Sentences with phrase «weapons attack against»

The United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria on Thursday night in retaliation for this week's chemical weapons attack against civilians.

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Obama gave The Atlantic several reasons for not enforcing the red line — uneasiness about a strike against Syria not being sanctioned by Congress, a lack of support from the international community and the American people, the possibility that the intelligence on the chemical - weapons attack wasn't 100 % solid — but did not mention the Iran deal among them.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 - U.S., British and French forces struck Syria with more than 100 missiles on Saturday in the first coordinated Western strikes against the Damascus government, targetting what they called chemical weapons sites in retaliation for a poison gas attack.

The Pentagon holds a briefing Friday about the joint military action against Syria in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on civilians in the town of Douma.

Once we use a weapon or capability against our adversary, we can expect that that adversary will be able to reverse engineer that attack and turn it right around and use it on us.

In a tweet, he hinted at retaliating against a deadly chemical weapons attack believed to be carried out by supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad, warning of a «big price» to pay.

Trump helped push Syria back to the forefront of foreign policy debates, hinting at retaliating against a deadly chemical weapons attack.

Akayed Ullah, 27, faces charges that include supporting a foreign terrorist organization, using a weapon of mass destruction and carrying out a terrorist attack against a mass transit system, according to an indictment filed in federal court in Manhattan.

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, announced Sunday morning that the US would impose new sanctions against Russia in the wake of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria.

«I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country's development... you have failed to contain Russia,» Putin said, later adding that «any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies... any kind of attack... will be regarded as a nuclear attack against Russia and in response we will take action instantaneously no matter what the consequences are.

Defense spending aside, transatlantic rifts could also occur should Trump continue to make critical foreign policy decisions without first consulting allies (as in the April 7 air strike against Syria in response to a chemical - weapons attack) or if he presses NATO allies to make stronger military contributions in Syria or Afghanistan.

The measures come as President Donald Trump is threatening an imminent military strike against Syria, vowing to respond «forcefully» to Saturday's apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians.

The likelihood of a United States strike against Syria after a suspected chemical weapons attack increased Sunday as President Trump said there would be a «big price to pay» and officials in France vowed the country would «do its duty» in responding.

The first digital weapon discovered in the wild, Stuxnet shone a light on the potential for such attacks in the U.S., and what could happen if nation - state adversaries, terrorists or anonymous hacktivists were to launch destructive digital attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure.

Following last Friday night's coordinated missile attack by a coalition of U.S., U.K. and French forces against Syrian chemical weapons facilities, there was a high level of consternation about whether the barrage of targeted airstrikes would escalate into a dangerous and wide - ranging military engagement between the Assad - led Syrian government backers (Russia, Iran, Hezbollah) and NATO forces.

The poll of 1,011 likely voters was conducted April 10 - 13, although the poll methodology does not indicate if any of the responses were collected after the president announced airstrikes against Syrian targets in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack.

Pope Francis has closed his traditional Sunday blessing by saying «nothing can justify» the use of chemical weapons against defenceless people, and called for those responsible for a suspected attack in Syria to seek negotiations.

So President Obama is proposing a limited missile strike in order to send the message to foreign governments that if they deploy chemical weapons against their own people, the US might eventually launch an attack that wil leave the targeted regime intact.

These words became a weapon for the judges against her who, after a long pause attacked her anew with fiercer hatred, asking her questions in quick succession.

Well our next game is against Hull City at home and should be mainly about us trying to break down a dogged defence, so perhaps the attacking threat of Chamberlain will be a bigger weapon than the passing and work rate of the Egyptian, who might not be in the best frame of mind after losing the AFCON final to Cameroon despite opening the scoring himself.

I makes Ozil less effective, it makes Sanchez less effective, in the process reducing our two best weapons, and it makes us easier to defend against and to attack against.

What we got was things going off the rails from the start — Cena hit his finisher on four opponents before Styles decided against running right into one, and then it was signature moves and finishers and false finishes due to interference and brutal attacks on the outside and broken announce tables and stairs getting thrown and Corbin did throw someone into the crowd, but alas, did not then use a fan as a weapon.

Everton striker Courtney Sweetman - Kirk scored the winner in the Continental Tyres Cup tie against Birmingham last week and is one of the Toffees» biggest attacking weapons.

The attack is the sharpest weapon in Massimo Carrera's armoury, just look here at how three of the four combined for Spartak's second goal against Zenit before the break.

Clichy has bombed forward haphazardly in the last two games, Vermaelen and Gallas» forward forays cost us against United and Everton while Song got caught forward for Chelsea's second and generally made Abou Diaby, one of our most effective attacking weapons, do far more defensive work.

After all, even according to Waltz's own theory, Israel would never use its nuclear weapons against Iran even if Hezbollah or any of Iran's other allies repeatedly attacked it.

Any hypothetical military engagement where a nuclear armed country were to be in danger of being completely overrun would change the calculation on whether they would be willing to use nuclear weapons, but Russia probably would not, for example, use their nuclear weapons as a deterrent against attacks against their conventional troops in Ukraine, even if they were in danger of being forced out of Ukraine completely because the retaliation would cost much more to them than what they would be losing.

One could also argue that the US would try to avoid using nuclear weapons against North Korea in the case of a retaliation attack in order to prevent larger tensions with Beijing and more risks to South Korea.

It would not necessarily need to be limited to strikes against chemical weapon compounds themselves, but would permit attacks on broader military capabilities.

Another argument against the false flag operation «theory»: in the past USA (or Western) reaction to chemical attacks has been puntual (Obama forcing Syria leaving its chemical weapons stockpiles, Trump launching an attack against the base from where the attack was launched).

Obviously Putin is against the overthrow of Assad, even with the recent chemical weapons attack.

We should never forget that threats are launched at us secretly, new weapons systems and tactics are developed secretly, and countries or terrorist groups that plan attacks or operations against us do so in secrecy.

It has also been claimed that the only truly sovereign states are those that control their own currency, borders, and nuclear weapons (capable of being delivered against any power that might attack the state).

The announcement, particularly the bit on the NRA, confirms one line of attack on Young will be her vote against an assault weapons ban — added after roll call — in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

«Any weapon can be used for terrorism, insofar as the attack is a premeditated or politically or religiously motivated violence perpetrated against non-combatant targets.

The executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence says the weapon used in the attack, an AR - 15, has no purpose for civilians other than to kill other civilians.

President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack.

After the 9/11 attacks, for example, he sent hundreds of samples to the federal Bioshield program, whose mission is to develop defenses against biological weapons.

We will focus, especially, on careers spent protecting ordinary people against non-conventional weapons — terror bombings, biological and chemical agents, and attacks on computer and telecommunications networks.

A novel approach to cancer immunotherapy — strategies designed to induce the immune system to attack cancer cells — may provide a new and cost - effective weapon against some of the most deadly tumors, including ovarian cancer and mesothelioma.

Your immune system is the single most effective weapon against attacks.

There is also a strident critique of recent US history with Persia's attack on Alamut, based on misinformation that the holy city was making weapons to be used against them, being a blatant condemnation of the USA using the presence of non-existent WMDs to invade Iraq.

Facing off against Future Trunk (the same foe he battled in the anime), Goku Black uses Super God Cut, an attack that creates weapons out of energy.

It's a two - handed weapon, which means no shield, but the sword is so large that you can use the broadside of it to guard against monster attacks.

The higher the Elderseal rating of a weapon, the more effective it will be against the elder dragon, but only in relation to that one specific attack.

Keep in mind that, depending on your weapon type, you will have varying luck with your attacks and their effectiveness against Nergigante's weak points.

Against the Diablos, a staple of Monster Hunter games known for its hulking size and charging into the player with its dual horns, a well placed Dragon Piercer easily dealt close to two hundred damage, outclassing most other weapons in a single attack.

Advances in military and weapons technology in the four decades since the previous significant war meant that, for the first time, soldiers in the Great War were pitted against machine guns, fragmentation shells and long - range artillery, flame throwers and toxic gas attacks.

• Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns, AA guns, and Jet Cannons against infantry • Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns against jeeps • Reduced the physics impact of AA guns and Jet Cannons, players under attack from these weapons should no longer lose control • Increased the damage of the 44 Magnum slightly • Increased the range and minimum damage of the.357 Round from the MP412 Rex • Increased the range of all.45 cal and 9 mm weapons • Slightly increased the range of the P90 and MP7 and PDW - R • Slightly increased the range of the 5.56 mm PDW - R and decreased the minimum damage at long range • Slightly increased the minimum range of the Mk11, SVD, and M39 EMR 7.62 mm rifles • Decreased the maximum damage and maximum range of the G3 and SCAR - H 7.62 mm weapons • Reduced the damage from FIM - 92 and SA - 18 IGLA missiles against aircraft • Increased the damage and range of the 40 mm BUCK rounds • Reduced the damage.50 cal weapons do against Helicopters • Updated T90 canister shell tweaks to match Abrams canister shells

Avalanche Attacks will activate most often when you attack an enemy with a weapon that they are weak against but can also randomly occur when a character lands a critical strike.