(AFP/Newsweek) The U.S. recently debated launching military strikes inside Syria against camps used by insurgents operating in neighboring Iraq, Newsweek reported. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice successfully opposed the idea at a meeting of senior American officials on Oct. 1. Rice reportedly argued that diplomatic isolation was a more effective approach, with a UN report pending that may blame Syria for the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri.
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