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| Pentagon ‘routinely’ briefs Trump on ‘military options’ in case of chemical attack in Syria | Pentagon ‘routinely’ briefs Trump on ‘military options’ in case of chemical attack in Syria |
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| While no final decision has yet been made, top US general says he is involved in a “routine dialogue” with Donald Trump to keep him informed about “military options” to retaliate with in case “chemical weapons are used” in Syria. | |
| “But we are in a dialogue, a routine dialogue, with the president to make sure he knows where we are with regard to planning in the event that chemical weapons are used,” Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Saturday. “He expects us to have military options and we have provided updates to him on the development of those military options.” | |
| Fears of a looming ‘chemical incident’ in Syria have intensified recently, as the Syrian government is closing in on Islamists militants’ last major stronghold in Idlib province. Russia, for over a month, has been warning that the terrorists, cornered and desperate, were preparing a false-flag attack to frame Damascus and trigger a US-coalition intervention. | |
| READ MORE: Psychic Haley knows ‘exactly’ who’s responsible for the next chemical attack in Syria | |
| Yet the US and its allies continue to insist that there is “zero intelligence that shows the opposition has any chemical capability” or motives to stage a false flag attack, implying that any future incident must be automatically blamed on Damascus. The US and France – which together with the UK back in April had launched a coordinated attack against Syrian government targets in ‘retaliation’ to the previous and yet to be investigated chemical incident – have already warned that they were ready to conduct more strikes against Syria. | |
| “The alleged intention of the Syrian government to use poisonous substances in Idlib is presented as a fait accompli,” Russian representative at the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said earlier this week. However, the US and its allies do not bother themselves or the public with any explanation on already bombed state’s motives to poison Syrian civilians. “The Syrian authorities do not need it [the attack], but the terrorists, for whom it’s a way to provoke an aggression against Damascus, really do,” Nebenzia told the meeting. | |
| READ MORE: Driving out militants from Syria’s Idlib now top priority – Putin | |
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