U.S. Embassy in Syria Halts Operations as Violence Flares

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The United States closed its embassy in Syria on Monday and withdrew all staff members in response to escalating mayhem in the country and what American officials called the Syrian government's unbridled repression of an 11-month-old uprising that has become the bloodiest conflict in the Arab Spring revolts.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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