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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US brings cruise missile carriers to Middle East for strikes against Syria
2018-08-28
[ALMASDARNEWS] The United States has been building the amount of cruise missile carriers in the Middle East for strikes against government forces in Syria after pre-planned provocation involving the use of chemical weapons in Idlib Province, Russian Defense Ministry front man Igor Konashenkov told the media on Monday.

"The United States keeps building up the cruise missile carriers group in the Middle East as part of preparations for another provocation in Idlib Province to be presented as an alleged use of chemical weapons," Konashenkov said.

He pointed out that "these preparations are fresh confirmation of US intentions to use as a pretext a likely simulation of the government forces’ chemical attack, which Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
(Jabhat al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
‐ outlawed in Russia) snuffies are plotting with active support from British secret services."

Posted by:Fred

#8  Ships that had to undertake "necessary Yard Time" returning to station? The US Navy had quite a few ships "stuck" out there for a longish time...
Posted by: magpie   2018-08-28 16:42  

#7  yes, the ones you can see
Posted by: Frank G   2018-08-28 14:58  

#6  Doesn't say whether they're parked in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf or off Oman.

Maybe all of them.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-08-28 13:50  

#5  Can they reach Mecca?
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-08-28 13:24  

#4  Herb, just two words: Hillary & Obama.
Posted by: 3dc   2018-08-28 13:23  

#3  These missiles will cause a lot of grief for the jihadists in Syria.

Wait, we're allied with them against the legitimate government? How did that happen?
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-08-28 13:10  

#2  
Posted by: 3dc   2018-08-28 00:24  

#1  A lot of perps other than Syria could be potential targets.
Posted by: 3dc   2018-08-28 00:20  

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