Intelligence officials have reason to believe that Syrian government, headed by President Bashar al'Assad, has a large amount of chemical weapons, but are still unsure as to whether they possess biological weapons (Cave). Syrian Deputy Prime Minister, Jamil Qadri, and Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey V. ... The Kremlin has long opposed foreign intervention. Russia, Syria's closest foreign ally, plans to help the Syrian government and its rebels reach a peaceful agreement (Cave). ... "The growing use of air power, particularly fixed-wing aircraft, raises the possibility of forei...

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March 2003 was a turning point in modern American and world history; it marked a change in foreign policy of America, moving from a defensive military policy, to one of pre-emptive war. ... Given the intelligence President Bush had, and the audacious crimes committed by the regime, President Bush was correct in sending our troops to Iraq. ... (Strobel) When discussing the military options in Iraq, President Clinton said, "Military bombing could remove Saddam's chemical, biological and nuclear weapons", which hints that he had strong intelligence that Iraq had a cache of banned weapons...

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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is supportive towards PM Harper's motion of Canada joining the Coalition formed by the US. ... Alawak, who was a senior intelligence officer in the Syrian Air Force before opposing the Assad Regime states that Canada's effort is barely effective, thus is "a useless thing " (Brewster). ...

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