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    Retaliation for massacre under Assad regime

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-- has been no kill strike ordered as yet.

In Syria.

But the US and many of its allies today took to kicking out that country's diplomats.

Chief Washington correspondent James Rosen has the latest reaction to the growing carnage in the Middle East.

And a warning here some of the images in the story may be disturbed.

Oh my god yeah.

This freshly uploaded amateur video was purportedly taken in the central Syrian city a whole -- on Friday.

The same day and place were 108 people including scores of women and children were massacred.

The united nations human rights group now says the victims were mostly killed execution style -- -- loyal to the Asad regime.

In retaliation the US and five allies -- top Syrian diplomats.

This is a political measure this is a statement of our extreme.

Disapproval.

And horror at the massacre we will obviously continue to look at other ways we can pressure the regime economically politically diplomatically.

And continue to try to tighten the news.

President Bashar Al Assad has now spent fifteen months and killed.

People trying to quash the uprising confronting his government.

Meeting with the -- Tuesday morning Kofi -- shared his quote grave concern.

But the former UN Secretary General left Damascus without evident progress on his six point peace plan.

We popped -- to tipping point.

The Syrian people do not once and future.

Your future to -- one of bloodshed and -- To justify NATO intervention in Libya last year.

President Obama cited the Qaddafi regime slaughter of civilians we cannot stand idly by when -- tyra tells us people that.

There will be no mercy.

Given -- much higher death hole.

Many now wonder why the US is merely expelling diplomats the president's spokesman said Libya was a much different scenario there was.

Unity within the region.

There was unity.

At the level of the united nations Security Council.

The man -- face mr.

Obama in the November elections here told fox news's Bill Hemmer the Syrian crisis is an opportunity to quote push back against the wrong.

Do you believe the administration has failed on that I think they continue with a posture of leading from behind and we've been sitting in the back burner hoping things would.

I've become arranged in a way that -- that was -- attracted to the world.

That's why a handful of Syrian civil service officers were permitted to remain at their mission here in Washington the State Department said.

These are the same people who quote when the Asad regime goes they -- into a transition will be used to quote unquote restart the relationship Brett.

Born this of the panel James thank you.

Mitt Romney is set.

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