Crisis in Syria escalates while MoD confirms drone operations begin at RAF Waddington

Syria: the noose tightens by Lindsey German

"The ominous quote from a senior British official in the Financial Times today that 'It is increasingly likely that sarin was used by the Assad regime' demonstrates that a case is being put together to justify overt military intervention on top of the widespread but unofficial intervention that already exists.

Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Israel, as well as the US and EU powers, are all supplying support for the opposition in various forms, through arms, finance, provision of control centres and troops. Jordan's border with Syria is the site of military training and manoeuvres by foreign troops, including the British. Just last week, the Pentagon "announced that is is sending an additional 200 troops, mostly command and logistics experts, to Jordan to help prepare the Jordanian government for a potential military intervention in Syria’s ongoing civil war.

The impact of Western intervention in Syria is becoming more destructive as time goes on. Syria, locked into a bitter civil war between the government of Bashir Assad and the various opposition forces, is continuing its descent into hell, aided and abetted by outside powers whose concern is not humanitarian nor democratic (witness the internal regimes of Saudi Arabia or Qatar, or their friends in Bahrain and Jordan), but is about reshaping the region and especially destroying Syria’s ally in Iran."

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Ministry of Defence confirms British Reaper drones being controlled from Waddington

The Ministry of Defence confirmed on Thursday that British drones over Afghanistan are now being operated from the UK. The announcement came just two days before the protest at RAF Waddington called by Stop the War, CND, War on Want and the Drone Campaign Network.

Join the demonstration tomorrow - 12 noon, Lincoln South Park. Full details on the Stop the War website including transport information.