{"id":85350,"date":"2013-10-22T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=e8fccb9d0e44c44acb0709415acaf270"},"modified":"2013-10-22T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T07:08:00","slug":"syrian-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/syrian-peace-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Peace Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
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Obama’s war on Syria rages. Opposition forces are divided. Kofi Annan’s March 2012 six-point plan failed. Three months later, so did Geneva I.<\/div>\n
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June 2012 talks were called a “last ditch effort” to halt violence. Similar headlines followed Annan’s plan. Fighting rages daily.<\/div>\n
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Obama bears full responsibility. He deplores peace. He wants regime change. He’s supporting proxy death squads. He has been all along. <\/div>\n
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They target Assad loyalists. Dozens of innocent civilians die daily. Assad’s wrongfully blamed for their crimes. Nothing suggests change ahead.<\/div>\n
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Geneva I talks included America, Russia, China, Britain, France, Turkey, Iraq (Chair of the Summit of the League of Arab States), Kuwait (Chair of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the League of Arab States), and Qatar (Chair of the Arab Follow-up Committee on Syria of the League of Arab States).<\/div>\n
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Foreign Affairs and Security Policy High Representative Catherine Ashton attended. So did then UN\/Arab League Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan.<\/div>\n
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Iran and Syria were noticeably absent. Excluding them compromised discussions. On June 30, 2012, Action Group members issues a final communique<\/span><\/a>. Steps and measures agreed on included:<\/div>\n
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