US Bombing Syrian Troops Would Be Illegal

By Marjorie Cohn | June 22, 2016 In an internal “dissent channel cable,” 51 State Department officers called for “targeted military strikes” against the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a proposal that President Barack Obama has thus far resisted. However, were he to accept the cable’s advice, he would risk a dangerous – possibly catastrophic – […]

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