Tag: Trump’s attack on Syria

NOVANEWS By Lawrence Davidson The dilemma Government intelligence agencies, particularly those in the United States, have a problem. Its nature was spelled out by the retired British diplomat, Alastair Crooke, in an article entitled “Trump’s 59-Tomahawk Tweet,” which appeared on 8 April 2017. As the title suggests, Crooke was reacting to President Trump’s precipitous attack on a Syrian government airbase, following the chemical weapons episode of 4 April 2017 at the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. Crooke notes that US intelligence had raised doubts as to the Syrian government’s responsibility for the release of poison gas. It seems likely that the Russians had alerted US forces that the Syrian air force was going to attack a rebel warehouse in Khan Sheikhoun that was allegedly full of ex...