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on September 6, 2013 in World News

Russia could come to Syria’s aid over US strike

Putin warns Russia could come to Syria’s aid over US strike As he touched down in St. Petersburg on Thursday morning, President Obama  greeted his host Vladimir Putin with a handshake and a smile. But the cordial greeting belies the tinderbox the two leaders are sitting on,  as they posture and deliberate over a potential U.S. strike on Syria — one of  Russia’s closest Mideast allies. Putin escalated concerns about the fallout from any strike when he indicated  in an interview published Wednesday that his country could send Syria and its  neighbors in the region the components of a missile shield… View Article

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on September 2, 2013 in World News

‘I did not join for this’

‘I did not join for this’: US military men speak out against Syria strike Many US servicemen are against the looming strike on Syria, Republican Congressman Justin Amash said on Twitter, in an attempt to counter the idea that the country might be overwhelmingly in favor of military action. Amash made his comments after President Barack Obama’s statement, in which he all but promised a strike in retaliation for the supposed use of chemical agents by the Syrian government. The Congressman for Michigan backed up his comments with a multitude of retweets from servicemen. Amash said he had been “hearing… View Article

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