Friday, April 29, 2011

US Moves Cautiously Against Syrian Leaders

Libya? Yes, but also Syria.
And yet, as the Syrian government’s bloody crackdown intensified on Friday, with security forces killing at least 16 people in Dara’a and more than 40 across the ocuntry, President Obama has not demanded that President Bashar al-Assad resign and he has not considered military action. Instead, on Friday, the White House took a step that most experts agree will have a modest impact: announcing targeted sanctions against three senior Syrian officials,

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