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In a January 2012 article, he characterized the [[Free Syrian Army]] as "a de facto paramilitary creation of NATO."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chossudovsky|first1=Michel|title=SYRIA: British Special Forces, CIA and MI6 Supporting Armed Insurgency. NATO Intervention Contemplated|url=http://nsnbc.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/syria-british-special-forces-cia-and-mi6-supporting-armed-insurgency-nato-intervention-contemplated/|accessdate=2 September 2014|work=nsnbc blog|date=7 January 2012}}</ref> In the ''[[National Post]]'', [[Terry Glavin]] quoted Chossudovsky's characterisation of the [[Syrian Civil War|'Syrian revolt']] as a revolt of "Islamists, Salafi as well as Muslim Brotherhood gunmen, [-] death squads supported directly by Turkey and Israel".<ref name="Glavin NP">{{cite web|author=Terry Glavin|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/terry-glavin-ottawas-gaddafi-fans-find-their-world-crumbling|title=Ottawa's Gaddafi fans find their world crumbling|work=National Post|date=23 August 2011|accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref> According to ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper, a cache of intercepted emails to and from Syrian president [[Bashar al-Assad]]'s private account included one from his father-in-law, [[Fawaz Akhras]], citing Chossudovsky's claims and asking Assad how true they were.<ref>{{cite news|title=Assad emails: 'How true is this story?'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/15/bashar-al-assad-syria7|accessdate=2 September 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=15 March 2012}}</ref> Chossudovsky claimed that deaths of protesters during the [[Euromaidan|Euromaidan demonstrations in Ukraine]] were "triggered by [[Neo-Nazi]] elements", used "to break the legitimacy of a duly elected government."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chossudovsky|first1=Michel|title=Ukraine's "Democratic Coup d'Etat": Killing Civilians as a Pretext for Regime Change|url=https://globalfaultlines.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/ukraines-democratic-coup-detat-killing-civilians-as-a-pretext-for-regime-change-prof-michel-chossudovsky/|website=Global Research|accessdate=2 September 2014|date=26 February 2014}}</ref>

In 2005, ''[[The Jewish Tribune (Canada)|The Jewish Tribune]]'' criticized the Centre for Research on Globalization's website for being "rife with [[Antisemitism|anti-Jewish]] conspiracy theory and [[Holocaust denial]]." Chossudovsky responded that he is of Jewish heritage and would be one of the last people to condone antisemitic views.<ref name="JT+Chossudovsky">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishtribune.ca/tribune/jt-050825-05.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110429193700/http://www.jewishtribune.ca/tribune/jt-050825-05.html|archivedate=2011-04-29|title=Conspiracy web site by Ottawa Professor sets dangerous examples for students|date=25 August 2005|work=Jewish Tribune Canada}}</ref> The same article also reported that [[B'nai B'rithBrith Canada]] wrote a letter to the [[University of Ottawa]] asking for the university "to conduct its own investigation ofinto this propagandistthe site "which appears to have no formal affiliation to Global Research."<ref name="JT+Chossudovsky" />

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