Update 2: Witnesses are reporting explosions heard in Damscus…
EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN DAMASCUS — WITNESSES
Loud explosions in damascus!!!!
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Update 1: President Trump has now confirmed that in a combined operation with France and UK, a military strike is now under way against Syria…
“The combined American, British, and French response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power, military, economic, and diplomatic.”
Additionally Trump says the Syria response will be military, economic, and diplomatic.
- *TRUMP SAYS RUSSIA HAS DECISION TO MAKE ON WHO TO ALIGN WITH
- *TRUMP: HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET ALONG WITH RUSSIA, IRAN; MAYBE NOT
Mr. Trump has threatened military action against Syria for days as retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad on a Damascus suburb last week.
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With two Tomahawk-capable destroyers in The Mediterranean Sea, and following “highly confident” intel that Syria launched the chemical attack, NYTimes reports that President Trump is expected to make a statement about Syria on Friday evening at the White House, an administration official said.
Additionally, Gateway Pundit’s Josh Caplan reports that Vice President Mike Pence was seen “‘rushing back” to his hotel in Peru amid speculation about possible U.S. military action in Syria.
FOX News reports that President Trump has approved military strikes on Syria and is set to announce them within 30 minutes.
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The Donald Cook and The Winston Churchill are capable of carrying up to 150 Tomahawk missiles between them (last April Trump fired 59 Tomahawks into Syria).
As a reminder, here is the largest missile diplomacy strikes from Washington…
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