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Blasts Reported in Syria Minutes after Trump Announces Attack on 'Monster' Assad
Pj Media ^ | 4/13/2018 | Polya Bolyard

Posted on 04/13/2018 7:34:05 PM PDT by RightGeek

Blasts were reported in Damascus, Syria, just minutes after President Trump announced that he would be launching an attack in retaliation for last week's chemical attack by Bashar al-Assad on his own citizens.

Unverified videos appear to show the attack as it happened, with Tomahawk missiles lighting up the sky over the Syrian capital.

President Trump said in a speech from the White House that he "ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway."

The U.S. is conducting precision air strikes with B1 bombers, and at least two structures have been hit, according to reports, including a scientific research facility that may have been a site where chemical weapons are produced.

The AP reported: "Syria’s capital has been rocked by loud explosions that lit up the sky with heavy smoke as U.S. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country’s alleged use of chemical weapons."

AP reporters in Damascus saw smoke rising from the east side of Damascus. "Syrian state TV says the attack has begun on the capital, though it wasn’t immediately clear what was targeted," the AP wrote.

Reuters is reporting that, according to a witness, several explosions have been heard in Damascus, with smoke rising on the east side of the city.

Syrian state TV claims that Syrian forces launched a counterattack and that 13 Tomahawk missiles were shot down by Syrian forces, although that information has not been verified.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: bloggers; braking; damascus; intheshower; nevertrumpertrolls; oldnews; syria
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To: JME_FAN

I haven’t campaigned for president, yet.


61 posted on 04/13/2018 8:51:51 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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To: morphing libertarian

Ah, you just keep posting that nonsense to entertain yourself.


62 posted on 04/13/2018 8:54:15 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: morphing libertarian

Free advice: Don’t.


63 posted on 04/13/2018 8:55:19 PM PDT by JME_FAN
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To: mrsmith

hoping some one will explain the concepts of fraud and hypocrisy to you. Are you getting off watching the US bomb a country that we have no business being in?


64 posted on 04/13/2018 8:56:09 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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To: JME_FAN

The “realities” are always in the direction of more intervention, more.bombing, more war. So what you are saying is that candidate Hillary the neocon interventionist had better information. She was right about Assad? Is that what you are claiming?


65 posted on 04/13/2018 8:57:03 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: mrsmith
So, it’s Trump’s fault Obama got us involved? That’s an interesting way of thinking.

Obama deliberately turned the Middle East into the mess it is today, including Libya. It was all done to help create a caliphate there and then destroy Israel as well as destabilize the USA at the same time.

66 posted on 04/13/2018 8:59:09 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Netz
I believe the strikes were before his statement:

Danny Makki‏ @Dannymakkisyria
Just heard a number large bangs #Damascus
6:02 PM - 13 Apr 2018

That's 9:02 Eastern.

67 posted on 04/13/2018 9:02:02 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: morphing libertarian

Oh, so you’re just using fraud and hypocrisy.
I thought you were using some new form of logic.


68 posted on 04/13/2018 9:03:24 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: mrsmith

I am using the presidential candidates own words. What the H are you using?


69 posted on 04/13/2018 9:06:13 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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To: raiderboy

You are on the wrong website.


70 posted on 04/13/2018 9:07:05 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: OldMissileer

Yeah. I see his acts as meant to help China. But I seem to be the only one who sees China’s hand in all this.

Say, I was a HAWK guy myself. Not as big as yours but still cool missiles.


71 posted on 04/13/2018 9:08:21 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Yep. Noticed that.


72 posted on 04/13/2018 9:08:29 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: PhiloBedo
He’s dead, Jim. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
73 posted on 04/13/2018 9:10:16 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Alex Jones isnÂ’t quite the wing nut now, all things considered.)
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To: JME_FAN

Her show today was a hot mess. She’s had too many subs on her radio show. She seems obsessed with the plastic surgery, duck lips thing.

She should do one or the other, but she can’t do both radio and tv.

And, yeah, her and Ann can get a bit cray, cray.


74 posted on 04/13/2018 9:10:44 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: RightGeek

Antigun activist nominee for the 9th Circuit.

First gun control since Bill Clinton.

Now, Neocon warmongering.

Trump is expecting me to get to the polls in 2018? Fat chance.


75 posted on 04/13/2018 9:14:25 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Lazamataz

I’m with you man. This is the dumbest damn thing I’ve ever seen, it’s going to destroy his presidency and half the board is a bunch of mouth breathers yelling USA USA USA.

Disgusting!


76 posted on 04/13/2018 9:16:30 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: The Toll

Neocon nonsense bro.


77 posted on 04/13/2018 9:17:57 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Parley Baer
If we do not act what kind of a messages does that send to a country like North Korea?

Considering NK is a puppet of China, it sends no message. We will never attack NK. The attack on Syria makes no sense at all. The "they may have used chemical weapons" ploy convinces almost no one these days.
78 posted on 04/13/2018 9:21:41 PM PDT by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: Lazamataz

The only sane, normal, people left in that wjole God forsakin place are being protected by Assad’s military. If they degrade, you will see beheadings, certifications, rape slaves all over again. This time courtesy of OUR guy!


79 posted on 04/13/2018 9:21:43 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: SecAmndmt

Hilary Clinton wanted boots on the ground in Syria, to remove Assad from power, and thus truly risk a major war with Russia.

President Trump has neither desired, nor expressed, nor risked any such thing.

Pack your straw men back into their crates.


80 posted on 04/13/2018 9:22:12 PM PDT by JME_FAN
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