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Offline TomSea

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Mattis: Assad Heeded US Warning Against Chemical Weapons
« on: June 28, 2017, 03:46:43 pm »
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Mattis: Assad Heeded US Warning Against Chemical Weapons

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that Syria appears to have heeded a U.S. warning to not to use chemical weapons.

"It appears that they took the warning seriously," Mattis said, referring to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying it had not launched any new chemical attacks.

A statement late Monday from White House press secretary Sean Spicer warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that if government forces carry out another chemical attack, "he and his military will pay a heavy price." The statement came after American intelligence said it had identified "potential preparations" for another chemical attack in Syria - allegations which the Syrian government denied.

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Re: Mattis: Assad Heeded US Warning Against Chemical Weapons
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2017, 04:34:27 pm »
Kind of like proving a negative. It's really easy to put out a story without proof saying something bad is going to happen and then say it didn't because The Man said don't! :thud:

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Re: Mattis: Assad Heeded US Warning Against Chemical Weapons
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2017, 04:45:43 pm »
Kind of like proving a negative. It's really easy to put out a story without proof saying something bad is going to happen and then say it didn't because The Man said don't! :thud:

I don't believe Mattis would be part of something like that.
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Re: Mattis: Assad Heeded US Warning Against Chemical Weapons
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2017, 04:58:07 pm »
I don't believe Mattis would be part of something like that.

He wouldn't.
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Re: Mattis: Assad Heeded US Warning Against Chemical Weapons
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2017, 05:02:48 pm »
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"It appears that they took the warning seriously," Mattis said, referring to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying it had not launched any new chemical attacks.

The warning they took seriously started with:



and ended with:




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