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U.S. Has Seen Chemical Weapons Activity in Syria, Pentagon Says
(New York Times) Helene Cooper and Ben Hubbard - Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said Tuesday that what looked like active preparations for a chemical attack were seen at Al Shayrat airfield, which was struck in April by U.S. cruise missiles two days after the Syrian government dropped bombs loaded with toxic chemicals in northern Syria. Another Defense Department official said that an aircraft shelter at Al Shayrat that had been hit by a U.S. Tomahawk missile was being used for the preparation. Defense Department spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway said, "The continued brutality of the Assad regime and his use of chemical weapons presents a clear threat to regional stability and security, as well as the national security interests of the United States and our allies."