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U.S. To Release Information About Syria’s Chemical Weapons Use

Posted at 12:21 PM, Aug 30, 2013
and last updated 2013-08-30 12:24:03-04
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(CNN) — The Obama administration will release declassified intelligence Friday backing up a government assessment that the Syrian regime was responsible for a chemical weapons attack, a senior administration official said.

This comes amid talk among major powers of a military response against the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The administration has said that the information would be made public by the end of the week.

But diplomatic and political developments this week raised the chances of the United States going it alone in a military intervention.

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