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US military reportedly updates list of potential targets in Syria as pressure mounts on Obama
JPost ^ | 8/23/2013 | JPost Staff

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; jordan; lebanon; obama; randsconcerntrolls; russia; syria; turkey; waronterror
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Sure is a lot of "chatter" coming from Washington this afternoon.

JPost, as usual, has a good summary of where we are at the moment.

1 posted on 08/23/2013 4:30:06 PM PDT by mojito
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Valerie Jarrett is on the cusp of starting WWIII.


2 posted on 08/23/2013 4:31:25 PM PDT by bkopto (Obama and Biden are merely symptoms of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
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3 posted on 08/23/2013 4:32:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: mojito

typical friday afternoon hide the news day. this bastard is going to get us in another war on the wrong side and stab the troops in the back.


4 posted on 08/23/2013 4:32:20 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (We should not fear our government. Our government should fear us.)
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To: mojito

If Assad falls, Al Qaeda & the Brotherhood take over. Of course I’m no fan of Assad or Hezbollah (which backs him). So....pass the popcorn.


5 posted on 08/23/2013 4:33:35 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: bkopto
You can add Samantha Power to that camarilla too.
6 posted on 08/23/2013 4:33:38 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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are these deaths confirmed


7 posted on 08/23/2013 4:35:27 PM PDT by bigheadfred (INFIDEL)
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Re: ... and plans for using cruise missiles capable of targeting Syria wC had also been included.

...capable of targeting Syria without entering the country's airspace...???

What are they going to do tunnel up from the Med?

8 posted on 08/23/2013 4:36:13 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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This cannot end well for the US. There is a straight line from the Libyan leading with your behind to Benghazi.

What Obama is planning is the start of the next Mideast war.

9 posted on 08/23/2013 4:36:24 PM PDT by AU72
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He is going to do it isn’t he?


10 posted on 08/23/2013 4:37:19 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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The list of targets ought to be getting smaller since the Syrias seem to be destroying their own stuff about as fast as anybody else could. But the one that counts is Basher and his close circle of friends. And that brings up the question of how fast/how long he is moving around? Is he in Qdaffy/Saddam mode? Hiding in every available culvert pipe? Or is he still proud of his palace and hanging out there as tho he’s still in charge? That worked out so good for Mubarrak.


11 posted on 08/23/2013 4:39:53 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: bigheadfred

To the best of my knowledge, there has been NO independent confirmation of the death toll.


12 posted on 08/23/2013 4:40:14 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: ColdOne
Yep. He drew his “line in the sand” over chemical weapons and now has to act, or is compelled to act, unless he wants to look exactly like the incompetent, impotent doofus everybody in the world knows him to be.
13 posted on 08/23/2013 4:43:12 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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Where’s the international consensus? Where is the UN resolution? Where is Congress?


14 posted on 08/23/2013 4:46:16 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
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He’s gotta make up for Putin insulting the gays.


15 posted on 08/23/2013 4:46:23 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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What a evil pyle he is.


16 posted on 08/23/2013 4:52:41 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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Where’s the international consensus? Where is the UN resolution? Where is Congress?

Non existent, as will be the immunity for the US military if they follow these orders.

Remember Nuremberg.

17 posted on 08/23/2013 5:16:30 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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Er, what pressure is that exactly? Bammy got a call from his terrorist pals?


18 posted on 08/23/2013 5:18:42 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: mojito; maggief; crosslink; SE Mom; hoosiermama; thouworm; Nachum; MestaMachine; caww; onyx

Meanwhile..this ridiculous administration opens a new front on Twitter of all places:

http://twitchy.com/2013/08/23/what-is-assad-hiding-national-security-advisor-susan-rice-asks-twitter-answers/

Are there any grown ups available in this administration at all? Good grief!


19 posted on 08/23/2013 5:30:58 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: bkopto

They will not rest until they create an AQ outpost out of Syria.


20 posted on 08/23/2013 5:37:06 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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