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Russia warns of 'most serious consequences' if US strikes Syria over alleged chemical attack
ABC and GMA via Yahoo ^ | April 8th, 2018 | CONOR FINNEGAN and PATRICK REEVELL

Posted on 04/08/2018 10:46:55 AM PDT by Mariner

Russia is warning the U.S. against any “military intervention” in Syria over the government's alleged chemical attack against civilians this weekend, saying any such response would be “unacceptable” and lead to the “most serious consequences”.

The foreign ministry in Moscow also says in a statement on its website that allegations of the chemical attack are “fabricated,” suggesting the claims were invented by rebel forces and the Syrian Civil Defense known as the White Helmets.

“It is necessary to warn again that military intervention under invented and fabricated pretexts in Syria, where at the request of the lawful government there are Russian military personnel, is absolutely unacceptable and can lead to the most serious consequences,” the statement reads. “The aim of these false speculations, that have no basis, is to shield the terrorists and the irreconcilable radical opposition, who reject a political solution, at the same time while trying to justify possible armed strikes from outside.”

The alleged attack on Saturday killed 40 in the rebel-held town of Douma, multiple opposition and rescue groups including told The Associated Press, which was unable to independently verify the reports.

It came a year and a day after President Donald Trump ordered dozens of strikes on a Syrian regime air base for its alleged use of sarin gas on April 4, 2017, that killed approximately 100 people, according to the the State Department. More than 30 of the victims were children. The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied carrying out the attack.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: homs; russia; syria; waronterror
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To: Zhang Fei

There are plenty of conservative heroes you can learn from - Calvin Coolidge, George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Ronald Reagan. Just don’t number Trump with any of these people, although he’s preferable to any of the Democratic alternatives.


LOL. That’s quite an esteemed list. Yet none of those folks managed to get elected POTUS without political or military experience as Trump did. And compared to the current “conservative” garbage in Congress Trump is a historical and towering Reaganesque figure. So absolutely, I will “worship” him. You are free to “worship” the “conservatives” in Congress who continue to give us obamacare and open borders. I won’t be.


141 posted on 04/10/2018 5:46:11 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: MarMema

I don’t think it will get to that point, personally. But if it does...it won’t be our fault.


142 posted on 04/10/2018 6:16:24 PM PDT by GoldenState_Rose
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