Meanwhile, In Syria
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The evidence we were never meant to see about the Douma ‘gas’ attack. The OPCW has opened the door to ridicule, when the simple truth would have been enough
Meanwhile......
Washington has told Syria that it will "respond quickly and appropriately" to any chemical weapons use. The threat comes as a fragile ceasefire in rebel-held Idlib risks unraveling. The United States continues to see signs the Syrian government may be using chemical weapons, including a possible chlorine attack in northwest Syria on Sunday, the State Department said Tuesday.
Meanwhile......
Washington has told Syria that it will "respond quickly and appropriately" to any chemical weapons use. The threat comes as a fragile ceasefire in rebel-held Idlib risks unraveling. The United States continues to see signs the Syrian government may be using chemical weapons, including a possible chlorine attack in northwest Syria on Sunday, the State Department said Tuesday.
article said:
The State Department said it was still gathering information on an alleged May 19 chlorine attack in the last major rebel-held enclave of Idlib, and warned of consequences.
"We repeat our warning that if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons, the United States and our allies will respond quickly and appropriately," the statement said.
"We repeat our warning that if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons, the United States and our allies will respond quickly and appropriately," the statement said.
The cover up by the OPCW is starting to get mainstream media coverage now. A post truth world.
https://amp.france24.com/en/20190613-chemical-weap...
https://amp.france24.com/en/20190613-chemical-weap...
Looks like the Americans have just thrown the Kurds under a bus.
https://apnews.com/1517087f2d3b4f6685fc9802bce370e...
https://apnews.com/1517087f2d3b4f6685fc9802bce370e...
I posted this on the trump thread
trumps pulling the troops from Syria that are protecting the Syrian Kurds, allowing the Turkish forces to invade.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-troops-to-wi...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/07/us-t...
Sources say US is tonight informing its Syrian Kurdish allies that US is withdrawing from positions on Turkish border, abandoning so-called “security mechanism,” to allow an invasion by Turkish forces...
This comes after we asked the SDF to dismantle all obstacles and pull back from the border, in the promise that this would stop a Turkish intervention. In fact, it appears to have enabled one....
...In addition to abandoning allies, Trump is opening way for Turkish power grab in NE Syria that is a guarantee of future bloodshed and instability. The Syria mission was a rare success for US military power in the Mideast—now being squandered to appease Erdogan’s ambitions.
https://twitter.com/IgnatiusPost
The White House statement says that Turkey “will now be responsible” for ISIS captives, who are currently held by Syrian Kurdish forces.
Turkey have been letting Isis fighters escape through their borders
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mikegiglio/ho...
trumps pulling the troops from Syria that are protecting the Syrian Kurds, allowing the Turkish forces to invade.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-troops-to-wi...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/07/us-t...
Sources say US is tonight informing its Syrian Kurdish allies that US is withdrawing from positions on Turkish border, abandoning so-called “security mechanism,” to allow an invasion by Turkish forces...
This comes after we asked the SDF to dismantle all obstacles and pull back from the border, in the promise that this would stop a Turkish intervention. In fact, it appears to have enabled one....
...In addition to abandoning allies, Trump is opening way for Turkish power grab in NE Syria that is a guarantee of future bloodshed and instability. The Syria mission was a rare success for US military power in the Mideast—now being squandered to appease Erdogan’s ambitions.
https://twitter.com/IgnatiusPost
The White House statement says that Turkey “will now be responsible” for ISIS captives, who are currently held by Syrian Kurdish forces.
Turkey have been letting Isis fighters escape through their borders
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mikegiglio/ho...
and also
Last month,Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani hold 'productive' talks on Syria:
While all three leaders avoided providing specifics on the talks, the Turkish president said that "important decisions" had been made.
https://www.dw.com/en/erdogan-putin-rouhani-hold-p...
So is this trump relenquishing control for Putin? trump has frequently spoken with Putin, are these conversations also stored on the secure server out of the way? We know they have frequently discussed Syria
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/10/04/tr...
Last month,Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani hold 'productive' talks on Syria:
While all three leaders avoided providing specifics on the talks, the Turkish president said that "important decisions" had been made.
https://www.dw.com/en/erdogan-putin-rouhani-hold-p...
So is this trump relenquishing control for Putin? trump has frequently spoken with Putin, are these conversations also stored on the secure server out of the way? We know they have frequently discussed Syria
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/10/04/tr...
Lyndsey Graham isn't happy
Republican senator Lindsey Graham is enraged this morning, taking the rare step of challenging Donald Trump on Twitter and in a phone call to Fox News - the two direct lines to the president.
On Twitter, Graham outlined his opposition to the president’s decision to abandon US allies in northern Syria, the Kurds, and support a Turkish offensive in the area. Graham said the abrupt foreign policy change “ensures ISIS comeback,” “forces Kurds to align with Assad and Iran,” “destroys Turkey’s relationship with US congress” and “will be a stain on America’s honor for abandoning the Kurds.”
He also said if the plan goes forward, the Senate will ask for a reversal of the decision.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/oct/...
Republican senator Lindsey Graham is enraged this morning, taking the rare step of challenging Donald Trump on Twitter and in a phone call to Fox News - the two direct lines to the president.
On Twitter, Graham outlined his opposition to the president’s decision to abandon US allies in northern Syria, the Kurds, and support a Turkish offensive in the area. Graham said the abrupt foreign policy change “ensures ISIS comeback,” “forces Kurds to align with Assad and Iran,” “destroys Turkey’s relationship with US congress” and “will be a stain on America’s honor for abandoning the Kurds.”
He also said if the plan goes forward, the Senate will ask for a reversal of the decision.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/oct/...
BlackLabel said:
It's a bit more complex than that though, isn't it. The "Syrian Kurds" are traitors themselves, trying to carve out a homeland from Syrian land and oil, and "ISIS return to the region" is code for threatening to release the ISIS prisoners they currently hold. The American troops require supplies via the border with Turkey, maybe that is no longer on offer.The Syrians will probably view this as "one down, one to go".
Not actually removing the US troops, just moving them enough to let Turkey in to slaughter the Kurds
https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1181984547...
and presumably thus release all those ISIS prisoners to fight again against SAA.
https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1181984547...
and presumably thus release all those ISIS prisoners to fight again against SAA.
DMN said:
Undoubtedly the most ill judged policy move since Iraq by any western leader.
All Trump thinks about is the financial cost. He even quoted how much the US was spending when he was speaking to the press.Trouble now is, the Kurds are going to take rather large umbridge to being shat on by Trump. I wouldn't put it past them to say feck this, release all the ISIS prisoners and invite them to FO in a North Westerly direction to continue their work against US targets in Europe.
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