#peakoil U.S. plans for ’3 days of attack’ on Syria: The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks ...

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peakoil.com 08 Sep '13, 9pm

#peakoil U.S. plans for ’3 days of attack’ on Syria: The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks ...

U.S. plans for ’3 days of attack’ on Syria The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks on Syria than originally planned, set to last three days, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. War planners now aim to unleash a heavy barrage of missile strikes to be followed swiftly by additional attacks on targets that may have been missed or remain standing after the initial launch, the Times cited officials as saying. Two US officers told the newspaper that the White House has asked for an expanded target list to include “many more” than the initial list of around 50 targets. The move is part of an effort to obtain additional firepower to damage Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s dispersed forces. Pentagon planners are now considering using Air Force bombers, as well as five US missile destroyers currently patrolling the eastern Mediterranean Sea, to launch cruise...

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