Obama Willing to Pursue Solo Syria Strikes
WASHINGTON - President Obama is prepared to move ahead with a limited military strike on Syria, administration officials said on Thursday, even with a rejection of such action by Britain’s Parliament, an increasingly restive Congress, and lacking an endorsement from the United Nations Security Council.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/us/politics/obama-syria.html?smid=re-share&_r=0
UK lawmakers vote against military action against Syria after its alleged use of chemical weapons.
LONDON – British Prime Minister David Cameron has lost a vote endorsing military action against Syria by 13 votes, a stunning defeat for a government which had seemed days away from joining the U.S. in possible attacks to punish Bashar Assad’s regime over an alleged chemical weapons attack.
http://globalnews.ca/news/810041/uk-parliament-votes-down-syria-resolution/
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