Showing posts with label Strikes to degrade Syria’s military capabilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strikes to degrade Syria’s military capabilities. Show all posts

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Strikes to degrade Syria’s military capabilities, Congress told




WASHINGTON: The US military chief told a congressional committee on Tuesday that US strikes on Syria would degrade the Syrian government’s overall military capabilities, besides causing other collateral consequences.

“Yes,” said Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin E. Dempsey when asked if US military strikes would have other “collateral consequences for the Syrian government, including the degradation of its overall military capabilities”.