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Source: http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/29/pentagon-steps-up-planning-for-potential-military-intervention-in-syria/?hpt=wo_c1

Pentagon Steps Up Planning for Potential Military Intervention in Syria

(CNN) Barbara Starr - The Pentagon has in recent days stepped up planning for potential military intervention in the Syrian civil war. A senior administration official said U.S. intervention is not likely to involve troops on the ground in Syria. Two other officials say the most likely options would be using cruise missiles to try to destroy chemical sites or the headquarters of Syrian military elements linked to them. U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey has told Congress the military could not secure the entire chemical stockpile because it does not know where it's all located.

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