White House says Syria may be planning another chemical attack

White House says Syria may be planning another chemical attack

The Trump administration has said it discovered evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad could be planning another chemical weapons attack, according to Fox reports. In a statement, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said “The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass... Read More

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April 14, 2017

“Another successful job” | Trump appears quite pleased with the US bombing of Afghanistan

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump has described the US dropping the military’s biggest non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan as “another successful job.” Popularly known as the “mother of all bombs,” the weapon is officially known as the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB). According to CNN, it was dropped Thursday on a system of tunnels and... Read More

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April 13, 2017

POTUS does an about-face on Nato, Syria, China and Russia

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Within a few hours, President Trump has abandoned stances that were the bedrock of his establishment-bashing campaign. NATO, he said, is “no longer obsolete” He has also backed down a threat to brand China a currency manipulator. In another shocking turnaround, Trump praised Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, whom he had previously... Read More

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April 12, 2017

“Sean Spicer must be fired” | House leader Nancy Pelossi calls for Press Secretary’s head

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Nancy Pelosi House Democratic leader has called for the firing of White House press secretary Sean Spicer following the comments he made Tuesday at his briefing related to Adolf Hitler and the use chemical weapons. In a statement she said “While Jewish families across America celebrate Passover, the chief spokesman of this... Read More

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April 12, 2017

Sean Spicer clearly forgot the golden rule of “Never Compare”

Sean Spicer White House Press secretary forgot the first rule of politics during a press briefing on Tuesday. Do not compare anything or anyone to Adolf Hitler. While answering a question about Russia’s potential complicity in the Syrian chemical attack last week, he tried to pull a Hitler comparison. “You had someone who was as... Read More

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The Thread: The world erupts in anger over Trump’s 59 missile strikes in Syria

Seems Trump can do nothing right by Americans. His actions are consistently interpreted in negative light, even when he insists that he means well for America and for global peace. Take this matter of ordering a missile launch against Syria. Few days ago, the news networks broadcast the chemical attack carried out in Syria which... Read More

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US airstrikes in Syria, “an act of aggression” – Putin

by Dolapo Adelana Russian President, Vladmir Putin has condemned the US airstrikes on Syria ordered by President Donald Trump. In a statement by his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, Putin described the airstrikes as an act of “aggression against a sovereign nation”. Peskov also insisted that “the Syrian army doesn’t have chemical weapons,” saying this had been “observed... Read More

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The Thread: Trump’s first missile strike, a grave error

The 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, has ordered the launch of his first ever missile strike against the Assad regime in Syria. This comes after years of opposing US intervention in the armed conflict in the region. See below what Trump tweeted in 2013: What will we get for bombing... Read More

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“No child of God should ever suffer such horror” | Trump explains reasons behind Syrian airstrikes (WATCH)

by Dolapo Adelana US President, Donald Trump said he ordered the airstrikes on Syrian targets in the interest of national security. Trump, who spoke after the US military launched several missiles on a Syrian airfield said President Assad, choked the lives of helpless men, women and children with chemical weapons. He urged other nations to... Read More

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BREAKING: Trump launches airstrikes against Syria

by Dolapo Adelana. The United States on Friday launched dozens of cruise missiles at Syrian government facilities in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians, US media reports. On President Donald Trump’s orders, US warships launched 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles which destroyed portions of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s military infrastructure. According... Read More

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September 10, 2013

Opinion: Barack Obama and Syria – When morality trumps ethics

by Adeolu Ademoyo President Barak Obama has established the moral point against the use of chemical weapons and against its use in Syria. He has established that Iraq and Syria are not the same. Therefore, he is right in his moral objection to the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict but it... Read More

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September 1, 2013