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Obama: U.S. military action an option if Syria used chemical weapons
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House news conference, the...Tags: Republican Party, Judges, Politics, Terrorism, Barack Obama
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Meteor explodes over Russia, injuring about 1,100 people
Associated PressA meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring about 1,100 people. The spectacle deeply frightened many Russians, with some...Tags: News Agency, Emergency Incidents, Greenpeace, Explosions, Politics
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Bioterrorism consultant's anthrax claims challenged
WASHINGTON — As an example of the ease with which terrorists could produce anthrax, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig has repeatedly cited the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. The cult gained infamy in 1995 by unleashing the nerve agent sarin in...
Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Terrorism, Anthrax, Human Genome Sciences Inc.
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Terrorism, Politics, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Barack Obama
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Ed Page On Facebook: Has Syria crossed a 'red line'? Should the U.S. intervene?
The following is an abridged comment thread from http://www.facebook.com/edpagecourant. Ryan Sullivan: We need to sit this one out. We're damned if we intervene and we're damned if we don't. I think the last 10-plus years have taught us an important...Tags: Hate Crimes, Massacres, Politics, Bashar Assad, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Terrorism, Politics, Barack Obama
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Obama says U.S. won't act alone on chemical weapons in Syria
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON--President Obama on Thursday ruled out any unilateral U.S action in response to the alleged Syrian use of chemical weapons, further reducing the chance of any forceful response to the crossing of what Obama had described as a “red line.&...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Barack Obama, Palestinian National Authority, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Obama says U.S. won't act alone on Syria
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Syria even if proof emerges that Syrian forces have used lethal chemical weapons. "This is … an international problem," Obama said at a White House news...
Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bashar Assad, Politics, Barack Obama
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Amid reports of airstrike, Israel says it's keeping an eye on Syria
JERUSALEM -- Amid reports that Israeli warplanes struck a weapons cache in Syria this week, a senior Israel defense ministry official said Saturday his nation was closely monitoring unrest in its neighbor but remained confident that Syria’s chemical...Tags: National Government, Lebanon, Bashar Assad, Politics, Armed Conflicts
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Tilting Syria
President Barack Obama painted himself into a corner last summer when he said Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons against rebel forces would be a "red line for us." Now there's evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria,...
Tags: Martin Dempsey, Hillary Clinton, The Washington Post, Bashar Assad, Central Intelligence Agency
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Pink line over Damascus
WASHINGTON — You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Barack Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked...Tags: The Washington Post, Jay Carney, Bashar Assad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama
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The president's walk-back: A pink line over Damascus?
WASHINGTON - You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New...
Tags: Jay Carney, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran
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