outfront tonight, american loophole. today, we got this e-mail. i printed it out, from the u.s. state department. it announces u.s. sanctions against an oil company based in syria for doing business with iran. now, at first we thought, hey, this is proof of how tough sanctions really are. they re going after everybody. after all, here s the president and the secretary of state talking about how tough american sanctions on iran are. this resolution will put in place the toughest sanctions ever faced by the iranian government. the sanctions will be tough and clearly aimed at the iranian economy. the sanctions have enormous bite and enormous scope. but when we took a second look, buried deep in the state department release, was this quote on page two of my printout. any, my emphasis, business that continues to irresponsibly support iran s energy sector or helps evade u.s. sanctions will face serious consequences. certainly tough talk. but does it add up? no. just this
government and the rest of the world after they blew up bombs in damascus. state division reporting that al qaeda may have plotted the attack but the activists say the government staged it all for propaganda purposes. of course, we cannot confirm any of this for ourselves because syria will to the allow our journalists to cover the unrest. the united nations estimating more than 5,000 people have lost their lives sin the uprising began in march. and jonathan hunt is like in our new york city newsroom. jonathan, the timing is suspect. correct? jonathan: to say the least. obviously, the arab league observers have just arrived in syria and suddenly in one of the most heavy especially guarded parts of the capital that has been on police lockdown for many months, you get these attacks happening. many opposition act visits believe this is the regime of