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General Category => World News => Topic started by: ABX on April 08, 2017, 04:28:39 pm

Title: Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Post by: ABX on April 08, 2017, 04:28:39 pm
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...According to CNN, the Pentagon is particularly interested in whether a Russian warplane actually conducted the bombing run on the Khan Sheikhoun hospital where victims were receiving treatment within hours of the attack, “with the aim of destroying evidence.”

Such an inquiry will not, of course, sit well with Russia, which is currently demanding a U.N. Security Council investigation of American aggression.

There have been conflicting reports about whether any Russian personnel or aircraft, particularly helicopters, were present at the Sharyat airbase. Videos can be found online purporting to show Russian helicopters at the base as recently as February, but Fox News quotes Pentagon briefers stating “no Russian aircraft were at the Sharyat airfield” when the missiles struck.....

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/04/07/pentagon-russia-may-have-directly-participated-in-syrian-chemical-weapons-attack/


Title: Re: Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Post by: TomSea on April 08, 2017, 05:51:39 pm
If this were to be shown to be true even via the UN and with Russia denying it, I think it could be the end of Putin. Russia will be even more heavily sanctioned and whom knows what else. There are politicians in Russia that would not be taking their country down this road.
Title: Re: Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Post by: geronl on April 08, 2017, 07:31:06 pm
They really are trying to start WW3, aren't they?
Title: Re: Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Post by: geronl on April 08, 2017, 07:33:17 pm


Syria does use Russian-built aircraft
Title: Re: Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Post by: Victoria33 on April 08, 2017, 07:58:09 pm
They really are trying to start WW3, aren't they?
@geronl

Trump will.