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Washington Escalates War on Syria

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"More aggressive US military options".involve".'destroy(ing) Assad's air force to prevent it from using aerial munitions.' "

A second Press TV report said Israel established ties to militants in Golan. Doing so suggests direct intervention.

Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Kikmat Nashashibi was interviewed. He thinks Israel and Turkey will "join forces against Syria." They're preparing the ground to intervene, he said.

Chemical weapons use increases the odds. So does confirmation that Washington's arming Syrian insurgents. It's been ongoing since conflict began. Now it's public knowledge. More on that below.

UK journalist Alex Thompson spent time in Syria. He reports for Channel 4 News. He was there last June. He said insurgents tried to kill him. He was " set up to be shot in Syria's no man's land."

"In a war where (insurgents) slit the throats of toddlers back to the spine," he said, "what's the big deal in" putting journalists in harm's way to die.

On March 23, Thompson headlined "Syrian chemical weapons: finger pointed at jihadists." 

A "senior source close to the Syrian Army (gave) Channel 4 News the first clear account" of chemical weapons use in Syria.

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