A recent online article by Spencer Ackerman on the Guardian website was corrected, as noted in a footnote: This article was updated on 22 July to correct a line that said Bashar al-Assad had “slaughtered” 90,000 people in the Syrian…
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Syria: BBC’s Open Mic for David Cameron
July 22, 2013
The BBC recently broadcast an interview with David Cameron (The Andrew Marr Show, 21st July 2013). A portion of the interview concerned Syria (full transcript below). Although this was an opportunity to question some of the statements being made by…
Thursday 11th July – UK Parliament to debate arming Syrian ‘rebels’
July 8, 2013
On Thursday 11th July 2013, Parliament debates this motion: “This House believes no lethal support should be provided to anti-government forces in Syria without the explicit prior consent of parliament.” http://www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php Click here to lobby your MP: http://act.stopwar.org.uk/lobby/56
BBC: World ‘must act’ over Syria weapons
June 29, 2013
On 5th June 2013, the featured headline on the homepage of the BBC News website was “World ‘must act’ over Syria weapons”. This related to statements made by the French President. But how many people landed on the homepage that…