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February 22, 2013

If the World Fails to Act, Syria Could Become Somalia

The Economist, The Economist

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AFTER the first world war Syria was hacked from the carcass of the Ottoman empire. After the second, it won its independence. After the fighting that is raging today it could cease to function as a state.

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TAGGED: Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Barack Obama administration, United States, Middle East

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