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Syria misses deadline to remove chemical weapons
Yahoo/AFP ^ | 12/31/2013 | Unattributed

Posted on 12/31/2013 9:56:11 AM PST by mojito

Damascus (AFP) - A December 31 deadline to remove part of the Syrian regime's chemical weapons arsenal from the country for destruction has been missed, with ships due to receive the materials returning to Cyprus....

A Norwegian frigate and a Danish warship had been near the Syrian coast waiting to dock at the port in Latakia to escort chemical materials to Italy, ahead of their destruction at sea on a US ship.

But the vessels returned to port in Cyprus on Monday night as it became clear that the removal mission would not go ahead as scheduled.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Syria
KEYWORDS: downthememoryhole; iran; lebanon; lurch; redlinebarry; syria
Another foreign policy triumph for Barry.
1 posted on 12/31/2013 9:56:11 AM PST by mojito
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To: mojito

No problem, just extend the deadline. It’s worked before.


2 posted on 12/31/2013 9:57:10 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: mojito

If any red line was crossed we can always move it back.


3 posted on 12/31/2013 9:58:11 AM PST by Antihero101607
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4 posted on 12/31/2013 9:59:14 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: mojito

Obama, “I trusted them and they lied to me - oh wait never mind’.


5 posted on 12/31/2013 9:59:52 AM PST by chiefqc
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To: mojito

0bamaDontCare.


6 posted on 12/31/2013 10:01:04 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: chiefqc

“I just found out about this and am as angry as the rest of you.”


7 posted on 12/31/2013 10:02:19 AM PST by Paladin2
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ObamaDontCare. Syria was just a VERY successful”wag the dog” operation to keep the 1 year anniversary of Benghazi off the front pages and out of water cooler talk.


8 posted on 12/31/2013 10:14:59 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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The whole world is laughing at America with our dictator King Obama. America is finished.
9 posted on 12/31/2013 10:28:15 AM PST by Logical me
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10 posted on 12/31/2013 10:45:36 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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It was a ridiculously aggressive target date. By all reports I've read, the Syrians are cooperating. My bet is that AQ is deliberately hampering the effort, both to gain control of the weapons themselves and to occupy the Assad regime dealing with stupid western diplomats. So unless there is obvious evidence of stalling on the part of the Syrian regime, we should cut him some slack over the deadline.
11 posted on 12/31/2013 10:47:46 AM PST by Carry_Okie (0-Care IS Medicaid; they'll pull a sheet over your head and take everything you own to pay for it.)
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Says Syria didn't make the deadline...what it really means is that the USA didn't live up to its end so he could blame it on Putin. Obama is such a fool.

Like Putin said to the USA....don't interfere in Syria and there will be less weapons to deal with. Instead...Obama is gung ho...filtering money to Killers of Christians...the Rebels.

12 posted on 12/31/2013 11:17:17 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: FreeAtlanta
Syria was just a VERY successful”wag the dog” operation to keep the 1 year anniversary of Benghazi off the front pages and out of water cooler talk.

Just proves the old saying, "you can't fool ALL the people ALL the time".

13 posted on 12/31/2013 11:55:23 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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To: Carry_Okie
we should cut him some slack over the deadline.

Especially since our government couldn't design a decent website with at least 3-1/2 years to do it.

14 posted on 12/31/2013 11:58:18 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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How absolutely unexpected was this? Duh. Only idiots like Obozo, Kerry, and Rice would believe this. If you measured the collective IQ of these three, you'd come up with that of a rock.
15 posted on 12/31/2013 12:28:52 PM PST by MasterGunner01
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Barry put a KGB guy Kb charge of handling Syria. What could go wrong?


16 posted on 12/31/2013 12:36:24 PM PST by what's up
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Obama, fund raising terrorists, one red line claim after another.


17 posted on 12/31/2013 2:02:36 PM PST by lavaroise
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