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2018-09-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Trump wanted to ‘f***ing kill’ Assad after alleged 2017 chemical weapons attack

[ALMASDARNEWS] A new book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward claiming to offer insight into a tumultuous Trump White House revealed the tense atmosphere during the lead-up to the US missile strikes against Syria in April 2017.

According to Woodward, following the alleged chemical attack at Khan Shaykhun on April 4, 2017, which Syrian and Russian officials slammed as a false flag attack aimed at discrediting the Syrian government, President Trump was so furious that he wanted to assassinate Syrian

Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
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In a telephone call with Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Trump allegedly said the following, according to Woodward: "Let’s f***ing kill him! Let’s go in. Let’s kill the f***ing lot of them."

Telling the president that he would deal with it, Mattis hung up the phone and instead allegedly told an aide: "We’re not going to do any of that. We’re going to be much more measured."

Three days later, following internal consultations, but before the alleged chemical attack could be properly investigated, the United States launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles from destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea at the Shayrat air base, in what Washington claimed was a direct response to the Khan Shaykhun "attack."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the US aggression a violation of international law, with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei describing it as a strategic mistake.

The US strike, which killed several Syrian troops and civilians, and destroyed several planes, failed to reach its objectives of crippling the Syrian Air Force, with aircraft taking off from the base’s runways just hours after the attack to strike terrorist targets.

Posted by Fred 2018-09-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [29 views ] Top
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#1 Bird cage lining, if pages removed and laid overlapping.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-09-05 04:43|| 2018-09-05 04:43|| Front Page Top

#2 ROGER L. SIMON: Bob Woodward's Latest Novel

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-09-05 05:15|| 2018-09-05 05:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, Hitler Diaries Part Deux

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-09-05 07:01|| 2018-09-05 07:01|| Front Page Top

#4 The left is desperate. They are dragging out the Nixonian hatchet duo. Both Woodward and Bernstein have come out with books. Some mentioned in the books have said that what was written is B.S. Basically, hit pieces.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-09-05 10:49|| 2018-09-05 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Some mentioned in the books have said that what was written is B.S. Basically, hit pieces.

Not that I'm suggesting they are partisan hacks, but it makes you wonder about their previous acts of 'journalism'.

Besides, like that guy said, "in the future, everyone will want to kill Assad for 15 minutes". I bet Putin has thought about it.

Posted by SteveS 2018-09-05 12:48|| 2018-09-05 12:48|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm sure all these anonymous sources would prefer Hillary.

Posted by gorb 2018-09-05 13:57|| 2018-09-05 13:57|| Front Page Top

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