CLINTON FLOATS SYRIA âNO FLY ZONEâ IN TURKEY CONTRA SUMMIT
State Secretary Hillary Clinton was in Istanbul this weekend, where she announced US contemplation of a âno-fly zoneâ in Syria to escalate the clandestine proxy intervention against Bashar al Assad by foreign jihadis and al Qaeda operatives. The mideastern âcontraâ war is being coordinated by the CIA, armed by NATO and Qatar, and funded by Saudi Arabia.
JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN, co-director of Middle East Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison [ chomskyfund.org ], discusses the Obama administrationâs âtroublingâ escalation, the neutralizing of Syriaâs legitimate domestic nonviolent opposition, and future decades of Afghan-style âblowbackâ likely to follow US recruitment of Al Qaeda militants as proxy invaders;
HILLARY CLINTON statements about her Turkey trip, and insistence on âregime changeâ;
Richard Wagner - "Ride of the Valkyries (Walkürenritt)"; and
RICK ROZOFF of âStop NATOâ [ rickrozoff.wordpress.com ] discusses the Obama administrationâs Syrian brinkmanship in the context of the 11-year war on âterror,â NATOâs recent morphing from a regional alliance into a tool of total global domination, and potential future targets, including Iran, former Soviets, Venezuela, Bolivia, and others. Courtesy of Chicago Pacifica affiliate WZRD.
Anchor: Robert Knight Producer: Thiago Barrozo Engineer: Michael G. Haskins Origin: WBAI/Pacifica