Source: Asia Times:
By Victor Kotsev
A day after the United States and more than 100 countries formally recognized the new Syrian opposition council as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people, American officials told The New York Times that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had fired at least half a dozen Scud missiles at rebel forces in the north. This is a major escalation that could point to an impending foreign intervention in the country – although such an outcome is still not guaranteed and its scope is unclear.