actually it's not just the case of. america the u.k. and france a bomb targets in syria after u.s. president trump all dislikes against assad's forces in response to an alleged chemical attack. strikes take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. starts their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in duma last week and experts are due to arrive at the scene later today. washington says it's confident the assad government was behind the chemical attack in duma and the evidence comes from various media outlets and n.g.o.s we take a closer look at those sources. a

warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me thank you erin bringing you continuing live coverage of our breaking news the syrian capital damascus has been hit by missiles fired in a u.s. led operation against the assad government the pentagon said it also targeted two locations near the city of homs president trump announced a military action in a friday evening t.v. address it comes in response to an alleged chemical attack in the syrian town of duma a week ago artie's more than report. but we heard an announcement from u.s. president donald trump about the pending strike against the syrian god. raiment in

coordination with the u.k. and france now he used the phrase strong deterrence to describe his motivation said he wanted to deter the syrian government from carrying out future chemical attacks and called out iran and russia saying what kind of nation would want to be aligned with a mass murderer and from there he used some rather inflammatory language that's kind of almost trademark language of u.s. president donald trump a very terrible regime these are not the actions of a man. they are crimes of a monster instead so today the nations of britain france and the united states of america have martial their righteous power against barbarism and brutality now after that we got a military update our we heard from general joseph dunford as well as u.s. secretary of defense james mattis they spoke to the u.s. media and to the world basically giving the lowdown on what had happened now at

that point the striking had already stopped they said it was fifteen minutes of sustained airstrikes against the syrian government furthermore it's important to note that when james mattis was speaking not only after the attacks but also earlier in the week he wasn't willing to go into detail about the attack and was rather vague about the kind of information that he actually had and i am confident the syrian regime conducted a chemical attack on innocent people. we are very confident that chlorine was used we are not ruling out sharon right now we have the intelligence level of competence that we needed to conduct the attack. i believe there was a chemical attack and we're looking for the actual evidence the o.p.c. w this you're going to station for the chemical weapons convention and we're trying to get those inspectors in if we get them in and we will not know who did it they

can only say that they found evidence or did not broader in the international community there is simply not consensus about what actually happened in the syrian town of duma we've seen the u.n. security council meetings and we've seen a big disagreement between countries russia's representative has come forward before the u.n. security council and said that they have sent russian experts and russia chemical experts to do imma and in duma they have not found any traces of chemicals they have not found. any victims who have come forward and said they witnessed or that they themselves are victims of chemical attacks no one in hospitals being treated and we then heard nikki haley the representative of the united states before the u.n. security council we heard her coming out and saying in the aftermath of this this allegation of an attack without any investigation having been done saying what she believed had taken place did a chemical weapons attack happened yes the u.s. is now analyzed yes it has happened the u.k.

has analyzed it guessed it it happened france has the analyzed yes it is that and three separate analysis all coming back with the same thing there is proof that this happened. so we're still waiting for a broader reaction to this this airstrike people are waiting to see what will happen next i know people were anticipating this strike because of donald trump's tweet saying telling russia to get ready for the missiles you know insulting the syrian president was certain language or as of now we understood that there were there was fifty minutes of airstrikes against the syrian arab republic by the united states we're waiting to see what the next move is and what will happen next in the international community while trump may seem to have rushed in but it wasn't always like than back in twenty thirteen he was highly critical of then president barack obama's approach on feria saying bad things will happen if washington is an attack well off to becoming president trump dropped tomahawk missiles on syria but

there could be a possible explanation for the sea change. funny ron the flag effect and increased popular support of the president during war accompanied by reduced criticism of governmental policies. any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorists and its holding hostages. to continue along with the official. resolution of the crisis.

i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. as president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated. is. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. the united states and our allies have prevailed. and i don't order a targeted military strike or if you. i think from became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment we can now show you some of the latest pictures from the syrian

capital damascus where people have taken to the streets to denounce the u.s. led military action as you can see i met many people there are waving flags in support. well the syrian government earlier we spoke to local journalist zajac haidar who's in damascus and he described the feeling in the city that. was. started at four am time lasted about fifteen minutes but we kept hearing the launching of. the aircraft near the research center that was hit in. we kept hearing until five fifteen launching of. rockets but the atmosphere is it's quite normal life is this is again normal this has been going on for seven years that in a way people are used to. the atmosphere of war just sarcastic that the americans

the french and the british need to prove the way. they've actually had to wait for evidence wait for you know for the usual procedure to happen that. we cannot cross live to salt on my mood holly who is a veteran of the pakistan air force to discuss these latest developments further mr mayor thank you for joining us on the program let's talk about the timing of the strike shall we it's quite curious the urgency of these strikes that come just hours before the o.p.c. w. investigators all due to arrive in syria to investigate that alleged chemical attack what do you make of it. exactly you see what is curious about this sad incident is the timing president trump knew that the o.p.c. w. is going to be officials are going to be landing in syria today to investigate and

it's probably a lie that chemical weapons were used against innocent civilians so before that he has struck along with his two allies the brits and the french and they have shaken the movement let me tell you that last week i was in moscow to attend the mosque or conference on international security and over there at this particular occasion had been courted by usa and europe because of the alleged poisoning of the russian agent in britain but there were eight hundred fifty participants shall bring accolades on russia for having handled the syrian situation very well for having defeated the islamic state of the isis and america could not bear that therefore it has decided to take this very gross action which is a click on pretty to the rules of the law contrary to the rules of humanity and

needs them nation worldwide. and this i.p.c. the investigation is incredibly important due to start today they will get to the bottom of whether chemical weapons were used in syria all know that why do you think as a story my question is do you think that these strikes that come just hours before the investigation is due to stars is going to how petty investigation authorities going to change be at their findings in any way. definitely it is going to color the investigation is going to hamper the investigations because you see is so far nor concrete evidence had been presented the french president was saying that the red line has been crossed from for saying that we have had evidence and trees i may say is that there is evidence but the evidence was based upon media reports as well as from certain n.g.o.s whose

loyalties are probably with vested interest in this new law it was going to be nailed by obviously double but now with the attacks taking place there the investigations are definitely going to be hampered because so far we have not seen any concrete evidence as well as the people on the ground i think there are russian experts in syria as well as syrian experts who have gone to the place and they have come out that there were probably only twenty one bodies which very. you see killed because of. a substance cation and that had no evidence of any. chemical weapons having been used and now this attack having to taken place well in all probability there is going to be you see disturbance as well as this function of the right floor of investigation.

now the claims of the alleged chemical attack in team when made by the white helmet scrip a controversial group we could say of russian expensive also in the area and they found no evidence of a poison attack had taken place why do you think those details have been largely ignored. you see dealing with an american president who. constrained to see is not steadfast nor steady not is he a rational thinker and unfortunately he's supported by two allies the brits and the french who are going along because donald trump has been also supporting them in their own domestic issues like for example the alleged poisoning of the russian agent so these people they are not basing their attacks or actions on. reason i mean if you might have the. courtroom judgement to british be

used and meant of lost their reason this is exactly the case where they have lost their reason and they need an excuse to make an attack and they do not need any evidence and that is the reason why the concrete evidence is being ignored it's interesting how just one day ago the u.s. defense secretary james mattis said that they were still looking for evidence and now you know twenty four hours later he's apparently very confident about the use of chemical weapons in syria what do you think changed in a day. well you see as i mentioned earlier donald trump has got this cowboy mentality of shooting first and asking questions later what really changed was when they realize that their life is going to be uncovered by the international organization that is going that is either landed or is great in the process or landing in syria today so

this truck. to make sure that they come out as the winners but unfortunately you may tell a lie. very often but it has to be sooner or later. the white house is saying that the decision to conduct the strike was made based on photos videos media sources and reliable information quote do you think that's enough is are sufficient to bomb a country where is the intelligence and what does this say about u.s. intelligence if that's not their source that they're turning to. u.s. intelligence i'm sorry has to be taken with a pinch of salt very secure skate on impossible you had made a mistake in in the united nations as well as to his own congress about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in iraq and later on it was found that they were. just not there so this speaks volumes for the level of intelligence because

unfortunately the u.s. may be having intelligence to the contrary but since it has made up its mind to carry out a certain attack it is going to bend the intelligence it's going to make it manageable and ductile to force its own viewpoint and support its actions and that is where the fault lies and that is why we need to rely see. like the united nations of for example the blue to come to the bare facts rather than these people taking actions on their own now you see of what is sad about it is that all these three heads of state doesn't matter and trees are made they did not even consult their own parliament their own people are unhappy about it and their own opposition is unhappy about it so that is why they are bending the intelligence to prove that they are right. you know what kind of backlash do you think these world leaders are

going to get from their own people i mean the democratic party including some from his own party have criticized trump for bypassing congress on his decision to launch this strike also to reason may get in criticism still early as the morning best so we are expecting more reaction but the scottish nationalist party and national party leader nicholas sturgeon says that she has to resign may has serious questions to answer over these strikes also criticism coming in from corporate as well what do you think the the british people the american people the french people are going to make these decisions. when you see unless. you're in a rabbit out of the heart of it and i say that i mean they can prove that an actual chemical strike took place their own people are going to take them to task and of the democratic nations so-called democratic nations who have been elected by the

people and if the ignore the wishes of the people is the unilateral action human lives are lost against contribute to the vicious of the desires of the people they are unsuitable and the same people have a big task and are going to charge them for having broken that draft which exists for the vote that was deposed in them that is why no scurrying about trying to find evidence which unfortunately doesn't appear to be there. all this evidence that the u.s. claims led it to to believe that chemical weapons had been used these media reports these photos of the other evidence they claim what's the likelihood this is the million dollar question what's the likelihood they will ever see this evidence that it will ever be made public. you see if they can find evidence that chemical weapons were used they're going to

make it public but since there is no evidence apparently i believe so and i've seen some of the reports from other sources i've seen the russian defense minister for example. ministry releasing a video of certain people who were doctors who were at the hospital where some of these alleged victims are brought in and they found no evidence of chemical weapons are being used so in that case the americans the british and the french the trio. going to hide the fact because they have themselves nowhere to hide in the face of this startling truth. so some men they would hardly veteran of the pakistan f. force thank you for joining us on r.t. international and sharing your thoughts but as we appreciate it. now for those of you just joining us we're giving you breaking news that best hour the u.s. has launched strikes alongside its european allies the u.k. and france. this evening i have authorized british armed forces to conduct

coordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and to deter a use of all actors in accordance with our responsibilities above all the use of chemical weapons in syria is unacceptable because it's a violation of international law and basic human rights british and french fighter jets could be seen taking off and landing from their bases in the region and initially france that stressed it would not allow an escalation and britain's prime minister gave a green light to the u.s. led strikes without a vote in parliament on saturday morning britain's top diplomat praised the and welcomed the operation as his former foreign secretary david miliband denounced it stating that bombs are not a substitute for diplomacy he also pointed out that many people in syria are in need of urgent humanitarian aid opposition party leader jeremy corbyn earlier went

on record saying an intervention would only complicate the current situation in syria russia america the european union you all the neighboring countries iran saudi arabia have got to be involved in the show you get is a real cheese fire and the political pressure that does give hope to the people who see the future more bombing more clearly more war will not save lives will just take more lives and school in the war elsewhere i think military strikes in syria will help solve anything so no i don't know this whole mess at the moment well up is there and she's perfect and the kind of the country essentially what would you choose to buy i really disagree with the action against anything coming with syria there's already enough fighting going on that. there's a real danger of war escalating way beyond what we. i expect the scenario and the word targeted to send it in for this thing if we. push up the basic

military intervention there also the i think we have that five attitude where these countries have these problems have the civil wars and we try to go to fix it but we had our civil war when the americans had their civil war nobody went and bought us we got the side we have now they need to go through this on their own the bombing raids on syria come before the international chemical watchdog starts their probe into the alleged attack in duma last weekend o.p.c. w. experts are due to arrive at the scene on saturday that's later today we requested a comment from the organization and we'll bring you that as soon as we get it well meanwhile washington says it is confident the syrian government used chemical weapons against its own people according to a white house statement their confidence in that is based not on intelligence but on media and n.g.o.s reports this conclusion is based on descriptions of the attack

in multiple media sources the reported symptoms experienced by victims videos and images showing to assess to barrel bombs from the attack and reliable information indicating coordination between syrian military officials before the attack however questions hang over the west's narrative due to the dubious reputations of the groups behind the allegations more advanced the ever explains. reports of a chemical attack first appeared strange enough it's almost the precise moment the battle had ended when the syrian government and rebels were negotiating on how to evacuate the latter reports first appeared on social media twitter facebook and spread like wildfire while my colleague kendall anian and i have learned today that the u.s. now has blood and a year in samples from some of the victims of this attack in syria last weekend and

that those samples according to u.s. officials tested positive for chemicals and sources the usuals white helmets who serve as rescuers islamists and syrian rebels also the somewhat less known syrian american medical society sounds together with the white helmets they were cited by the washington post the new york times c.n.n. virtually every western media outlets reporting on this chemical attack saturday april seventh amidst continuous bombardment of residential neighborhoods in the city of duma more than five hundred cases the majority of whom are women and children were brought to local medical centers with symptoms indicative of exposure to a chemical agent sams itself is funded by u.s. aid six million in two thousand and fifteen usaid is widely believed to be an arm of the state department and is banned in multiple countries accused of interfering

in domestic policies and promoting regime change it even has an office of transition initiatives the management at sams also believe it or not former usaid stuff was was saddam's who reportedly provided the u.p.c. w. with samples of the alleged sarin gas that was used in hunchy houla site of a chemical attack last year after which. donald trump sent fifty seven cruise missiles at the syrian airbase o.p.c. w. it's on its way to duma to investigate we've contacted various groups including the world health organization they've cited sabs but have refused to go into any details what comes next no one can say whether the u.s. will go ahead with a preemptive strike go whether cooler heads will prevail author and journalist max

blumenthal believe people should be skeptical about the role of one creed and particular in syria well what's remarkable is that this group the syrian american medical society is cited by a who's who of western media organizations as a credible source when it's anything but this organization which is funded to the tune of some close to six million dollars or more by usa id a wing of the state department which actually emerged out of the cia to encourage regime change and what the u.s. considers enemy states this organization is directed by operatives name sahar so little is actually a lobbyist who's been lobbying the u.s. government since the obama administration for a war of regime change and this organization operates hospitals exclusively in territory controlled by al qaeda syrian affiliates and its allies so this is a you know to me to see it should be a national scandal that u.s. taxpayers are basically paying for the civil society wing of al qaeda and its style

if you just jihadi allies and we're simply talking in the us media about this organization as if they're just a bunch of syrian feel doctors this is an international law being an influence organization dedicated to stimulating regime change and so we absolutely have to be skeptical when they make these allegations of a chemical attack because that advances their agenda and they have every motive to deceive the west about it. well just to recap our breaking news now the u.s. france and the u.k. have bombed targets in syria president trump and nouns the military action in a white house address late on friday as he spoke explosions rocks damascus the air and missile strikes were launched in response to an alleged chemical attack in syria the syrian town of doomer last saturday washington says it's confident the assad government used chemical weapons against civilians however in a statement the white house admits the evidence they have is based on media and

n.g.o.s reports russia's foreign ministry slammed the strike saying they were ravaged country finally at the chance for a peaceful future strikes also take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the earthy c.w. start there for him to get the alleged poison gas attack in duma so far the experts are still expected at the scene later today. all thanks for joining us on r.t. international will be continuing to bring you all the latest on our breaking news story in the coming hours for now we're going to take a thirty minute break but we are and stand by for a briefing from the russian defense ministry and we'll be going live to that as soon as it starts so do stay with us if you can.

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