War_Conflict

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In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in Maaloula village, northeast of the capital Damascus, Syria. Rebels including al Qaeda-linked fighters gained control of Maaloula, Syrian activists said Sunday. (AP Photo/SANA)

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“They pinned their entire cause for action on Assad’s chemical strikes. While I’m as troubled and terrified by the use of chemical weapons, it’s problematic to allow chemical weapons use to go unanswered. But that’s not the sole rationale, and it’s the one the president is presenting.” — Rep. Mike Pompeo, Kansas Republican. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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“With each classified briefing that I’ve gotten, I have become less inclined rather than more inclined to think that we should have any involvement in that civil war, and [last] week was no exception.” — Sen. Michael Lee, Utah Republican. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Syrian refugees arrive at Turkey's Cilvegozu border crossing on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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The Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev is pictured in east Jerusalem in 2009, with the Shuafat refugee camp in the background and Israel's separation barrier running between them. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) FILE

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Somali soldiers look at the bodies of some of those who were killed in a suicide and car bomb blasts at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Sept, 7, 2013. (Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, center foreground, gestures as he walks by U.S. President Barack Obama, front row right, as he takes his place at a group photo outside of the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. World leaders are discussing Syria's civil war at the summit but look no closer to agreeing on international military intervention to stop it. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Members of the crowd hold up signs against military action in Syria as U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks with constituents during a town hall meeting at the Burton Barr Central Library, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, in Phoenix. The meeting, which was supposed to host a variety of topics that effect Arizonans, became a platform for the topic of military action in Syria. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)