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Assad hit squads, U.S. officials said. Anti-government activists reported renewed shelling by government tanks on Friday in the city of Douma, near Damascus, as well as snipers firing at protesters from rooftops. Intelligence assessments, meanwhile, show scant progress by Assad toward implementing any
EFTA00647762 "If the regime's intransigence continues, the international community is going to have to admit defeat," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Thursday. Referring to continued violence by pro-regime forces, Carney added: "It is clear, and we will not deny that plan has not
, whose regime has reportedly killed more than 1,100 opponents since March, Turkey and Syria have established close relations. In 2009, Ankara and Damascus signed a strategic cooperation agreement, conducted joint military exercises, and launched military industrial cooperation. They also introduced vi
centrality of the U.S. economy in U.S. national security. Saving money in Afghanistan is nothing to run away from, as White House press secretary Jay Carney sought to do last week. "Obviously every decision is made with a mind toward cost," he said, "but this is about U.S. national-security interests, p
y and not send us back." No doubt it is also true, as White House spokesman Jay Carney noted yesterday, that the attempted breach was an effort by Damascus "to distract attention from the legitimate expression of protest by the Syrian people." The border between Israel and Syria has been quiet for 37
ltrators as saying. "We ask the powers that be in Israel to help us stay and not send us back." No doubt it is also true, as White House spokesman Jay Carney noted yesterday, that the attempted breach was an effort by Damascus "to distract attention from the legitimate expression of protest by the Syria
Entities connected to both Damascus and Jay Carney

Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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Lebanon
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United States
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Bill Clinton
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George W. Bush
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
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Hosni Mubarak
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Cairo
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Hillary Clinton
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Yemen
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Middle East
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Saddam Hussein
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Vladimir Putin
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Jerusalem
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Joe Biden
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Bahrain
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