4um: Putin Considers US Attack in Syria Aggression Against Sovereign State

PALM BEACH, Fla. (April 6, 2017) — The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles Thursday night in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. President Donald Trump cast the U.S. assault as vital to deter future use of poison gas and called on other nations to join in seeking "to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria."

It was the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Trump's most dramatic military order since becoming president just over two months ago. The strikes also risk thrusting the U.S. deeper into an intractable conflict that his predecessor spent years trying to avoid.

Announcing the assault from his Florida resort, Trump said there was no doubt Syrian President Bashar Assad was responsible for the chemical attack, which he said employed banned gases and killed dozens.

"Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children," Trump declared.

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Kremlin Softens on Assad After Trump, Haley Get Tough

A day after President Trump and U.N. Ambassador Haley signaled a willingness to take action in Syria, Moscow softened its support for the Assad regime.

A day after President Trump said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical attack on his own people went “beyond a red line,” the Kremlin told the Associated Press that Russia’s support for Assad was “not unconditional.”

At a press conference with Jordanian King Abdullah II Wednesday, Trump said that the attack crossed “many, many lines.” Trump lamented the innocent civilians killed by the attack and indicated a change in his attitude toward the situation in Syria.

Meanwhile, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley warned the U.N. Security Council Wednesday that the United States may take unilateral action against the Assad regime. Haley held up photographs of the victims of the attack.

She also slammed Russia for its protection of the Assad regime, while criticizing the U.N. for its collective inaction.

Dmitry Peskov, President Putin’s spokesman, said Thursday that the Kremlin’s support for the Assad regime was “not unconditional,” a marked departure from their previous position.

Moscow had supported Assad since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, even after the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against its own people.

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DEVELOPING – The United States launched dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield early Friday in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians, the first direct assault on the Damascus government since the beginning of that country’s bloody civil war in 2011.
The Tomahawk missile strikes destroyed portions of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s military infrastructure. A U.S. official told Fox News has learned that the primary target was an airbase at Shayrat, located outside Homs.
At least 50 U.S. Tomahawk missiles, fired from warships in the Mediterranean Sea, targeted an air base in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack that American officials believe Syrian government aircraft launched with a nerve agent, possibly sarin.
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Official statement on attack:

Official statement from Pentagon on tonight's Syria airstrike. Also confirming they informed the Russians ahead of airstrike #syria #homs pic.twitter.com/Gau3zqrRI7
— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) April 7, 2017

Video of Tomahawk fired:

U.S. military releases video of Tomahawk missile launched by Navy warships in the Mediterranean. https://t.co/xRIlhzCSuN pic.twitter.com/bBcy5xEGNL
— ABC News (@ABC) April 7, 2017

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The Pentagon clearly outlines the reason for President Trump’s strategic and selected military response. The U.S. is stating evidence that Bashir Assad did launch chemical weapons from this exact airbase, and Russia was willfully blind in their complicity.

U.S. Pentagon – At the direction of the president, U.S. forces conducted a cruise missile strike against a Syrian Air Force airfield today at about 8:40 p.m. EDT (4:40 a.m., April 7, in Syria). The strike targeted Shayrat Airfield in Homs governorate, and was in response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack April 4 in Khan Sheikhoun, which killed or injured hundreds of innocent Syrian people, including women and children.

The strike was conducted using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) launched from the destroyers USS Porter and USS Ross in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. A total of 59 TLAMs targeted aircraft, hardened aircraft shelters, petroleum and logistical storage, ammunition supply bunkers, air defense systems, and radars. As always, the U.S. took extraordinary measures to avoid civilian casualties and to comply with the Law of Armed Conflict. Every precaution was taken to execute this strike with minimal risk to personnel at the airfield.

The strike was a proportional response to Assad’s heinous act. Shayrat Airfield was used to store chemical weapons and Syrian air forces. The U.S. intelligence community assesses that aircraft from Shayrat conducted the chemical weapons attack on April 4. The strike was intended to deter the regime from using chemical weapons again.

Russian forces were notified in advance of the strike using the established deconfliction line. U.S. military planners took precautions to minimize risk to Russian or Syrian personnel located at the airfield.

We are assessing the results of the strike. Initial indications are that this strike has severely damaged or destroyed Syrian aircraft and support infrastructure and equipment at Shayrat Airfield, reducing the Syrian Government’s ability to deliver chemical weapons. The use of chemical weapons against innocent people will not be tolerated. (link)

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The United States' missile strikes on a military airfield in Syria violates international law and represents an act of aggression against a sovereign state under a far-fetched pretext, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

US missiles blast Syria; Trump demands 'end the slaughter'

Kremlin Softens on Assad After Trump, Haley Get Tough