Map: Syria attack targets and Western military assets

Map: Syria attack targets and Western military assets


by Ben Piven

@benpiven

August 28, 20136:00PM ET

View detailed information on potential strike locales, US naval warships and suspected chemical weapons sites


LINK to the MAP -- http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/8/28/map-syria-attacktargetsandwesternmilitaryassets0.html


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The U.S. is readying naval and air capabilities in the Middle East and Mediterranean for a potential Western strike on Bashar al-Assad's forces.
Considered imminent, the attack could be a punitive operation against critical army command-and-control centers or a more risky response against key chemical weapons sites.


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Analysts say President Obama - reluctant to become entangled in the complex conflict - will likely focus on hampering the Syrian government's ability to carry out another chemical weapons attack.

Administration officials have said this would focus not on storage sites but on symbolic Syrian military installations. In addition to significant cruise missile-launching ships just west of Syria, there are strategic bombers from as far as the continental U.S. that could penetrate air defenses and drop bunker-busting bombs.

The U.S., in conjunction with the U.K. and France, is not currently expected to attempt taking out the Syrian air force or enforce a no-fly zone over Syria. Such aims would likely require at least several weeks of preparation and more substantial military resources.

Take em out, take em all out

Sorry I didn't realize that the map won't copy paste into the post... here is a link to the map   http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/8/28/map-syria-attacktargetsandwesternmilitaryassets0.html