http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2013/08/20138237010745744.html
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1. Why would Syria attack its own people, even if they are in a civil war? Why can't they just try to negotiate?
ReplyDelete2. Other than war, how would the USA's relationship with Russia sour if we tried to fight Syria to stop them.
3. What kinds of chemical weapons are these?
4. Has Syria used anything else against its own people?
5. How are Syria's citizens coping with their corrupt government?
1. How will syria effect the US environmentally?
ReplyDelete2. Will the death of 70,000 people spread to the US?
3. The syria government cut internet access because Syrian citizens were hacking them.
4. The internet in syria is such a problem because if they can hack into it, they can get information on citizens location.
5. What made the government of syria shut down the internet was hacking.
If America were to step in to this confrontation, could there be a possible World War 3 on their hands?
ReplyDeleteCould Russia be supporting them to show their governments dominance?
Syria might be doing this as a sign that they're converting into a different type of government. What do you think?
1. Is this case going to be further investigated?
ReplyDelete2. What may have caused Assad to think of hurting these civilians?
3. Were they shipped these chemical weapons or did they physically create them by hand themselves?
4. So now, is there a further attack ahead?
5. I believe this was an attack for control, was it?
Why does the Syrian government feel the need to use chemical weapons against there own people?
ReplyDeleteIf it was a terrorist group that caused the chemical attack who are they? And what where their motives behind the attack?
If a "red line" has been crossed why are no actions being taken?
What actions are being taken by the US government and the UN?
What actions should the UN take on this situation?
1. Why do you think that the government would harm the very people they're suppose to protect?
ReplyDelete2. What do you think they need this weapon for?
3. Do you feel threaten by their new chemical weapons after reading the damage it's causing
4. Would you label Syria as "Terrorist"
5. I think that it was wrong for them to even build the weapon in the first place let alone test it out.
Could the war going on in Syria be considered a civil war? Its the government vs the people in a fight for what is better for the country.
ReplyDeleteHow many more people will need to die before the war ends?
1. Should the allegations be confirmed, should the U.S. get involved in Syrian affairs and why?
ReplyDelete2. Is using chemical warfare against innocent citizens ethical
3. How will chemical warfare effect relationships with U.S. and syria?
4. Do you think that Iran accused rebels of having weapons to defend Syrian government?
5. What do you think would happen to gas, oil, and other product prices if the allegations were found true?
What could be there reason for killing the people?
ReplyDeletewhy should we be involved if we should even be involved.
I think that the united states should not be involved because it doesn't involve us, and it could possibly effect us.. the states to be attacked. Do you feel the same way?
do you think it could happen again... or have more attacks similar?
1. How do you think tensions could be his high in the United States?
ReplyDelete2. What do you think could have caused the civil war?
3. Hypothetically speaking, how do you think this war will end?
4. What could be some concerns about this happening in the Middle East? Will it affect us?
5. What do you really consider Aljazeera to really be about?
1. If its true that Assad was behind this murder of innocent people, and he is willing to kill his own people, what would he do to his enemies?
ReplyDelete2. How dangerous are the chemical weapons they are using?
3. Are these weapons able to be used on a massive scale, big enough to make a terrorist strike on the United States?
4. Is it possible that the UN appearance had something to do with the crime? Could it have been a message to the UN workers?
5. What will Obama do to ensure the safety of Americans if America does decide to join the war? What would you do?
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Delete1. Without the substantial facts needed to back up the allegations nothing can be done at this time except for search for those facts so what do you think will happen if they find facts that prove these allegations to be true?
ReplyDelete2. What if they are unable to find facts to prove that the allegations are true and whoever commited these crimes goes free?
3. Why do you think the world has reacted so quickly and fiercely to these events?
4. If you were in the place of the International community and you had to make a decision on what to do, what would you decide to do about these attacks?
5. "France declared that the international community needs to respond with force if allegations are confirmed. But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also said the response should not include boots on the ground." - Looking at the facts that have been found and considering that there may or may not be more info to be found, would you make the same decision and would you have publicized your opinion so quickly after the events had occurred before all information had been accounted for?
1. Do you think the United States should intervine? If so, what could be some consquences?
ReplyDelete2. Why do you think Syria has taken the step of hurting their own people?
3. How can this affect the United States and other countries?
4. About how many people were killed in this attack?
5. Where was the attack said to have taken place?
Do you think that the government did this on purpose?
ReplyDeleteCan the government do this legally?
Has there been proof that the government has done this in past times?
Is there a time when all countries need to jump in and save these people?
How can the US impact this place?
1. How do you think Obama should react, should he get the US involved or not?
ReplyDelete2. Do you think that the US getting involved could backfire, and possibly get us attacked?
3.The rebels are now active, as we know, do you think they will attack again?
4. What do you think Assad's reasoning was for harming his people?
5. Should the US be paranoid that we will get attacked?
1. Why were Chemical weapons in the area of little children and their mom's?
ReplyDelete2. Does Iran have chemical weapons as well?
3. In Syria is it illegal to have a chemical weapon in a area where children are very active?
4. Did anyone in the hospital survived?
5. How many days did the chemical warfare went on?
1. According to the Syrian rebels what happened here?
ReplyDelete2. According to the article how has the international community responded?
3. According to the Syrian government what happen?
4. Allegations are that both sides used chemical weapons, does the author show an biased towards one side?
5. How does this affect the people of the united states, and how is it that we should respond?
1. According to the Syran activists they claimed the goverment forces had carried out a poisonous gas that reported to be the since since when?
ReplyDelete2. How many people died?
3. What do you think the end results would be to the oil, gas, and other products if the allegations were found true?
4. What kind of weapons are used?
5. What do you think the intensions to the people they are killing?
1: After reading the Article, what do you think of the fact that they use the weapons on their own citizens?
ReplyDelete2: According to the article, should we get involved and most likely starting another chemical war
3: Why did it happen?
4: How did it happen?
5: What would happen if we accidentally started a new world war?
1. Why did Obama make the threat about using Chemical weapons if so far he has done nothing?
ReplyDelete2. Was Assad attempting to get a rise out Obama, or were the Rebels attempting to get an Interjection of a larger country?
3. Do you think Obama should use our resources to help out in this war as an attempt to win Russia over since Syria and Russia are allied?
4. Any Involvement in this could potentially waste resources if Russia doesn't recognize involvement as a generous gift.
5. Why was Chemical Warfare necessary unless it was meant to get a rise or lure others into the war?
1. Is there any good possible outcome of this?
ReplyDelete2. Why did the government decide to use chemical weapons on their own population?
3. How will the rebels react to this? How will they take action?
4. How will this effect the U.S.A.'s relationship with Syria?
5. Will Politics or the Military solve this?
1.) What made the government attack Syria with chemical gas?
ReplyDelete2.) Can Syria rebuild what they have lost?
3.) When was the attack and how effective was it?
4.) What would the government do with the people they have lost?
5.) Was it necessary for the government to do what they did to Syria?
1.Do you think that the government is in extreme harm?
ReplyDelete2.Is chemical warfare will bring impact between U.S and Syria?
3.Should the U.S be involve of the allegations?
4.How would this will make U.S take risk?
5.What can happen to the chemical if the allegations is found true?
1. According to the rebel forces how many people were killed by the government in the chemical weapon attack?
ReplyDelete2. How many sites were investigated for chemical weapon attacks in Syria?
3. How many countries have called for the UN to investigate what took place in Gouta?
4. Which country believes the international community needs to respond with force if the allegations are confirmed?
5. Do you believe the U.S. should get involved militarily in Syria? And if yes why?
1. Why would thee government use weapons against civilians?
ReplyDelete2. Isn't the use of chemical weapons a crime against war?
3. How far is Syria going to take this civil war?
4. Would you want to do something about what is happening in this civil war?
5. Do you feel like America should get involved in this?
1) What happened in Syria?
ReplyDelete2) How did the world react to the chemical warfare?
3) What are authorities doing about it?
4) What is the US doing in response?
5) What do you think should be done about Syria?
1.) Why were there no hesitations in the international reactions to Wednesday's attack?
ReplyDelete2.) Was chemical warfare necessary?
3.) Why did Iran dispute the assertion?
4.) Did the US and Britain take necessary measures to investigate the incident?
5.) Could the incident be a coincidence or was it a planned attack?
1. Where was the UN team staying when the attack happened? How many people were on the team?
ReplyDelete2. Why were the UN teams in Syria in the past?
3. What countries reacted immediately to the chemical weapons being used?
4. What is one of the "explanations" for the chemical weapons being used?
5. Do you think the US should interfere? If so, how?
1. What team was investigating Ghouta before the attack?
ReplyDelete2. What points lead the allegations to seem true?
3. What was French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius' response?
4. What is the debate?
5. Are you surprised by the international response?
1. Do You think the US should become a part of this matter. Why or why not?
ReplyDelete2. Why would syria use chemical weapons in the first place?
3. What is the possibility that the allegations are confirmed?
4. What is the opinion of turkey on the matter.
5. What will happen is the allegations are concerned?
1. Who is gassing the people?
ReplyDelete2. How many countries were called by the UN?
3. What country declared that there needs to be a response from other countries?
4. How many chemical sites were investigated?
5. Do you think we should get involved?
1.) What is the relationship between Syria and it's people, Syria and America and Syria and the world?
ReplyDelete2.) What are the similarities between this civil war and the American's Civil war?
3.) Look up more information about chemical weapons, list pro's and con's of chemical warfare.
4.) List American* acts of rebellion. How are they in comparison to syrias problem.
5.) If you lived in Syria, how would you feel about this? Write a paragraph in the shoes of a syrian at the climax of this situation.
1. How would the chemical attacks in Syria affect terrorism in America?
ReplyDelete2. Why is it important to know that no exterior wounds were found on the victims?
3. What steps can be made to overthrow the corrupt government?
4. Should the UN have had suspicion of chemical weapons when they found three sites of possible chemical attacks?
5. If America would get involved, how would it affect the process of withdrawing from Afghanistan and Iraq?
-Adrina Patterson
1. Is Obama going to do something about it?
ReplyDelete2. Why did the government kill its own people?
3. Are they just doing this for attention?
4. Are they gonna over throw the government?
5. Are other countries going to get involved also?
1. What do you think the motives of the government were when they decided to use chemical weapons?
ReplyDelete2. Do you think we should solve this issue?
3. What would happen if America was to take action?
4. Is a political solution still available for Syria?
5. Could responding with force cause Syria to engage in chemical warfare against us?
1. What is the majority of those found dead in the chemical weapons attack?
ReplyDelete2. When did the attack take place and where?
3. Where was the UN team in the past year? How many sites did they visit?
4. What did Iran say about the issue?
5. If you were the President of the US, what would be your response to this issue? Would you interfere?
1. What do the Syrian activists claim?
ReplyDelete2. how many people were killed by the attack?
3. what do the french think should be done about the chemical warfare in Syria?
4. what country thinks "terrorist groups" are to blame?
5. which of the 3 explanations at the end do you agree with the most?
1. Why would the government attack their own country with poisonous gas?
ReplyDelete2. How many people were killed in the gas attack?
3. When did the attack take place?
4. Who called for the UN to investigate what happened in Ghouta?
5. How many people were killed because of the gas attack?
1. Why would the government test their chemical weapons on women and children?
ReplyDelete2. What is the government's main intention with using these weapons?
3. When did Syria consider developing chemical weapons?
4. How did other countries react to the situation?
5. How should Obama and the United Nations handle this situation?
1. What do you think should be done, so a situation like this does not happen again.
ReplyDelete2. What should be done to resolve this issue?
3. How many people were killed & what were the symptoms of the infected?
4. Who was thought of to be behind this?
5. Do you agree with any of the three explanations?
1. Why did the government in Syria feel the need to poison their own people
ReplyDelete2. How many people died during the gas attack
3. Why was the UN team in Syria and what were they doing?
4. How did Turkey feel about the Syria situation?
5. How do you feel the situation should be handled with Syria?
1. If they wanted to have an effective chemical warfare attack why did they attack a rural area?
ReplyDelete2. How did the authorities react to the attack in Syria?
3. Why were the UN chemical weapons team in Damascus?
4. What was the French Foreign Ministers reaction to the attacks?
5. Who do the Syrian and other middle eastern people think who is to blame?
1. How many people were killed by the attack?
ReplyDelete2. Was it really the government that attacked or was it the rebels?
3. what motives did the attackers have?
4. what is the UN doing about this?
5. Do you think the US should get involved?
1. How many people were killed, according to the rebels' claims, in the attack?
ReplyDelete2. What is France's preferred response to this attack?
3. What does Iran believe to have happened?
4. Is political response an option, or is this situation beyond that?
5. "The three explanations that are being thrown around are: that Assad deliberately did this as a sort of … intention to offend the international community while the inspectors were there, I don't think that is particular probable. The other explanation is that this was the rebels using chemical weapons in order to draw attention, and in order to encourage foreign intervention. I have seen no evidence that they [have] got this kind of capability .... The third explanation, which is the one that I am partial to, is that this was somebody within Assad's inner circle, worrying that Assad was willing to make compromises, was willing to negotiate and wanting to force him into a hard line, therefore choosing to conduct these attacks at this time." Which explanation do you agree with and why?
-Wyatt Kittle
Delete1. Why does France international forces should help?
ReplyDelete2. Why did the attack take place?
3. In your opinion should other countries take action or leave it be?
4. What role did rebels play in this situation?
5. What action will be taken by the UN?
1. How do the Syria citizens feel about these recent events?
ReplyDelete2. If the government is behind this, what are their motives?
3. Was it just a coincidence that inspectors were already there?
4. Will Obama respond like he said he would?
5. Is it too late to fix this in a political or peaceful way?
1. Will countries get involved in this and try to help?
ReplyDelete2. Do you think this was at attack where the attacker wanted control over them?
3. Do you think America should interfere, why or why not?
4. What is the international response to this?
5. How will this effect America's relationship with Syria?
1. How many people survived that were in the chemical attack?
ReplyDelete2. Are people sure that the Syrian government were behind the chemical attacks?
3. Does the UN team have any idea at all why the attack was done?
4. How many countries from the UN were called upon to investigate the incident in Ghouta?
5. What do you think the United States is going to do to be involved?
1. Out of the group of people attacked did they all have any kind of characteristics that was against or that offended the government, that could give them reason to target them?
ReplyDelete2. If its all true that the government was responsible , who is the official in charge that could make this kind of decision? Has he been investigated?
3. What other countries have tried to go in and help the people of the area or offered to stand up for the Syrian people?
4. Could the US go in and help or offer protection to Syria or are the tensions too high? Would the Syrian forces feel threatened?
5. How do you think the Syrian Government is going to handle this situation, do they have to try and cover up their treason?
1. What did the French declared for the international community?
ReplyDelete2. Why were the UN team in Syria? What were they trying to investigate?
3. Why were the rebels trying to get public attention?
4. Why is it key to know that no exterior wounds were found on the victims?
5. How do you think america, can help this situation out?
1. Is the death toll accurate?
ReplyDelete2. What type of chemical weapon was used?
3. Can they figure out who used the chemical weapon?
4. Does Assad have any reason to use chemical weapons?
5. Should the US intervene?