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                              OBAMA SPEECH URGENT

   U.S. President Barack Obama says he resisted military action in Syria
   during the first two years of the conflict because "we cannot solve
   someone else`s civil war through force."
   In a speech to the nation Tuesday night, President Obama cited the
   cases of Iraq and Afghanistan as examples to support that notion.
   But he said the situation changed after August 21 when Syrian President
   Bashar al-Assad`s forces gassed to death hundreds of people, including
   children.
   On what he called "that terrible night," Mr. Obama said the world saw
   in gruesome detail why an overwhelming majority of people have declared
   chemical weapons off limits. He said the images of the attack are
   "sickening."
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