WW3 Escalation, US plans to wage war on Syria without UN support - Covert strikes on Assad back on US table to prevent ‘fall of Aleppo’
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0.000 HBDWW3 Escalation, US plans to wage war on Syria without UN support - Covert strikes on Assad back on US table to prevent ‘fall of Aleppo’
<html> <p> </p> <p>Top Washington officials are set to discuss striking positions of the Syrian military without a UN Security Council resolution. Bombing air force runways with missiles fired from coalition planes and ships is being considered, according to a report.</p> <p><em>“One proposed way to get around the White House’s objection to striking the Assad regime without a UN Security Council resolution would be to carry out the strikes covertly and without public acknowledgment,”</em> one administration official who is to take part in the discussions told the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2016/10/04/obama-administration-considering-strikes-on-assad-again/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-e%3Ahomepage%2Fstory">Washington Post</a>.A meeting of the Obama administration’s Principals Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, the newspaper reported, adding that a meeting of the National Security Council could follow this weekend.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://cdn.rt.com/files/2016.10/thumbnail/57f2b2b7c36188a0058b4670.jpg</p> <p>https://www.rt.com/usa/361672-covert-us-strikes-aleppo/</p> <p><br></p> </html>