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President Trump announced Friday night that the U.S. and its allies had launched attacks on Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack last week by President Bashar Assad's regime.
In televised remarks from the White House, Trump said the attacks were underway, and that Great Britain and France were also taking part.
The president did not provide details, but U.S. warships in the Mediterranean Sea, armed with cruise missiles, were in position to strike. British and French forces were also in place.
[...] The president said the U.S. prepared to sustain effort until the Syrian regime stops using chemical weapons.
[...] In the days leading up to the U.S. attack, Russia had warned that it would defend its troops in Syria. This has raised fears of a possible direct clash of U.S. and Russian forces.
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/13/601794830/u-s-launches-attacks-on-syria
Also at Bloomberg and The Guardian
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @05:18AM (5 children)
Was this Bolton?
Was this Trump on a hotline to Putin “hey going to bomb Syria *wink wink*?
Was this a drop down in threat level via Israel’s acknowledgement (as Iran moves into its backyard in Syria) that yes we really did that decades ago? Get out!?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @05:45AM (4 children)
It's the elites. Whatever they found when they raided his lawyer has Trump by the balls now.
We're joining TPP/TTIP/TISA, and we're getting World War 3 started, whether or not Trump wants to.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:24AM (2 children)
"It's the elites."
These "elites" are commonly called Jews. And they are not human. They used to worship the phallus in their kingdom of khazaria.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:43PM (1 child)
You realize that people think you're a lunatic right?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @09:45PM
You do realize you don't know history, right?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @04:46PM
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-assessment/pro-assad-official-says-targeted-bases-were-evacuated-on-russian-warning-idUSKBN1HL07R [reuters.com]
So hey Putin *wink wink*