Special to WorldTribune.com The New York Times reported on Oct. 14 that U.S. troops in Iraq had between 2004 and 2011 repeatedly encountered Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Meanwhile, voters back home and the world at large had been repeatedly told precisely the opposite by U.S. media reports. The Republican administration of George W Bush […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has offered to remove Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile. The administration of President Barack Obama has drafted plans to remove the CW stockpile of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said the Defense Department has offered a technical solution to transfer the CW from war-torn Syria […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has pledged U.S. military aid to Syrian rebels. The White House said Obama decided to increase support to Sunni rebels who have been fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad. Congress welcomed Obama’s decision. Two leading senators said the administration must act immediately to stop the Assad campaign. “A […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — For the first time, Israel has provided details of Syrian Army chemical weapons attacks on Sunni rebels. Officials said Military Intelligence has determined that Syrian President Bashar Assad was ordering CW attacks on the rebels in several areas around Syria. They said several CW agents were used in reduced […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has determined that Syria, despite civil war, was moving toward biological weapons capability. The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad was advancing in its BW program. In an assessment to Congress, the Office of the National Intelligence Director asserted that […]