Syria decries 'aggression' as US launches cruise missiles

AP on SFGate.com ^ | 4/6/17 | Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press

[NormsRevenge]

BEIRUT (AP) — The United States fired cruise missiles into central Syria early Friday morning, striking an Assad government-controlled air base where U.S. officials say the Syrian military launched a deadly chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians earlier this week. Syrian state TV called the attack an "aggression" that lead to "losses."

About 60 U.S. Tomahawk missiles hit the Shayrat air base, southeast of Homs, a small installation with two runways, where aircraft often take off to bomb targets in northern and central Syria. The U.S. missiles hit at 3:45 a.m. Friday morning and targeted the base's airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas, U.S. officials said.

[Syncro]

Interesting about crossing a line when Russia was hands on involved

Fox News: Russians were at the airbase when Assad's fighters were loading chemical weapons onto planes for the attack— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 7, 2017

[reasonisfaith]

Remember, it’s not just posters with numbers or initials in their handle. It has to include sketchy messaging.

[Sam Gamgee]

Worse, our CIC just became ISIS’ air force responding to that fake news.

[Sam Gamgee]

Hell let's just HRC the SOS. They flushed the favorite of his base, Bannon, to replace with neocons.

[Sam Gamgee]

No, they will just be ISIS air force.