AP: Russian-made fighter jet bombed hospital--officials believe was attempt to cover up chem weapons

[kpete]

AP: Russian-made fighter jet bombed hospital in what officials believe was an attempt to cover up chemical weapons

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior U.S. official says the United States has concluded that Russia knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week.

The official says a Russian-operated drone flew over a hospital in Syria as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment.

Hours after the drone left, a Russian-made fighter jet bombed the hospital in what American officials believe was an attempt to cover up the usage of chemical weapons.

Until Monday, U.S. officials had said they weren't sure if the drone was operated by Russia or Syria. The senior official said it still wasn't clear who was flying the jet that bombed the hospital.


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[Freethinker65]

1. So sorry that this needs to be asked but, how far in advance did the U.S. know?

[edhopper]

3. It says Russia knew

nothing about US knowing in advance.

[NamesDave]

6. Whats the difference? rump is Putins puppet

[edhopper]

7. sure

but i doubt Putin tells him anything.
It's a one way street, with Trump giving away our secrets.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Question is, will the White House put the kibash on this any further?

Perhaps as part of Vlad and Rex's talking coming up?

[NamesDave]

4. When's drump going to bomb us in a "terrorist" attack to ensure the war they want

[yallerdawg]

5. The Liar-in-Chief "will not be telegraphing his military responses."

At least to the American people he serves and answers to.

Russians - and, by proxy, the Assad regime - no problem.

[tandem5]

8. This line doesn't make sense to me:

"The official said the presence of the drone couldn't have been a coincidence, and that Russia must have known the chemical weapons attack was coming and that victims were seeking treatment."

Does that mean the drone was there ahead of time, expecting an attack and an influx of victims to the hospital? If the sentence had used "would be seeking" that would make sense.

But then earlier it read: "flew over a hospital in Syria *as* victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment."

I'm not sure how the "knew in advance" part fits the description of Russia possibly responding with a coverup of a what they observed after the attack.

[oasis]

9. These are WAR CRIMINALS. Apologists for Assad and Putin better

find another line of work.