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Official: Russia knew in advance of Syrian chemical attack
AP (anonymous source) ^

Posted on 04/10/2017 12:50:20 PM PDT by Pollard

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior U.S. official says the United States has concluded that Russia knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week.

The official says a Russian-operated drone flew over a hospital in Syria as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment.

Hours after the drone left, a Russian-made fighter jet bombed the hospital in what American officials believe was an attempt to cover up the usage of chemical weapons.

Until Monday, U.S. officials had said they weren't sure if the drone was operated by Russia or Syria. The senior official said it still wasn't clear who was flying the jet that bombed the hospital.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: syria; syriarussia; trumprussia; trumpsyriaattack
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The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly on intelligence matters and demanded anonymity.
1 posted on 04/10/2017 12:50:20 PM PDT by Pollard
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To: Pollard

... maybe even Russia’s idea in the first place.


2 posted on 04/10/2017 12:52:20 PM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Pollard

How is it that AP knows so much about Russian war bombings and know nothing about Uranium deals in the USA and do not have any proof of hacking?


3 posted on 04/10/2017 12:56:33 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Pollard

4 posted on 04/10/2017 12:56:55 PM PDT by McGruff (You break it, you bought it)
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To: Pollard

I was talking to a guy the other day who said he knew someone who’s sister was dating a guy who heard . . .


5 posted on 04/10/2017 12:57:01 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

Careful we have Putin apologists about


6 posted on 04/10/2017 12:57:55 PM PDT by Jarhead9297
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Kinda funny that none of the local Jihadi propagandists came forward complaining about the hospital being bombed. That's a mystery! /sarc

Seriously, why come up with this type of CRAP? Maybe to explain why there's no hard evidence of specifics of the chemical “attack”?

Anyhow, consider me VERY SKEPTICAL.

7 posted on 04/10/2017 1:02:06 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: Pollard

This Senior US Official gives nothing but speculation and no information.

Who is this Senior US Official? Postmaster General? Commissioner of the IRS? Director of the FBI?

This article tells us nothing.


8 posted on 04/10/2017 1:02:45 PM PDT by map
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To: House Atreides

Yes, now I’ll be labelled a PUTIN apologist by the “true believers”.


9 posted on 04/10/2017 1:02:58 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: map

Maybe the “senior US Official” is McCain or Little Lindsay Graham?


10 posted on 04/10/2017 1:03:55 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

“... maybe even Russia’s idea in the first place.”

Maybe. That’s tellin’ ‘em.


11 posted on 04/10/2017 1:05:19 PM PDT by map
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To: House Atreides

“Maybe the “senior US Official” is McCain or Little Lindsay Graham?”

Maybe.

I would like to read some real reporting. This maybe stuff breeds conspiracy theories.


12 posted on 04/10/2017 1:08:10 PM PDT by map
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Where are all the fact checkers? How could bombing a hospital after a known release of poison gas possibly “cover up” the release? And how does the mere presence of a drone rule out false flag? Are we to believe that the Israelis are eavesdropping Putin and Assad, or photographing movements of poison gas cannisters? Yes? — Let’s see the tapes.


13 posted on 04/10/2017 1:10:55 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: McGruff

Great photo shop, dude. Wow, how’d you do that, man?


14 posted on 04/10/2017 1:11:12 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: Pollard

Deep state leaking, trying to get Trump into war with Russia.


15 posted on 04/10/2017 1:13:23 PM PDT by nhwingut (Trump Pence 16 - Blow Up DC)
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That is a hard story to concoct, I think the false flag crowd are full of it.

Don’t think daddy Assad helped bomb our marines in 1983? http://articles.latimes.com/1988-10-23/news/mn-348_1_marine-barracks


16 posted on 04/10/2017 1:15:09 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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Big time. Like the German American Bund in the 1940s. Facts don’t matter. They so pro putin that they embrace vile and cruel c**ts like the assad. Weird. Definitely not pro American.


17 posted on 04/10/2017 1:15:45 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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The source is anonymous. From the posts I see on here the fact that the source is not named automatically makes it fake news.


18 posted on 04/10/2017 1:16:20 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.,)
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To: Pollard

WTH can’t ANYONE own a statement? If one is not allowed to say anything why don’t they just STHU? How can an administration run with blabber mouths?


19 posted on 04/10/2017 1:16:27 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: elhombrelibre

Not pro-Saudi for sure!

Bomb Riyadh!


20 posted on 04/10/2017 1:17:04 PM PDT by The Toll
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