We reported yesterday:
- 10,000 U.S. troops [3] – as well as French, British and Nato troops – are amassing off the coast of Syria for a potential invasion
- “Anonymous U.S. sources” are claiming that Syria is mixing chemical weapons … but that claim is ridiculous [3] … and could be part of a long-contemplated [4] false flag attack [5] in Syria
- War against Syria could lead to WWIII [6]
Here are updates in this quickly-moving situation:
- Pentagon officials say that there is no evidence [7] that Syria is mixing chemical weapons, and “it’s not even clear that the precursors have been moved from separate storage sites to one location”
- On the other hand, the the Syria Tribune [8] has released a video allegedly showing Syrian rebels killing rabbits with chemical weapons, and threatening to use them against supporters of the Syrian government. (It is impossible at this point to say whether this is genuine or propaganda)
- The U.S. will designate one of the leading Syrian rebel groups as a terrorist operation [9]. McClatchy notes [10] that – until recently – the Syrian opposition blamed this terrorist group’s attacks on the government. In other words, the terrorist violence carried out by one of the main opposition groups was wrongly blamed on the Syrian government (in fact,the U.S. has backed various terrorist opposition groups [11] in Syria)
- And Russia has docked 2 warships [12] in Syria, in a show of support for the government