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posted by martyb on Saturday April 14 2018, @02:09AM   Printer-friendly

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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


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Saturday April 14 2018, @02:54PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 14 2018, @02:54PM (#666945) Journal

    modded up because I'm not convinced. Hell, people, my own government would be willing to stage a false flag chemical attack, if it advanced their agenda. Who remembers how we convinced the American public that we needed to go into Vietnam? https://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhistory/2008-02/truth-about-tonkin [usni.org]

    By Lieutenant Commander Pat Paterson, U.S. Navy
    Questions about the Gulf of Tonkin incidents have persisted for more than 40 years. But once-classified documents and tapes released in the past several years, combined with previously uncovered facts, make clear that high government officials distorted facts and deceived the American public about events that led to full U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @07:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @07:11PM (#666998)

    I am sure there are even older examples in American History as well, not including the conflicts with Native Americans, Mexicans, and other groups with a preexisting stake in regions we found it lucrative to control.