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** FILE ** In this citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, U.N. investigation team with blue helmets, walk with Syrian rebels in Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/United media office of Arbeen)

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Pallbearers remove Delbert Belton's casket from a hearse during a graveside service, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, in Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane, Wash. The World War II veteran Belton, who died, Aug. 21, 2013, after being beaten to death during a robbery, was buried with full military honors. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany)

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Israeli soldiers drive a tank at a staging area in the Golan Heights, near the border between the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and Syria, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. United Nations experts are investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria as the United States and allies prepare for the possibility of a punitive strike against President Bashar Assad's regime, blamed by the Syrian opposition for the attack. The international aid group Doctors Without Borders says at least 355 people were killed in the Aug. 21 attack. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Members of the Greek Communist Party march with flags, in front of the Parliament in Athens during an protest against any military action by the U.S. and its allies against Syria, on Thursday Aug. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

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People take part in a protest calling for no military attack on Syria from the U.S., Britain or France, outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, organized by the Stop the War coalition and timed to coincide with a debate and vote by politicians, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Britain's leaders said Thursday it would be legal under humanitarian doctrine to launch a military strike against Syria even without authorization from the United Nations Security Council. Prime Minister David Cameron's office said the legal conditions have been met for taking action against Syria for allegedly launching a chemical attack against civilians in a Damascus suburb last week. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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An Israeli woman carries gas masks at a distribution center in the northern port city of Haifa, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Israeli police say thousands of Israelis are crowding gas mask distribution facilities, readying for a potential conflict in Syria. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Israeli soldiers drive a tank at a staging area in the Golan Heights, near the border between the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and Syria, on Aug. 29, 2013. United Nations experts are investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria as the United States and allies prepare for the possibility of a punitive strike against President Bashar Assad's regime, blamed by the Syrian opposition for the attack. The international aid group Doctors Without Borders says at least 355 people were killed in the Aug. 21 attack. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** U.N. chemical weapons experts who are investigating last week’s suspected poison gas attack on Syrian civilians leave the Four Seasons hotel and are expected to visit the site near Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 28, 2013. Syria has denied it was behind the alleged attack. (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** A Lebanese army helicopter flies past the USS Ramage as search efforts continued for a downed airliner near Beirut in 2010. The USS Ramage is one of four U.S. Navy destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea waiting for a possible order to launch against Syria. The United States and its allies accuse Syrian President Bashar Assad of allegedly using deadly chemical weapons, possibly including sarin gas, to kill a thousand Syrians. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)