French military preparing for Syria operation

PARIS (AP) - France said openly Thursday for the first time that its military is preparing for a possible operation in Syria but President Francois Hollande stopped short of announcing armed intervention over a suspected chemical weapons attack.Expectations have been mounting that the United States, France and Britain are preparing military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad s regime after an apparent poison gas attack in Syria on Aug. 21. U.N. experts are currently in Syria

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