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John McCain: Syrian peace plan's failure is proof that military action is required
April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012
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(CBS News) This was to be the day the fighting stopped in Syria. A little over a year ago, a freedom movement rose up to overthrow the 41-year dictatorship of the Assad family.
Since then, President Bashar al-Assad has been shelling his own cities, killing thousands. He was supposed to pull out his troops on Tuesday in an agreement he made with the former head of the U.N., Kofi Annan, but that didn't happen.
CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward reports that Damascus residents woke up to tanks rolling through their neighborhoods on the first day of the ceasefire. Meanwhile, shells
Since then, President Bashar al-Assad has been shelling his own cities, killing thousands. He was supposed to pull out his troops on Tuesday in an agreement he made with the former head of the U.N., Kofi Annan, but that didn't happen.
CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward reports that Damascus residents woke up to tanks rolling through their neighborhoods on the first day of the ceasefire. Meanwhile, shells
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