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Russia Will Not Engage In Military Conflict With US, Russian Lawmaker Says

Monday, April 10, 2017 19:50
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National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster said Russia should be pushed to answer whether it knew about the latest chemical gas attack in Syria beforehand.
As relations between the U.S. and Russia strained after the recent deadly chemical gas attack in Syria, a Russian lawmaker said Moscow will not fight Washington’s troops in Syria, Sputnik reported Monday. In retaliation to the deadly attack, President Donald Trump ordered missile strikes on a Syrian government-controlled air base Thursday — a move that upset Russia.
Victor Ozerov, the head of the Russian Federation Council’s defense committee, told Sputnik the Russian Aerospace Forces deployed in Syria are to support President Bashar Assad regime’s anti-terrorism efforts and not engage in military conflict with the U.S.
the Russian news agency, adding, “we have a mandate to fulfill this very task.”" data-reactid=”22″ type=”text”>”Russia is not going there to conduct armed activity with the US, our task there is to support the Syrian armed forces in the fight against terrorism,” Ozerov told the Russian news agency, adding, “we have a mandate to fulfill this very task.”
Ozerov also maintained that the deployment of Russia’s Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate to the Mediterranean Sea was not connected to the U.S. missile strikes on the Syrian government’s Shayrat air base.
“You cannot deploy such a ship in one day. This rotation is planned; the Admiral Grigorovich escorted the Admiral Kuznetsov [aircraft carrier], and is now back,” Ozerov said. “Admiral Grigorovich is quite an effective ship; we have already attacked militants from its deck. Thus, this is not so much about the moral support for the Syrian armed forces in the fight against terrorists, as it is about fire cover.”
Last week’s chemical gas attack in Syria killed nearly 100 people and injured dozens. Following this, the U.S. launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles targeting the Shayrat air base. While most U.S. allies backed the move, Russia criticized the strikes. There also have been allegations that Moscow may have played a role in the chemical gas attack.
National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster said Russia should be pushed to answer whether it knew about the attack beforehand.
McMaster said on “Fox News Sunday.”
the Sunday Times.
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    there is a lot bullshit flying around–probably much to do about nuthin

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