*** MILITARY SHOWDOWN AGAINST SYRIA AND THE TRIGGER FOR WWIII ***

Thread: How will a 'safe zone' impact Syria's crisis?

Thread: BREAKING!!! - Western powers draft new UNSC statement on Syria

Did Assad Transfer a Large Number of M-600 Rockets to Hezbollah? [link to www.israeldefense.com]

Assad to Anan: Syrian missiles will pre-empt any military intervention [link to www.debka.com]

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URGENT: Turkish helicopter penetrates #Syria-n air space carrying weapons into Ras Al Ain in #Idleb. #Turkey #WW3

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Correction: I mean Ras al Ain in #Hasakeh, near #Qamishli!!!! #Syria

Thread: Breaking!!-Turkey preparing to strike military targets inside Syria in a "surprise" attack within days

Security Council meets to approve Annan’s 6-point plan for Syria [link to www.debka.com]

Russia ready to support Annan's Syria mission [link to www.jpost.com]

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Syrian leadership has made 'many mistakes' that have aggravated the crisis [link to www.breakingnews.com]

UN Security Council, including Russia and China, agrees on statement backing Kofi Annan's peace bid for Syria, diplomats say [link to www.breakingnews.com]

UN Security Council statement threatens Syria with further steps if fails to comply with peace plan in timely manner: diplomats [link to www.breakingnews.com]

oh no another harshly worded letter warning of another harshly worded letter if they don't behave.

The United Nations shouldn't even be allowed in our country....they are worthless. All they do is condem Israel all the time while letting real terror go free. It's past time for more than a letter on Syria...its time for action.

Hey UN get out of the U.S.!!

Syrian rebels form ‘military council’ to conduct operations around Damascus [link to english.alarabiya.net]

Blackwater sniper who used to shoot at "peaceful demonstrators" to blame the government so that the activists buy it up.

Pic included.

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Turkey blames Syria for supporting Kurdish rebels, inches closer to military action

Should Turkey decide that the Kurdistan Workers' Party – seen now by Ankara as an additional arm of Assad's forces – threatens its national security, it may decide to invade its neighbor. [link to www.haaretz.com]

‘Annan offers last chance for Syria’

Moscow: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned today that Kofi Annan represented the last chance for avoiding a civil war in Syria and offered the UN-Arab League envoy Moscow's full support.

"This may be the last chance for Syria to avoid a protracted and bloody civil war," Russian agencies quoted Medvedev as telling Annan at a meeting held in Moscow's Vnukovo 2 airport before his departure for a summit in Seoul.

"We will be offering you our full support at any level in which we have a say," said Mededev. "We very much hope that your efforts have a positive outcome." [link to zeenews.india.com]

Turkey shuts embassy in Damascus [link to www.dawn.com]

will there be any kind of intervention EVER?
i doubt it

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says Syria crisis cannot be allowed to 'drag on indefinitely' [link to www.breakingnews.com]

Syria has formally responded to Kofi Annan's 6-point plan endorsed by the UN Security Council, Annan's spokesman says [link to www.breakingnews.com]

Thread: BREAKING!!! - Syrian troops enter Lebanon, clash with rebels!!!

Turkish Airlines will suspend flights to Syria on Sunday [link to www.breakingnews.com]

UN Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Syria UN Sec'y-Gen. Ban Ki-moon has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to immediately implement the ceasefire deal he agreed to. [link to www.israelnationalnews.com]

UN's Ban pushes Annan Syria plan at Arab summit

Secretary-general arrives in Iraq for Arab League meeting on Syria, says plan could end violence and bloodshed; Damascus rejects any summit proposals but accepts Annan's plan; violence in Syria continues. [link to www.jpost.com]

Arab leaders say Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria should be implemented 'immediately and completely' [link to www.breakingnews.com]

US weighs limited military action against Assad Tuesday night, April 10, after Damascus skipped the truce laid down in the UN-Arab envoy Kofi Annan’s plan and escalated its attacks on the Syrian population, a change of tone was detected in the Obama administration. [link to www.debka.com]

Scattered gunfire breaches Syrian truce The truce beginning Thursday at 0600 held during the morning. Around noon, Syrian troops opened fire on anti-Assad protesters on the streets in Homs, Idlib and Deraa, killing and wounding several demonstrators... [link to www.debka.com]

Turkish troops on Syrian border “with hands on the trigger” Military sources in Ankara say troops ranged on the Syrian border “are waiting with their hands on the trigger” but are not authorized to shoot unless Syrian forces directly target them. [link to www.debka.com]