Josie Ensor, Raf Sanchez, Peter Foster and Jon Swaine
The Telegraph
August 31, 2013
The 13 inspectors, led by Ake Sellstrom, brought forward their departure from 7am on Saturday to 4am, despite travel being considered dangerous around that time.
Their departure has opened a window for a possible US strike after President Barack Obama on Friday gave his clearest indication yet that a military intervention was imminent.
He said his administration was looking at the possibility of a “limited, narrow act”, while stressing no final decision had been taken on whether to unleash military strikes against Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
This article was posted: Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 9:07 am
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UN weapons inspectors leave Syria earlier than planned
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