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Obama says no decision made yet on Syria strike
Published on Aug 29, 2013
6:37 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he had
not yet
decided whether to attack Syria, but that any US action would be a
warning
that "it better not" use chemical arms again.
Mr Obama said that his government had concluded that President
Bashar
al-Assad's regime was behind the horrific attack on civilians in a
Damascus suburb last week that killed hundreds of people.
But he clearly signaled that expected US punitive strikes would be
limited
in scope, and would not be an attempt to tip the balance between
Assad's
forces and rebels who have waged a bloody two-year civil war.
"I have not made a decision," Mr Obama told PBS NewsHour, when
asked how
close he was to signing off on US military action against Syria.
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In this Aug 22, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama pauses
while
speaking at Henninger High School in Syracuse, New York. -- FILE
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Mr Obama said however that he had concluded that "direct military
engagement, involvement in the civil war in Syria, would not help
the
situation on the ground."
Given that limited vision for US military action in the country,
Mr Obama
was asked what would be the strategic rationale behind a US
assault,
likely to take place with cruise missiles fired from US and allied
ships
and submarines.
He said that by the end of the engagement, the Syrian government
"will
have received a pretty strong signal that it better not do it
again."
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