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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Obama intimated take decisive steps about Syria

Washington (News and Us)-President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned not to hastily decide stance regarding chemical weapons in Syria, but said if there is evidence they use it, it will be the trigger for a "consideration" to question keengganannya take military.

Following the criticism, stating he let Syria step over the "boundary line" United States, Obama said Washington believes there is the use of chemical weapons during the civil war in the country, although it has not been able to ascertain who fired them.


At a news conference at the White House, AFP reported, Obama also offered a number of criteria that the steps taken by the US military intervention is evidence that the regime of President Bashar al-Assad directly ordered the use of chemical weapons.


Meanwhile, with regard to action of the hunger strike by the prisoners in the prison of Guantanamo Bay, Obama promised to fight to close a place he described as a prison of war-on-terrorism "unsustainable" and blamed Congress for worsening the situation.


He also praised the steps Russia's assistance in the investigation into the bombing incident at the Boston marathon on 15 April, times two suspects of Chechnya, but said there was "a tough old habits changed" between the security officer of the US and Russia.


Obama met the media in the midst of increased political pressure following the reports of intelligence related to the use of sarin gas by Syria's military forces against their enemies, despite earlier warnings that the use of chemical weapons will be "modifier map game".


"I have to make sure it has the right to get the facts. It is expected the American public, "he said.


"When I met with the fact that not only the UNITED STATES but the entire international community has believed that there is the use of chemical weapons by the regime of (President Bashar al-) Assad, then that changes everything," he recalls.


"It changes everything, in the sense that we may have to review again what options are available and we could travel," he said.


"There are a number of options which allow current to me, available at the ' shelves ' at this time but haven't we put out, and it is a series of options," said Obama, while saying he had asked the Pentagon's plan, with no further leaking.


A number of options including the Pentagon, proffered a dangerous operation to secure the supply of chemical weapons to ensure these items do not fall into the hands of radical groups or destruction of such weapons ensures immediate directly, using either the attacker or the air force team.


Obama's political opponents also called for it immediately sent u.s. military troops to help the rebel opposition groups, a move that has so far refused to take, or fly zones or set the security to protect hundreds of thousands of refugees.


A few hours later after Obama's press conference, "The Washington Post" quoted a senior official statements from unnamed said that President Obama was ready to send "the supply of weapons" to Syria rebel opposition groups.


However, a number of other officials say administrative parties only consider sending military equipment such as protective goggles, vehicles and clothes, but not with the war including weapons.


Meanwhile, National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said, "we continue to weigh every option, which will be able to bring our goals to support the political transition."


However, he also stated there would be no announcement that will be submitted in the near future.


One of the initial steps were taken immediately after President Obama's request to close Guantanamo Bay prison. But four years later, the prison remains in operation and become dust us face the world expunge an unlimited and now repeatedly hit by acts of a hunger strike by some prisoners who undergo suffering.


"I'll be back to fight for it," Obama said while warning that the situation in the camps was "not sustainable" and blamed the Congress that has Scotch closure efforts.


"It costs dearly. Inefficient. Gnaw US in the Association. Reduce cooperation with several countries in counterterrorism efforts. Even become a recruiting tool the extremists. "


"This continued ... the problem will not be improved. Will only worsen. And will rot, "Obama said, while adding that the hunger strike action should be aware of the people and the u.s. Government think how punishing the better, limiting and return prisoners no longer considered dangerous.


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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Congress, Administration Discuss Next Steps on Iran

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Americans are rightfully praising U.S. law enforcement officials for stopping an alleged Iranian terror plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in a Washington eatery—an act of war, some argue—on U.S. soil. Thanks to them, no harm was done to either the main target, Ambassador Adel Al-Jubei, or bystanders in Washington.

So, without having to struggle with collateral damage, lawmakers and the Obama administration can now focus on ratcheting up the pressure on Iran.

[Read: Terror Plot's Mystery Link to Iran]

On Thursday, members of the Obama administration appeared before the Senate Banking Committee to assess already implemented sanctions on Iran. The hearing, which had been planned weeks before the plot was made public showed that lawmakers and the administration are looking toward the bigger problems posed by Iran, from its domestic human rights violations to its developing nuclear threat.

"Although sanctions have helped to limit Iran's military capabilities, the events of this week demonstrate that Iran remains determined to find new avenues to carry out acts of terrorism," said Alabama Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, the committee's ranking member. "Moreover, because Iran continues its efforts to develop nuclear weapons, failure to effectively enforce sanctions against Iran could have catastrophic results in just a few years. We cannot afford to be one step behind Iran."

Almost immediately after Attorney General Eric Holder announced the charges against Iranians Manssor Arbabsiar, the naturalized U.S. citizen who had been orchestrating the terror plot, and his alleged accomplice in the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Qods Force, Gholam Shakuri, the Treasury Department responded with sanctions of its own. Treasury placed additional sanctions on both accused men, as well as three other top Qods officials. On Wednesday, they also issued sanctions against Iranian airline Mahan Air, which has been linked with the Qods Force.

[Read: Iran Has Much to Lose if Syria's Assad Falls]

In addition to continued sanctions imposed on Iran over the years, senators are floating a number of potential ways that the United States can better enforce its sanctions against Iran and push allies to do the same.

Illinois Republican Sen. Mark Kirk says he has bipartisan support in the Senate for calling on the United States to work toward disabling the Iranian central bank, a measure that would cut off funding for the revolutionary guard corps. So far, according to the Treasury Department's Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen, U.S. officials have been encouraging banks around the world to stop doing business with Iran's central bank and financial industry. Additional sanctions under the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act, which went into effect last year, gave the Treasury the power to issue other nations' banks an ultimatum. Cohen said it allows U.S. officials to tell the banks, "You have a choice to make. You can continue to do business with the United States, or you can continue to do business with designated Iranian banks, but you can't do both." "It has been tremendously effective," Cohen testified.

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez has also proposed legislation that would close a loophole in current sanctions that allows European refiners to use Iranian crude oil in gasoline exported to the United States. And Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester pushed the administration to reconsider the enforcement of sanctions on foreign subsidies of U.S. companies, in response to reports earlier this month that said an American company, Koch Industries, of bypassing sanctions laws.

The Obama administration has been considering other measures, officials said, including working harder to persuade countries like China, Spain, Japan, South Korea, and Turkey to limit their business with Iran's energy sector, on which its economy and military forces rely. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman said American diplomats have been trying to persuade foreign governments to increase the pressure on Iran since news of the proposed attack broke. Senators, like Kirk, are also pushing the administration to designate the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.



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