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Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Breitbart ^ | 04/07/2017 | John Hayward

Posted on 04/08/2017 9:22:08 AM PDT by Rusty0604

A stunning update on Friday afternoon from the Associated Press said the Pentagon is investigating possible Russian participationin the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons attack.

These officials also supported the dire suspicion that nearby hospitals were attacked to cover up evidence of the WMD deployment:

The officials say Russia has failed to control the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons. They say a drone belonging either to Russia or Syria was seen hovering over the site of the chemical weapons attack Tuesday after it happened. The drone returned late in the day as citizens were going to a nearby hospital for treatment. Shortly afterward, officials say the hospital was bombed.

The officials say they believe the hospital attack may have been an effort to cover up evidence of the attack. The officials weren’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity. They say they’re still reviewing evidence.

According to CNN, the Pentagon is particularly interested in whether a Russian warplane actually conducted the bombing run on the Khan Sheikhoun hospital where victims were receiving treatment within hours of the attack, “with the aim of destroying evidence.”

There have been conflicting reports about whether any Russian personnel or aircraft, particularly helicopters, were present at the Sharyat airbase.

However, the Fox News report also quotes U.S. officials who said “between 12 and 100 Russian military personnel” were present at the base, complete with their own barracks, which the U.S. “took pains” to avoid blowing up. If the chemical weapons attack on Idlib province was indeed conducted from the base, it would be very difficult for the Russians to argue they were unaware a war crime was in progress under their noses.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: assad; conspiracytheory; russia; syria; trumpsyriastrike
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To: Chgogal

We’ll see...as you know....and I don’t communicate with those who use snarky remarks .... so we’ll leave it at that.


61 posted on 04/08/2017 10:17:21 AM PDT by caww
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To: savagesusie

“All crises are created by the same few ( CIA/Mossad) to control a Narrative-—to push the Overton Window and collapse Western Civilization for “rising out of the ashes” NWO.”

Ditto! I pray Trump will outmaneuver the forces of evil.


62 posted on 04/08/2017 10:21:01 AM PDT by texteacher
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To: Rusty0604

Its inconceivable to me that the Russians did not at least know a chemical attack was coming.


63 posted on 04/08/2017 10:21:16 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: Trump20162020

Historically the opposition to chemical weapons has a lot to do with how ineffective they were at actually killing compared to leaving victims suffering instead.

The ban on CW that came after WW1 was partly driven by the fact there were lots of survivors with horrific injuries in the post-war society. In 1920, 2 years after the war ended, something like 60,000 died as a result of injuries received from CW during wartime. That prompted a specific movement against use of the weapons that were causing such harm long after the war had ended.

But I agree, it does still seem like an odd distinction to make at times.


64 posted on 04/08/2017 10:21:36 AM PDT by The Numbers (God, Family and Country is Right.)
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To: Rusty0604

” ... whether a Russian warplane actually conducted the bombing run ... “

Since the Syrians fly Migs, Russian warplanes, what does this prove? If it wasn’t a Mig it was something else.

Are they concerned it may have been a western aircraft?
Does Juan McLame have an alibi for his whereabouts?


65 posted on 04/08/2017 10:22:07 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: Rusty0604

Hey look the Neo-cons having tasted Syrian blood now want some Russian blood! Neo-cons will be the death of this nation.


66 posted on 04/08/2017 10:23:45 AM PDT by RedWulf (At least we got Gorsuch!)
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To: tumblindice

Mc Lame would have crashed it!


67 posted on 04/08/2017 10:28:16 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT I)
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To: FreeReign

Clarifying? Do you trust Trump or do you not trust Trump?


68 posted on 04/08/2017 10:30:00 AM PDT by rusureitflies? (Not much to say, yet.)
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To: MNDude

Mixed messages there.


69 posted on 04/08/2017 10:32:15 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: butterdezillion

You got that right! Keep the faith and keep posting.


70 posted on 04/08/2017 10:32:26 AM PDT by rusureitflies? (Not much to say, yet.)
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To: caww

“Breitbart Bart”. Does not exist

Breitbart (all one word) is a Maria news project created by Andrew Breitbart.


71 posted on 04/08/2017 10:35:36 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Unless it wasn’t the Syrian government that did it.


72 posted on 04/08/2017 10:37:52 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: gibsonguy

They russkies have a different agenda than you do.

They filled an auditorium with lethal gas to get a few terrorists.....school children in the auditorium died too


73 posted on 04/08/2017 10:37:56 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: The Numbers

Don’t nukes do the same thing? Of course, if it was outlawed the leftists and western countries would give up theirs and believe all the other countries did too.


74 posted on 04/08/2017 10:40:54 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: tumblindice

Good question. He wants war no matter what it takes.


75 posted on 04/08/2017 10:42:09 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: hoosiermama

And be taken captive by the free Syrian army!


76 posted on 04/08/2017 10:43:37 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

LOL


77 posted on 04/08/2017 10:45:23 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT I)
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To: Trump20162020
Quite the moral distinction the West makes.

Furthermore, Assad is in the business of killing al-Qaeda backed Jihadis; bad hombres who would cut your childrens' throats if given half a chance. Why are we trying to stand in his way?

We should be helping him, not bombing his airfields. Once again, America picks the wrong side.

78 posted on 04/08/2017 10:50:22 AM PDT by Drew68 (#TeamBannon)
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To: Avalon Memories
How do we get such crazies in Congress?

They're the best crazies the oligarchs' money can buy. I see your point though - I really would have expected a better quality of talking puppet for the size of the payoffs being offered.
79 posted on 04/08/2017 11:07:16 AM PDT by Garth Tater (End the Fed. Return to sound money and Constitutional governance.)
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To: WENDLE
Why is there no investigation?

Rhetorical question, right? Because I know you know the answer to that one. Give them a little time to come up with the results they need and then they'll show us a nice little investigation all designed to put our crazy conspiracy theories to rest once and for all.
80 posted on 04/08/2017 11:12:43 AM PDT by Garth Tater (End the Fed. Return to sound money and Constitutional governance.)
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