U.S. campaign against Syria: Years in the making by Rick Rozoff "Washington announced and Damascus understood years in advance what the intended endgame in Syria would be. The past sixteen months' unrest and violence in Syria is both partially the result of and the opportunity to complete the Broader Middle East strategy of the U.S. and NATO. And to escalate the most dangerous diplomatic and political, perhaps ultimately military, confrontation with Russia and China since the Cold War." Read more... What evil web Washington weaves in Syria by Ismail Salami (Sunday, July 29, 2012) "With the increasing conviction that the Assad regime is breathing its last breath out, Washington has initiated a contingency plan by focusing on the chemical weapons which they claim Assad government possesses and will use against the rebels and the civilians alike if they are forced to."