

"Today the Black Sea frigate Admiral Grigorovich, under the command of Captain 3rd-Class Anatoly Velichko has joined the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea," the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The Admiral Grigorovich took part in Russian-Turkish PASSEX military drills, and was a host vessel during the unofficial visit of the Turkish Naval Forces to Novorossiysk, Russia from April 3 to 5.

The move comes on the heels of the US bombardment of a Syrian air base with 59 Tomahawk missiles on Friday. There is, however, no official indication it is has been done in retaliation to the strike.

The vessel is one of the latest classes frigates at the Russian Navy's disposal. It is armed with Kalibr-NK anti-ship and coastal missiles, Shtil-1 defensive missile system, a 100mm artillery cannon, anti-aircraft equipment, and torpedoes. The Admiral Grigorovich is also capable of carrying a Ka-27 or Ka-31 helicopter and can reach speeds of up to 30 knots (55kph).
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Bad Guys

Cries for 'regime change' reach fever pitch with West desperate for Syrian intervention

John Wight
RT
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:06 UTC
Syira Idlib airstrikes airbase
© Mikhail Voskresenskiy / SputnikAftermath of the US missile attack on the Syrian military airbase.
Without any recourse to international law or the United Nations, the Trump administration has embarked on an act of international aggression against yet another sovereign state in the Middle East, confirming that neocons have reasserted their dominance over US foreign policy in Washington.

It is an act of aggression that ends any prospect of détente between Washington and Moscow in the foreseeable future, considerably increasing tensions between Russia and the US not only in the Middle East but also in Eastern Europe, where NATO troops have been conducting military exercises for some time in striking distance of Russian territory.

In the wake of the horrific images that emerged from Idlib after the alleged sarin gas attack, the clamor for regime change in Damascus has reached a crescendo in the West, with politicians and media outlets rushing to judgement in ascribing responsibility for the attack to the Syrian government. No one knows with any certainty what happened in Idlib, which is why an independent investigation should have been agreed and undertaken in pursuit of the truth and, with it, justice.
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Ron Paul slams Syrian airstrikes: 'Neocons terrified that peace was going to break out'


RT
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:06 UTC
Ron Paul
© Mark Makela / ReutersRon Paul
"A victory of neo-conservatives" - that's how Ron Paul, a former member of the US House of Representatives and three-time presidential candidate, described the US strike on Syria, adding that he does not expect peace talks to resume any time soon.

Speaking to RT, Ron Paul said that there is no proof of Damascus' guilt that could trigger such a rash and violent response from the US.

"I don't think the evidence is there, at least it hasn't been presented, and they need a so-called excuse, they worked real hard, our government and their coalition."
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The Syria conflict is more dangerous than the Cuban Missile Crisis

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:01 UTC
USS Porter
The Cuban Missile Crisis is often considered to be the lowest ebb in US-Soviet/Russian relations. It is considered a classic example of brinkmanship.

But Donald Trump's attack on Syria sinks relations lower than they were at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961.

In 1961, in spite of Missiles stationed on the territory of a Soviet ally off the coast of the US, no actual shots of any kind were fired, let alone the nuclear armed missiles.
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Paul Craig Roberts: 'Insane' Washington Just Crossed Russia's Red Line


Paul Craig Roberts
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:06 UTC
Trump Syria
Washington's military attack on Syria is unambigiously a war crime. It occurred without any UN authorization or even the fake cover of a "coalition of the willing." Washington's attack on Syria occurred in advance of an investigation of the alleged event that Washington is trying to use as its justification. Indeed, Washington's story of Syrian use of chemical weapons is totally implausible. All chemical weapons were removed from Syria by Russia and turned over to the US and its European allies. Syria has no such weapons and has no reason to use them and every reason not to. Moreover, it is none of Washington's business whatsoever what weapons Syria uses against terrorist forces seeking to overthrow the Syrian government.

Governments in Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan have not condemned this war crime. Indeed, the UK Foreign Minister has declared the UK's support. Thus does the West reveal once again its hypocrisy.
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BREAKING: U.S. airstrike kills 20 civilians, injures dozens in Raqqa, Syria

Paul Antonopoulos
Al-Masdar News
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:07 UTC
US airstrike in Raqqa
A US airstrike in Raqqa countryside has killed a plethora of civilians and injured dozens more.

The airstrike devastated an internet coffee shop in Hanedah town in western Raqqa countryside. The airstrike killed more than 20 civilians and injured dozens more.

The names of the victims of this US war crime are as followed:
Aboud Al-Share and his two sons
Ibrahim Muhammad and his son
Yaseen Huwidy and his son
Hamoud Al-Aani
Fouwaz Al-Aani
Ahmad Al-Muhammad
Abd Al-Baset Al-Muhammad
Majd Al-Yaseen
This tragedy comes as the United States launched devastating missile strikes against the Syrian military after it alleged the Syrian government used chemical weapons against its own civilians.

Comment: RT reports that 10 civilians were killed in the "suspected US-led coalition" airstrike. The same number of casualties was also reported by the Syrian Tishreen newspaper.



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'Only Putin holds the road': French writer slams Trump & media for Syrian airstrikes

Tom Winter (translator)
Fort Russ
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 12:13 UTC
Assad
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Part one, Resistance Republicaine, translated by Tom Winter. Note: The writing in RR is blunt and informal, and so is the translation -

This is what the merdias serve us as per usual. No evidence of anything! Just like Saddam Hussein with his massive weapons. [Merdia, of course is a mix of merde (sh*T) and media --tr]

Why would Assad do the inconceivable when the US made it clear that Syria was no longer a priority! Think of it ... Manipulation from the get-go.

Did anybody wait for an investigation? I am the first to say that if the investigation shows that these chemical attacks came from Assad, it will be necessary to intervene as quickly as possible and drag him in a straitjacket before the international tribunal. But that should have been foundational. Step one. But no inquiry, no retrospection for seeing clearly.
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Bad Guys

How U.S. hawks used 'Idlib chemical attack' as pretext for intervention in Syria

Whitney Webb
Mint Press News
Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:13 UTC
Idlib Syria chemical gas attack Khan Sheikhoun
© Edlib Media Center, via APThis frame grab from video provided on Tuesday April 4, 2017, by the Syrian anti-government group, the Edlib Media Center, shows an alleged victim of a suspected chemical attack as he receives treatment at a makeshift hospital, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria.
A deadly chemical attack was carried out in northwestern Syria's Idlib Province early Tuesday, killing at least 58 people. The United States and its allies have been quick to blame Syria's government for orchestrating the attack, despite a significant lack of proof.

After an unsuccessful attempt to blame the Syrian government for a 2013 gas attack in Ghouta that was most likely carried out by al-Qaeda's Al-Nusra Front, the U.S.-led coalition's pretext for a military intervention in Syria to oust President Bashar al-Assad has largely crumbled as Russian diplomats were able to negotiate a deal with the United Nations on behalf of their Syrian allies.

Nearly four years later, history seems to be repeating itself, with Syria's government being accused, once again by NATO allies, of carrying out yet another chemical weapons attack in al-Qaeda-held Idlib Province. The attack has left at least 58 dead.

But this time the stakes are higher, as the U.S.-led coalition has recently deployed thousands of troops in Syria that are set to remain long after Daesh and other terrorist groups are eradicated. To make matters worse, Vitaly Churkin, the Russian UN envoy who helped negotiate the 2013 agreement and prevent U.S.-led military intervention, lies dead under still -undisclosed circumstances. With coalition members already accusing the Syrian government of violating the 2013 agreement, it appears that the specter of foreign military intervention in the embattled nation may again be on the table, threatening the peace conference regarding Syria set to begin today in Brussels.
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Bolivia UN Envoy on Syria airstrikes: 'History proves that U.S. lies to justify war!'


TeleSur
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 12:13 UTC
Bolivia UN Security Council Trump airstrikes Syria chemical attack
© United Nations"I believe it's vital for us to remember what history teaches us," the Bolivian envoy told the U.N. Security Council.
"Now the U.S. believe that they are investigators, they are attorneys, judges and they are the executioners," the Bolivian ambassador said.

Lambasting the United States' aggression against Syria, Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations Sacha Llorenti compared the basis for the unilateral move to former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's infamous 2003 presentation to the body, when fraudulent evidence of an alleged Iraqi weapons program was presented to justify the U.S. war on Iraq.

Holding up an enlarged photo of Colin Powell's "weapons of mass destruction" speech, Llorenti made an impassioned plea to hold the U.S. to account for Thursday's unprovoked attack on Syria, noting the U.S. history of imperialist interventions in other nations, including Latin America.


Comment: Further reading: Killary crawls out of her hole, calls for U.S. to "take out Assad's airfields", Trump obliges, bombs Syrian airbase with 50+ Tomahawks

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