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Syria rebel coalition slams backers for failing to stop attacks
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Divisions between Syrian rebels and their foreign supporters came into focus Saturday as a leading opposition group demanded international military action — including drone strikes — to halt missile attacks and alleged...
Tags: Turkey, Rebellions, John Kerry, Political Dissent, United Nations
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Step toward possible military intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...
Tags: Leon Panetta, U.S. Congress, Israel, Rebellions, Refugee
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Britain and France suggest possible chemical weapons use by Syria
WASHINGTON -- The British and French governments have asked the United Nations to investigate what they believe is credible evidence that the Syrian regime has used small amounts of chemical weapons in recent months, officials said. The evidence,...
Tags: Bashar Assad, United Kingdom, Pakistan, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama pledges to renew efforts to close Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday he is renewing efforts to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and will search for members of Congress to help him get it done. “I’m going to go back at this,” Obama...
Tags: Prisons, U.S. Congress, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Mark Twain
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Britain, France press for U.N. inquiry on Syria chemical arms use
WASHINGTON — The British and French governments have asked the United Nations to investigate what they believe is credible evidence that the Syrian regime has used small amounts of chemical weapons in recent months, officials said Thursday. The...
Tags: United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Chuck Hagel, Armed Forces, Prosecution
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The hawks are squawking about Obama's rubbery red line in Syria
The hawks are squawking. Congressional conservatives and the right-wing media are blasting President Obama for going soft on the Syrians. The president insists that there is a "game-changing" red line the Syrian government will have crossed if it is...
Tags: Rebellions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Chuck Hagel
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Iran points at Syrian rebels in warning about chemical weapons
Echoing the words of President Obama, the Iranian foreign minister reportedly said Tuesday that unleashing chemical weapons in Syria would be a “red line” for Tehran. But Ali Akbar Salehi also suggested rebels were to blame for such attacks,...
Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Pervez Musharraf, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, United Nations
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U.S. considers sending arms to Syria rebels
WASHINGTON — The White House is considering providing weapons to the Syrian rebels, officials said Tuesday, but no decision is imminent and President Obama seemed to soften his public threats to the Syrian government over its alleged use of chemical...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Rebellions, John Kerry, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), United Nations
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Obama's 'red line' on Syria grows softer
WASHINGTON -- President Obama softened his threat to Syria over its possible use of chemical weapons, telling reporters that if conclusive proof of such activity emerges, he “would rethink a range” of retaliatory options that might not include...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Rebellions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military
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McManus: Obama plays for time to avoid 'red line'
Barack Obama really, really does not want to get tangled up in Syria. For almost a year, Obama's secretaries of State — first Hillary Rodham Clinton, now John Kerry — have pressed the president for more aid to the insurgents who are fighting...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Rebellions, John Kerry, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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U.S. panel: Wait on anthrax vaccine testing for kids
The federal government must perform more tests on adults before it can ethically move forward with controversial anthrax vaccine trials in children, members of a federal bioethics panel said. "The safety of our children is paramount, and we have to get...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Preventative Medicine, Medical Procedures and Tests, Science and Technology, Vaccines
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Alleged chemical attack in Syria remains a mystery
BEIRUT — The strange case of an alleged chemical attack in Syria has taken some odd turns. Like so many other mass-casualty attacks in Syria, the alleged poison-gas strike Tuesday in northern Syria has become a case of each side in the conflict...
Tags: Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, United Nations, Jerusalem (Israel), Bashar Assad
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