Posted on 04/13/2017 5:12:36 AM PDT by davikkm
The US just released that the military and intelligence operatives had intercepted communications between the Syrian military and chemical experts discussing preparations for last weeks chemical-weapons attack in Syria.
OK…I am not making a judgment on this yet. It is a new development, and it is one that we must give consideration.. If they have actual evidence of a recording of intercepted communcations in Syria speaking about the coming attack, it has to be taken seriously.
The intelligence was part of a larger collection of information that was gathered shortly after the attack on the northwest city of Idlib that killed at least 83 people.
The official also mentioned that due to the substantial amount of intelligence gathered from the region, the US could not have examined all of the data prior to the attack.
Russian jets, which may have been purchased by Syrian forces, were reportedly used to drop the chemical agents. Further, a Russian-made drone was also reported to have been identified in the area, circling potential targets for a follow-up assault that hit a hospital.
Since the attack, US officials, including Defense secretary Jim Mattis, confirmed there was “no doubt” of the Syrian government’s involvement. Additionally, Turkish officials confirmed that Syria was still in possession of chemical weapons, and that autopsies on the victims did indeed show traces of sarin gas, despite Russia’s assertions that Syria’s chemical weapons capabilities had been destroyed in 2013.
Russia was handed the responsibility in 2013 by the United Nations and world governments to make sure Syria destroyed their chemical weapons, as they had used them against their people A large group of activists had protested against Assad, and he just had them all killed.
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Just a blog as far as I can determine
No.
You can post the whole mess right here.
Bloggers suck.
I don't have to do anything.
Honestly?
I don’t care how Syrians kill other Syrians.
And I’d believe the Russians before I’d believe the State Department. The DoD has a little more credibility - but not much.
I have to say this - that was a waste of perfectly good Sarin if Assad didn’t get any useful military targets, or follow the attack up with an assault to seize the area.
It’s kinda strange how no one has mentioned the enormous amount of intelligence assets that are operating in that area 24/7 on a daily basis, yet the trickle of “evidence” seems to suggest that “We’ve just discovered...(fill in the blank)” - like we have to search through record and databases.
In circumstances like these, i.e., the pending or possible deployment of chemical weapons, attacks on a civilian population, shootdown of an aircraft, etc., there are specific procedures in place that make such incidents a very high-priority VERY quickly and it doesn’t take days to uncover them.
This, if true, would mean Trump was right to fire a shot across the bow as a warning to Assad’s air force. Don’t do it again.
It does not mean we should ally with Al Qaeda to bring him down. This policy was doomed the moment Obama, the Turks, and the Saudis picked Al Qaeda to be their partner in this. Once AQ and ISIS began slaughtering Christians and Yazidis there was no chance America could ever support this. We, the Turks, and the Saudis, killed half a million people and had we won we’d have only made things worse.
So do you dumb azz! ... ESAD, losah! ...
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