US says has 'duty' to act after Syria nerve gas attack
The United States released intelligence Friday to show why it is certain that Syrian forces have killed civilians with chemical weapons and said Washington has a historic duty to act. As a time window for expected US air strikes beckoned, the White House produced a declassified intelligence report which said 1,429 people including 426 children were killed in the August 21 outrage outside Damascus. Secretary of State John Kerry meanwhile made an impassioned case for a "tailored" US response, despite the lack of a United Nations mandate, and ...
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