Obama pushes for strike against Syria

Labs in Europe begin toxicity tests today on samples collected by U.N. inspectors from the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus. Meanwhile, U.S. President Barack Obama is putting pressure on lawmakers to support a strike against Syria.

As the U.S. continues to debate military intervention, there are multiple reports that the Syrian government is moving troops and weapons into residential areas.

A Syrian opposition group says the Assad Regime is taking advantage of the delay in military response to its alleged use of chemical weapons.

The government is reportedly transferring prisoners to possible military targets to act as human shields.

Meanwhile, members of U.S. President Obama’s administration briefed lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday, on Syria’s alleged chemical weapons attack that killed nearly 15-hundred civilians.

Obama says he won’t push for military action until congress votes on it, and that isn’t expected to happen for at least 10 days.

If the U.S. serges ahead with an attack, they won’t have germany’s support. Both Chancellor Angela Merkel and her challenger in this month’s German elections ruled out military involvement during a televised debate. Merkel says there needs to be a collective answer by the U.N. to the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

NATO’s chief says he’s convinced the Syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians. He says the alliance will remain a strong defender of Turkey in the case it’s attacked as part of the Syrian crisis.