US consider(ed) striking Syria

From Aljazeera:

Senior U.S. officials debated the option of “launching military strikes” inside Syria, but the move was opposed by the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a U.S. magazine reported.

Newsweek reported that Rice rejected the idea of striking Syria at a meeting of top U.S. officials held on October 1.

According to the report: “Rice argued that diplomatic isolation is working against al-Assad, especially on the eve of a UN report that may accuse Syria of the assassination of Lebanese politician Rafiq Hariri.”

Rice declined to confirm the report. “I am not going to comment on internal deliberations in the Administration," she told reporters on Tuesday.