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Obama aides split on arming rebels: US officials
[Al Ahram] President Barack ObamaIf you have a small business, you didn't build that... 's top advisers will meet to air reservations about arming Syria's rebels, with officials saying the U.S. is unlikely to take any immediate action to arrest the Assad regime's military advance. The administration's caution persists despite its nearly two-year-old demand that  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators... step down, vows to help the besieged Syrian rebels on the ground and threats to respond forcefully to any chemical weapons use. US officials acknowledge that they must do something to change the course of the war, but they don't know what. Officials say those closest to the president are split on whether to offer lethal aide or use U.S. airpower to ground the regime's gunships and jets. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-13 |
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