Posted on 08/23/2013 4:30:06 PM PDT by mojito
The Pentagon has updated the list of possible targets in Syria should US President Barack Obama decide to intervene militarily in the country, CNN reported on Friday, citing a US Defense Department official.
The report came as pressure mounts on Obama to take action against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the wake of allegations that he killed more than a 1,000 people in chemical weapons attacks on Wednesday.
The US defense official told CNN that target lists for air strikes in Syria had been updated, and plans for using cruise missiles capable of targeting Syria without entering the country's airspace had also been included.
The official stated that the US had made no decision to act in Syria, but rather the targets were updated "to give the president a current and comprehensive range of choices."
Assad's army continues to move forces and equipment making flexible planning a necessity, the official told CNN.
The updated list includes mobile targets that would disrupt Assad's ability to conduct further chemical weapons attacks.
Obama and his national security team had a four hour Oval Office meeting on military options Friday, focusing on cruise missile targets, but no decisions were taken.
The top Democrat on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee urged Obama on Friday to order air strikes against Assad's government after the apparent chemical attacks.
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I believe Israel releases much of what our press doesn’t..and it’s intended to be that way Mojito.
Yes...same as with Libya....and Egypt..... Qaddafi, Mubarak, and Assad, all refused to go along with the Globalist agenda....they wanted to remain Sovereign Nations and not integrated into the block of nations the Globalists have determined will be.......so the thugs were sent in to topple them under the "mask" of Arab Spring".
Where are the anti war protesters?
Did everyone know that we flew B-2s over Libya?
This president has reached the stage of dictator with help from the GOP.
Preparing for a cruise missile strike based on the word of terrorists sounds like a mighty fine plan. Even is Assad did you chemical weapons so what? It is their war. You can only slaughter people with “conventional” weapons is just weird. I say use the whole stockpile. Then no one will have to worry about them anymore.
obama is being pressured to act? By his fellow muslims?
Nope. By his poll numbers.
Guardian says chemical agents found at the rebels' caves and UN withholding their own investigation?
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