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To: WildHighlander57

There is info on all kinds of weapons and the materials to make them at that website. The place that was hit was a laboratory at HIAST in Damascus:

Storyful•April 14, 2018
The US, France, and the UK announced late on April 13 that they carried out joint airstrikes targeting Syrian government chemical facilities in response to a suspected April 7 chemical attack in Douma.

A laboratory at the campus of Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology in Barzeh, northern Damascus, was among the targets and was badly damaged.

The US Defense Department release these photos, described as showing the guided missile cruiser USS Monterey firing “a Tomahawk missile in the US 5th Fleet area of operations” on April 14. Credit: US Defense Department via Storyful

Here is the link for the story:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-military-releases-video-tomahawk-134329350.html

and here is the link on NTI that describes the place that was hit:

http://www.nti.org/learn/facilities/489/

Established in 1983, the Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology (HIAST) is an engineering and technology university in Damascus that offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in disciplines such as physics, mathematics, engineering and electronics. [1] According to the U.S. Treasury Department, HIAST provides training to engineers affiliated with the Scientific Studies and Research Center, which is responsible for Syria’s WMD and missile development programs. [2] The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on HIAST.


1,993 posted on 04/15/2018 7:54:57 AM PDT by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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Nuclear Threat Initiative

The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 2001 by former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and philanthropist Ted Turner in the United States, which works to prevent catastrophic attacks and accidents with weapons of mass destruction and disruption – nuclear, biological, radiological, chemical, and cyber.[1]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Threat_Initiative


1,994 posted on 04/15/2018 8:11:49 AM PDT by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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To: Califreak

Wow.


1,997 posted on 04/15/2018 9:44:55 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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