{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”197″ align=”right” !} Hello. International Developments ? “U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said . . . the use of force is only legal when it is in self-defense or with Security Council authorization”.  He warned  “any ‘punitive’ action taken against Syria for an alleged chemical weapons attack last

{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”197″ align=”right” !} Which side are you on? International Developments ? UN estimates:  “five million Syrians have been displaced inside the country [and] 2 million . . . have fled to neighboring countries.”  International funding to relieve the suffering is “a ‘drop in the sea’” compared to

{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”263″ align=”right” !} Hello. International Developments ? “Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said the Syrian government . . . had carried out chemical weapons attacks against its own people”. ? “Assad is a war criminal, but an attack will do nothing for the people of Syria:

{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”197″ align=”right” !} Good evening. International Developments ? “US Had Intel on Chemical Strike Before It Was Launched“.  “First and foremost, What, if anything, did it do to notify the Syrian opposition of the pending attack.”  More. ? “U.S. and France prepare to act on Syria despite

{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”146″ align=”right” !} Evenin’ all. Breaking News ? UK Parliament votes against air strikes on Syria.  Vote was 272-285.  “US isolated”. International Developments ? “UN weapons inspectors to leave Syria a day earlier: Ban Ki-moon’s announcement that [they’ll] depart on Saturday fuels speculation of armed intervention.” ? Two

{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”197″ align=”right” !} Hello. International Developments ? “Scientists have discovered that sarin, a deadly nerve agent, can be detected long after its use on the battlefield.”  Even four years later. ? “Punitive strikes ineffective, even counterproductive, analysts say:  The type of limited military campaign being contemplated against Syria has

{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”197″ align=”right” !} Greetings. International Developments ? Remember Hans Blix, UN Arms Inspector 2000-2003, who tried to get the truth out to counter the Bush administration’s lies about WMDs in Iraq?  He’s now urging caution and patience concerning chemical weapons use in Syria. ? “Ready” is the

{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”263″ align=”right” !} Greetings. International Developments ? “Syria crisis: children speak from Zaatari refugee camp”. ? “Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate, today appealed to the Rt. Hon. William Hague, British Foreign Minister, and M. Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister, to stop calling for military action against Syria”.

{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”197″ align=”right” !} Howdy. International Developments ? “Syria will allow U.N. inspectors full access to any site of a purported chemical weapons attack”. ? Medecins Sans Frontieres has “sent 7,000 vials of atropine–an antidote against nerve agents” to Syrian hospitals, but “could not confirm the cause of

{!hitembed ID=”hitembed_1″ width=”350″ height=”263″ align=”right” !} Hello. International Developments ? Yesterday, four rockets from Lebanon hit Israel.  Today, “Israeli jets bombed” south of Beirut. Update:  Two bombs exploded at two mosques in Tripoli, leaving 29 dead, 500+ wounded.  Update: 42 killed. ? “Syrian victims of alleged gas attack smuggled to