this is katherine smith. >> thehe u.s. govevernment, thee trying to geget rid of navajo he , , take the land d away fromm . they loaded our sheeeep, they loaded our cattle, they loaded our horsese. they just took it away from us. u u.s.se this gugun o on trying to steal my land. amy: katherine smith died march 29, at the age of at least 98, possibly over 100. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to syria where the u.s. military has attacked a syrian airfield marking the first military action the u.s. has taken against syrian president bashar al-assad's forces since the syrian war began over six years ago. according to the pentagon, 59 tomahawk missiles were dropped on the shayrat airbase. syrian state media reports nine civilians, including children four were killed. the u.s. accused assad's forces of using the shayrat airbase to carry out a recent chemical weapons attatack that killed 86 people, including at least 30 children.