Posted on 07/05/2013 2:20:03 PM PDT by kristinn
USA Today reports from Cairo at least 10 killed, hundreds wounded in Egypt today on the Muslim Brotherhood's (Ikwhan) "Day of Rejection" of the Egyptian military's removal of President Morsi from office this week after a popular uprising.
Twitter photo
Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department admitted Secretary of State John Kerry was indeed on his yacht in Nantucket on Wednesday as the revolution in Egypt succeeded:
CBS News photo via Twitter
(Live Thread) Egypt: American Killed During Violent Clashes (Egypt about to blow up)
Live Thread: Egypt Revolution 2.0
BREAKING!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3058149/posts
U.S. Poised To Strike Syria With Missiles
CBS ^ | 8/23/13 | Charlie Kaya
BREAKING. @CBSDavidMartin: US naval commander orders warships to move closer to Syria to be ready for possible Cruise missile strike.
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Earlier news:
Breaking news
Materials blaming Syrian gov for chemical attack prepared in advance - Russia
Syrian opposition says has smuggled attack samples out of Syria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3058163/posts
US military reportedly updates list of potential targets in Syria as pressure mounts on Obama
JPost ^ | 8/23/2013 | JPost Staff
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/23/us-syria-crisis-obama-idUSBRE97M0E420130823
Initial Western intelligence finds Syrian forces used chemical weapons
WASHINGTON | Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. and allied intelligence agencies have made a preliminary assessment that chemical weapons were used by Syrian forces in an attack near Damascus this week, likely with high-level approval from the government of President Bashar al-Assad, according to American and European security sources.
http://rt.com/news/us-missile-attack-syria-929/
US readies possible missile strike against Syria - report
Horrible. I hope to God some sane person stops this.
Was there an asperin factory nearby?
“Was there an asperin factory nearby?”
Adjacent to weapon depot smuggled from Benghazi.
Obama is up to his asp -er -in this one.
Want to know what the document is that “will put him in jail”
Pray for our troops! This potentate is going to send them to war to prep the ground for yet another Muslim Brotherhood take over.
Meanwhile Zero’s administration is battling on Twitter..yes..for real:
Heaven help us with these morons and traitors in charge.
Crosslinking penelopesire post:
What is Assad hiding? National Security Advisor Susan Rice asks, Twitter answers
Susan Rice @AmbassadorRice 2h
Otherwise, well all conclude that Assad is guilty and lying-again.
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Susan Rice @AmbassadorRice 2h
What is Bashar al Assad hiding? The world is demanding an independent investigation of Wednesdays apparent CW attack. Immediately.
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Susan Rice @AmbassadorRice 8h
US strongly condemns todays bombings in Tripoli, Lebanon and extends condolences for the loss of innocent life.
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Susan Rice @AmbassadorRice 21 Aug
The Syrian government must allow the UN access to the attack site to investigate. Those responsible will be held accountable.
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Susan Rice AmbassadorRice 21 Aug
Appalled by reports of a chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/21/statement-principal-deputy-press-secretary-josh-earnest-allegations-chem
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Susan Rice @AmbassadorRice 21 Aug
Just launched our new NSC websites—check out here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy
Thanks to the @whitehouse digital team for your hard work!
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Susan Rice @AmbassadorRice 21 Aug
Maybe he do the attack after Da Bears vs Raider game get over it
He seem that type of guy LOL!
I guess next she is going to unfriend Assad on Facebook....lol!!
This is embarrassing for our country to say the least.
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/2013823181349586368.html
New footage emerges of Syria ‘gas attack’
Video shot by independent journalist purports to show aftermath of chemical weapons attack in Damascus suburbs.
Footage shot by an independent journalist for Britain’s ITV News appears to show victims of an alleged chemical attack that activists said killed hundreds of people.
A small crater and exploded metal was only feet away from where dead bodies were lying.
An unnamed survivor of the attack, shown in the video, said he had gone to investigate a small explosion that he heard, but smelt a strange odour.
“The next morning we discovered all families dead in their homes. [I] just opened the door [to] see the whole family killed in place with foam in their mouths and eyes together with blood in their ears,” he said.
Another witness said that the explosions from the 12 missiles that fell on the area were not loud, so residents thought the attack was further away.
Anderson Cooper 360° @AC360 1m
“The President is right on this It’s turning into a regional conflict” @SenJohnMcCain on #syria crisis
Da Raiders if by sea
Da Bears if by land
Hang Em in the tower
Den pound Em in the sand!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/24/us-usa-syria-destroyer-idUSBRE97N00420130824
(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy will expand its presence in the Mediterranean with a fourth cruise-missile armed warship because of the escalating civil war in Syria, a defense official said on Friday.
The USS Mahan had finished its deployment and was due to head back to its home base in Norfolk, Virginia, but the commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet has decided to keep the ship in the region, the defense official said.
The commander decided to keep fleet there? What rubbish!
Limbaugh Theorum. Obama never decides anything officially..therefore he never gets blamed.
WHOA AL Jazeera just score that???
I am so there
COme think of it Raider fan would taught Obama how to fight LOL!
So would LAPD escort back in da day LOL!
Posturing. Fence sitting. Keep an eye on Putin.
Is Brennan still in Ireland? How about Samantha Power? Odd it is both their choice of August vacay destinations.
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=OHXprnLl
“The Defense Department has a responsibility to provide the president with options for contingencies, and that requires positioning our forces, positioning our assets, to be able to carry out different options - whatever options the president might choose,” Hagel said.
He said the U.S. is coordinating with the international community to determine “what exactly did happen” in the reported use by the Syrian government of chemical weapons against civilians earlier this week.
“We’re still assessing that,” he said.
Hagel said a determination on the chemical attack should be made swiftly because “there may be another attack coming,” although he added that “we don’t know” whether that will happen.
Hagel said that although he is scheduled to spend the next week traveling in Southeast Asia, he will remain in contact with the White House about developments in Syria and planning for potential U.S. action.
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