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Eugene

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Wed Jun 28, 2017, 11:55 AM Jun 2017

Mattis claims Syria heeded U.S. warnings over chemical strike: 'They didn't do it'

Source: Washington Post

Mattis claims Syria heeded U.S. warnings over chemical strike: ‘They didn’t do it’

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff June 28 at 9:50 AM

BRUSSELS — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis claimed Wednesday that the Syrian government backed down after the White House said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces were preparing for another possible chemical attack.

“They didn’t do it,” Mattis said.

Speaking to reporters aboard a flight to Brussels, the retired four star general gave few details to support the assertion that the Syrian military stepped back from plans for a possible chemical strike. On Monday, the White House warned that Syrian forces would “pay a heavy price” if they carried out another chemical strike.

Mattis’s remarks come a day after the Pentagon said it had seen “active preparations for chemical weapons use” at Shayrat Airfield, the same place struck by more than 50 cruise missiles earlier this year.

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Mattis claims Syria heeded U.S. warnings over chemical strike: 'They didn't do it' (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2017 OP
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