{"id":33371,"date":"2018-04-13T20:24:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T01:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33371"},"modified":"2018-04-13T20:25:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T01:25:04","slug":"president-trump-orders-military-strikes-on-syria-loud-explosions-heard-in-damscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33371","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Orders Military Strikes On Syria, Loud Explosions Heard In Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-04-13\/watch-live-president-trump-expected-announce-military-strikes-syria-tonight\">President Trump Orders Military Strikes On Syria, Loud Explosions Heard In Damascus<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><u><strong>Update 2<\/strong><\/u>: Witnesses are reporting explosions heard in Damscus&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/L0gg0l\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Gregor Peter (screen name: L0gg0l)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/515942936060493824\/1F1Ry7pm_normal.png\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/515942936060493824\/1F1Ry7pm_bigger.png\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/515942936060493824\/1F1Ry7pm_normal.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN DAMASCUS &#8212; WITNESSES<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/L0gg0l\/status\/984959890769707008\" data-datetime=\"2018-04-14T01:01:52+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: April 14, 2018 01:01:52 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-04-14T01:01:52+0000\">9:01 PM &#8211; Apr 13, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\">\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maramkasem\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Maram (screen name: maramkasem)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/982759456525160449\/YVFAaPOV_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/982759456525160449\/YVFAaPOV_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/982759456525160449\/YVFAaPOV_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\">\n<p>Loud explosions in damascus!!!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maramkasem\/status\/984959874894266369\" data-datetime=\"2018-04-14T01:01:48+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: April 14, 2018 01:01:48 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-04-14T01:01:48+0000\">9:01 PM &#8211; Apr 13, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Update 1<\/u>:<\/strong> President Trump has now confirmed that in a <strong>combined operation with France and UK<\/strong>, a <strong>military strike is now under way against Syria<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe combined American, British, and French response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power, military, economic, and diplomatic.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/download%20%286%29_0.jpg?itok=UsZqpnzZ\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/download%20%286%29_0.jpg?itok=UsZqpnzZ\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/download%20%286%29_0.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%286%29_0.jpg?itok=UsZqpnzZ 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5b05ab84-f236-4899-a3c9-8d1d1e9adc8f\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally Trump says the Syria response will be military, economic, and diplomatic.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>*TRUMP SAYS RUSSIA HAS DECISION TO MAKE ON WHO TO ALIGN WITH<\/li>\n<li>*TRUMP: HOPEFULLY WE&#8217;LL GET ALONG WITH RUSSIA, IRAN; MAYBE NOT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>With two Tomahawk-capable destroyers in The Mediterranean Sea, and following &#8220;highly confident&#8221; intel that Syria launched the chemical attack, NYTimes reports that President <strong>Trump is expected to make a statement about Syria on Friday evening at the White House,<\/strong> an administration official said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/joshdcaplan\"> Gateway Pundit&#8217;s<\/a> Josh Caplan reports that Vice President Mike Pence was seen &#8220;&#8216;rushing back&#8221; to his hotel in Peru amid speculation about possible U.S. military action in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>FOX News reports that President <strong>Trump has approved military strikes on Syria and is set to announce them within 30 minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Live:<\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/USS-WINSTON-CHURCHILL-DDG-81_0.png?itok=CqWa2_wF\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/USS-WINSTON-CHURCHILL-DDG-81_0.png?itok=CqWa2_wF\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/USS-WINSTON-CHURCHILL-DDG-81_0.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/USS-WINSTON-CHURCHILL-DDG-81_0.png?itok=CqWa2_wF 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"a3bff976-9120-49fd-8401-2dfcc9d18f64\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-04-13\/visualizing-americas-cruise-missile-diplomacy\"> here is the largest missile diplomacy strikes<\/a> from Washington&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/chartoftheday_8907_united_states_cruise_missile_diplomacy_n.jpg?itok=6Js4SXwT\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/chartoftheday_8907_united_states_cruise_missile_diplomacy_n.jpg?itok=6Js4SXwT\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/chartoftheday_8907_united_states_cruise_missile_diplomacy_n.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/chartoftheday_8907_united_states_cruise_missile_diplomacy_n.jpg?itok=6Js4SXwT 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"473\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"229d822b-172d-43f8-a2d4-252d07de8730\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump Orders Military Strikes On Syria, Loud Explosions Heard In Damascus Update 2: Witnesses are reporting explosions heard in Damscus&#8230; EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN DAMASCUS &#8212; WITNESSES 9:01 PM &#8211; Apr 13, 2018 Loud explosions in damascus!!!! 9:01 PM &#8211; Apr 13, 2018 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 * Update 1: President Trump has now confirmed that in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[189,776,827,19785,4318],"class_list":["post-33371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-damascus","tag-syria","tag-united-states","tag-us-missile-launch","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33371"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33373,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33371\/revisions\/33373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}