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Obama signs order for new sanctions on Syria
Reuters ^ | April 29, 2011

Posted on 04/29/2011 11:12:48 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday imposing new sanctions against Syria's intelligence agency and two relatives of President Bashar al-Assad in response to a crackdown on protests, senior U.S. officials said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alassad; obama; sanctions; syria

1 posted on 04/29/2011 11:12:50 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sanctions have a way of putting American companies out of business.


2 posted on 04/29/2011 11:18:30 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Gasp, he skipped the Strongly Worded Memo and went straight to The Sanction No-One But US Companies Will Notice. Bold move.
3 posted on 04/29/2011 11:35:22 AM PDT by GunningForTheBuddha (Paul/Ventura 2012 - 'Cause Maybe Batsh#t Crazy IS the Answer)
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To: All

But! But! Responsibility to protect! Humanitarian Crisis!


4 posted on 04/30/2011 3:30:22 AM PDT by newzjunkey
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