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Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush has reportedly anchored
off Syria. As an Arab League deadline to allow observers into the
country passes with no response from Damascus, the possibility of
intervention in Syria seems to be growing.

The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group along with additional
naval vessels are to remain in the Mediterranean to conducting maritime
security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring
Freedom and New Dawn.The US 6th Fleet is also patrolling the area,
Interfax news agency reports.

Meanwhile, America and Turkey are
urging their citizens to leave Syria. The US released a statement on
Wednesday urging American citizens to “depart immediately while commercial transportation is available.”

Against
this backdrop, the prospect of humanitarian intervention in Syria no
longer looks like such an impossible scenario. And pressure is growing
on the issue.

Paris is urging the creation of a secure zone to protect civilians “that would allow aid groups and observers into Syria”
and is seeking support from the US, UN and the Arab League. French
foreign minister Alain Juppé said he was speaking with partners in the
United Nations, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the
Arab League on the issue. However the EU stopped short of endorsing a French proposal
for EU-backed humanitarian corridors on Thursday, acknowledging,
however, that protection of civilians in Syria remains a top priority.

The
imposition of a no-fly zone over Syria by the Arab League with US
logistical support, is also being discussed, according to the
Jordan-based Al Bawaba news website. A strong sense of déjà vu prevails,
with the specter of a Libyan scenario repeating itself.

Rumors
about the no-fly zone over Syria came in the wake of Tuesday’s United
Nations General Assembly resolution which condemned human rights abuses
by the Syrian regime, including the killing, arbitrary imprisonment and
torture of civilians.

Meanwhile, an Arab League deadline for
Syria to allow an observer mission into the country or suffer crippling
sanctions passed on Friday without a response from Damascus, a League
source told AFP.

"Until now, there has been no response from the Syrian government,"
the source said after the 1 pm (1100 GMT) deadline. Damascus has been
given until the end of the day to respond, if it is to avoid sanctions.

Earlier
this month Russia, the most powerful opponent of the West's push for
“international intervention,” also anchored its warships in the Syrian
port of Tartus. According to unconfirmed reports, the warships were
carrying technical advisors who will help Syria set up and run advanced
S-300 missiles supplied by Russia. However, there is no official
confirmation that the S-300 missiles have actually been delivered to
Syria by any side.

Meanwhile, Moscow has announced it opposes a
military scenario for resolving the Syrian problem and the use of a
human rights argument as an excuse for foreign intervention in the
affairs of a sovereign state. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman
Aleksandr Lukashevich said that “under no circumstances must human
rights issues be used as a pretext for interfering in the internal
affairs of a state."

Moscow has also abstained from voting on the resolution by the UN General Assembly Human Rights Committee thanks to "the humanitarian focus of the draft's text," said Lukashevich.

Patrick
Henningsen, a political analyst from the US-based Infowars.Com online
magazine, believes that the escalation of tensions over Syria between
the world’s major powers may lead to a new chilling in world politics.

“I
think we are going to see a new Cold War emerge in the next two years,
and we are seeing the initial steps of that new Cold War right now,” he told RT.