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Syria Readies for US Strike
 Syria Readies for US Strike 
Sep 3, 2013 7:59 AM CDT

Syria Readies for US Strike

Which Congress won't vote on til next week

(Newser) - If you spent your Labor Day weekend in a news-free zone, here's the biggest detail you missed: President Obama on Saturday announced he would seek congressional approval before striking Syria, which means nothing will happen until Congress returns Monday. Except, of course, there's a flurry of activity already...

France: 'Massive Use of Chemical Agents' in Syria

Assad: Mideast is a 'powder keg' that would blow in event of Western strike

(Newser) - As promised , France has unveiled its Syria intel estimate today, and it's squarely blaming the Assad regime with the "massive use of chemical agents" in the Aug. 21 attacks that claimed hundreds of lives. The nine-page report says that Bashar al-Assad could carry out similar attacks in...

Russia Not Buying Syria Strike Evidence

Congress 'split 5 ways' on military action

(Newser) - Russia has seen some of the evidence that the US has gathered on Syria's chemical weapons strike—and calls it "absolutely unconvincing," the AP reports. The country's foreign minister says the evidence is "not specific"—it has "no geographic coordinates, no names, no...

McCain: Great, &#39;Red Line&#39; Needs Congress&#39; OK?
 McCain: Great, 
 'Red Line' Needs 
 Congress' OK? 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Sep 1, 2013 1:31 PM CDT

McCain: Great, 'Red Line' Needs Congress' OK?

Outspoken White House critic blasts Obama's '11th-hour' waffling on Syria

(Newser) - Never one to shy away from bashing the White House over its Syria policy , John McCain was out in full force today, warning that "the whole region is going to be engulfed" and blasting President Obama thusly: "When the president of the United States said that it was...

Kerry Confirms Sarin; Assad 'Joins List of Hitler, Saddam'

Says 'case is building'

(Newser) - The Syrian regime used sarin gas on its own people, John Kerry confirmed today, saying that blood and hair samples from first responders in Damascus had tested positive for the chemical agent and that the evidence had come to the United States independently, and not via the UN. "Bashar...

Syria Paper: Obama Starting 'Historic American Retreat'

Assad boasts Syria can deal with 'any external aggression'

(Newser) - President Obama has started a "historic American retreat" in seeking Congress' approval to strike Syria , according to a gloating state-run newspaper. "Whether the Congress lights the red or green light for an aggression, and whether the prospects of war have been enhanced or faded, President Obama has announced...

Emotional Francis on Syria: 'War Brings on War!

Says he's 'deeply wounded,' calls for day of fasting

(Newser) - Pope Francis abandoned his normal Sunday themes today, and instead spoke emotionally and at length about Syria, calling for a day of fasting and prayer for peace. "My heart is deeply wounded by what is happening in Syria and anguished by the dramatic developments," he said, as per...

Public: Obama Needs Congress' Blessing on Syria

80% say White House shouldn't go it alone

(Newser) - The American people aren't excited about the prospect of attacking Syria, and they overwhelmingly believe that President Obama should get congressional approval before doing it. In a new NBC News poll, a whopping 80% said the White House should get the OK from Congress before attacking. While the Constitution...

Obama's About to Ditch His Doctrine for Nothing

Jeffrey Goldberg thinks Obama is about to cross a line—without going far enough

(Newser) - Foreign policy experts who complain that Barack Obama doesn't have a Middle East strategy are wrong. "There is, in fact, an Obama doctrine," Jeffrey Goldberg argues at Bloomberg . And for the first time, he "seems poised to violate it in an irredeemable way." Goldberg calls...

Specter of Iraq 'Evidence' Hangs Over Obama in Syria

US, Britain face uphill battles ahead of military action

(Newser) - President Obama has concluded that Syria used chemical weapons, but his next step remains a major challenge. As his administration considers military action, it's well aware that a public intelligence presentation—which could occur today—would be the most important of its kind since the run-up to the Iraq...

Obama: Syria Used Chemical Weapons

But US hasn't made a decision on military action

(Newser) - John Kerry said it . Joe Biden said it . But now the person who truly matters has said it: President Obama has concluded that Syria used chemical weapons, he tells PBS NewsHour . Obama, however, said he has not made a decision about a possible military strike. The president said it's...

US Evidence of Syria's Guilt: 'Panicked' Phone Calls

White House set to release evidence of nerve gas attack

(Newser) - A US government report to be released as soon as tomorrow will provide one of the final pieces of groundwork ahead of an expected strike on Syria, reports the Washington Post . The report will set out the timeline of how Bashar al-Assad's regime used chemical weapons in last week'...

McCain: Blame Obama for Syria's Chemical Attack

Meanwhile, Obama talks with Stephen Harper

(Newser) - So much for the supposedly blossoming Barack Obama/John McCain bromance. McCain, who's currently visiting South Korea, today laid partial blame for Syria's apparent chemical weapons massacre at Obama's feet, saying the White House hadn't reacted forcefully enough to past reports of chemical attacks. "Assad was...

Kerry: Syria's Chemical Weapon Attack a 'Moral Obscenity'

Says chemical weapon use is 'undeniable,' accuses Assad of trying to cover it up

(Newser) - John Kerry says it's "undeniable" chemical weapons were used in Syria and is accusing President Bashar Assad of destroying the evidence. Ratcheting up criticism of Syria's alleged chemical weapons use, Kerry called last week's attack a "moral obscenity" that should shock the conscience of the...

Snipers Shoot at UN Team in Syria

Chemical weapons investigation not off to a stellar start

(Newser) - Syria may have given UN inspectors the OK to access the site of last week's alleged chemical weapons attack , but inspections are not off to a great start. A UN rep confirms that one of the team's vehicles was "deliberately shot at multiple times" by unidentified snipers...

US Helped Saddam Gas Iran
 US Helped Saddam Gas Iran 
Aug 26, 2013 7:05 AM CDT

US Helped Saddam Gas Iran

CIA files reveal that 4 chemical weapon attacks relied on US intel

(Newser) - The US may be outraged by Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons, but its hands aren't exactly clean of gas or blood. Newly declassified CIA documents prove that the US gave intelligence to Saddam Hussein, including satellite imagery, Iranian troop locations, and more, that was used to plan...

Corker on Syria: &#39;We Will Respond&#39;
 Corker on Syria: 
 'We Will Respond' 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Aug 25, 2013 1:16 PM CDT

Corker on Syria: 'We Will Respond'

Top-ranking congressmen call for action, as others want to verify, limit scope

(Newser) - The alleged chemical attack in Syria continues to reverberate today, with members of Congress hitting the Sunday talk show rodeo to call for action—or restraint, reports Politico . Leading the charge for action was Bob Corker , the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who said he believes chemical...

Syria Grants UN Access to Alleged Chemical Site

Both sides working to nail down details of visit

(Newser) - Syria will allow UN inspectors access to the site of last week's alleged chemical weapons attack , the country's deputy foreign minister tells CNN , effective immediately, though the AP adds that both sides are working to settle the exact date and time of the visit. The move comes amid...

355 Dead, 3K Sick in Syria Chemical Attack: Aid Group

Doctors Without Borders says patients show 'neurotoxic symptoms'

(Newser) - While the Syrian government and rebels argue over who is using chemical weapons on whom , and the US government weighs what, if anything, it should do about it, Doctors Without Borders (AKA Medecins Sans Frontieres) has added weight to the allegations that chemical weapons were indeed used in the attack...

Now Syria Accuses Rebels of Chemical Attack

Allegations come as UN arrives to press Assad on investigation

(Newser) - Syria is making chemical-weapons claims of its own. State media today accused rebels of using chemical arms against government troops trying to storm a contested neighborhood of Damascus. State TV broadcast images of plastic jugs, gas masks, vials of an unspecified medication, explosives, and other items that it said were...

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