12/19/2018

ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 American troops from Syria, bringing a sudden end to a military campaign that largely vanquished the Islamic State but ceding a strategically vital country to Russia and Iran. In overruling his generals and civilian advisers, Mr. Trump fulfilled his frequently expressed desire to bring […]

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9/6/2018

ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is walking back the notion of an imminent pullout of US forces from Syria, promising to remain until there is an ‘enduring defeat’ of ISIS. ‘This means we are not in a hurry to pull out,’ said Ambassador Jim Jeffrey, the newly appointed US special representative, noting that creating […]

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6/1/2018

DEFENSE/IRAQ/ISIS/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon has told Congress it estimates that nearly 500 civilians were killed as a result of US military actions in the first year of the Trump administration. ‘(The Department of Defense) assesses that there are credible reports of approximately 499 civilians killed and approximately 169 civilians injured during 2017’ as […]

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5/2/2018

DEFENSE/GUANTANAMO/ISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Pentagon has missed a deadline for coming up with new policies regarding detainees captured on the battlefield and the transfer of those individuals to Guantanamo Bay, a deadline set by a January 30 executive order signed by President Donald Trump…Trump’s executive order said Secretary of Defense James Mattis should ‘recommend […]

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4/19/2018

ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The drama of U.S. and allied missile strikes on Syria has obscured a sobering fact: The U.S.-led campaign to eliminate the Islamic State from Syria has stalled. The U.S. has 2,000 troops in Syria assisting local Arab and Kurdish fighters against IS, even as President Donald Trump resists deeper U.S. involvement and […]

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4/16/2018

ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is seeking to assemble an Arab force to replace the U.S. military contingent in Syria and help stabilize the northeastern part of the country after the defeat of Islamic State, U.S. officials said. John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, recently called Abbas Kamel, Egypt’s acting intelligence […]

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4/14/2018

ISIS/OBAMA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Welcome to the NBA.’ That was Barack Obama’s Inauguration-Day message to Donald Trump, when the outgoing president laid out the particularly nasty policy dilemma his successor faced in war-ravaged Syria. The question was whether to arm Kurdish fighters battling ISIS in eastern Syria, a seemingly arcane but hugely sensitive question with major […]

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4/12/2018

ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all! In any event, the United States, under my Administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS. Where is our ‘Thank you America?’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 […]

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4/4/2018

ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House said on Wednesday [4-4-18] that the United States is committed to continuing to fight the Islamic State in Syria, signaling a retreat by President Trump from his insistence that the 2,000 American forces there quickly return home from the conflict…Mr. Trump met with military commanders to discuss the future […]

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4/4/2018

ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The mission in Syria is ‘coming to a rapid end,’ the White House said Wednesday [4-4-18], amid calls by President Donald Trump to withdraw troops in Syria from the continuing war against Islamic State. The White House offered no timetable for the U.S. presence in Syria but said the Trump administration along […]

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1/30/2018

9/11/DEFENSE/IRAQ/ISIS/SYRIA/TALIBAN/TERRORISM/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Findings. (a) Consistent with long-standing law of war principles and applicable law, the United States may detain certain persons captured in connection with an […]

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3/24/2016

ISIS/TERRORISM: “Just announced that as many as 5000 ISIS fighters have infiltrated Europe. Also, many in U.S.  I TOLD YOU SO! I alone can fix this problem!”  – 3/24/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 3/24/2016 […]

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11/13/2015

ISIS/OIL: “They laughed at me when I said to bomb the ISIS controlled oil fields. Now they are not laughing and doing what I said. #Trump2016”  – 11/13/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 11/13/2015 […]

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4/17/2015

BORDER/ISIS/MEXICO/WALL: “ISIS is operating a training camp 8 miles outside our Southern border http://t.co/P8arBncO0A We need a wall. Deduct costs from Mexico!”  – 4/17/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/17/2015 […]

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12/3/2014

GOVERNMENT/GUANTANAMO/ISIS: “State Department has not revoked a single passport of ISIS Americans http://t.co/ixwdZ9Uo1N We should send them to Gitmo for some R&R.”  – 12/3/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 12/3/2014 […]

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11/9/2014

CHINA/IRAQ/ISIS/OIL: “Remember, we don’t get any oil from Iraq, China gets whatever ISIS hasn’t already taken. So why isn’t China sending the troops? Too smart!”  – 11/9/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/9/2014 […]

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11/1/2014

ISIS/TERRORISM: “The five prisoners our government so stupidly released for one pathetic traitor are now fighting and killing for ISIS-BAD DEAL! Courtmarshal”  – 11/1/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/1/2014 […]

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10/31/2014

GUANTANAMO/ISIS: “Many of the released Guantanamo detainees are now fighting for ISIS and other enemy groups.We need proper leadership before it is too late!”  – 10/31/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/31/2014 […]

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10/24/2014

ISIS/OIL/SAUDI ARABIA: “Saudis just cut oil supply,making prices rise ‘immediately’ while we are fighting ISIS for them http://t.co/16ewj1tSnK What are we doing!”  – 10/24/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/24/2014 […]

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10/8/2014

ISIS/OBAMA: “ISIS is advancing even against Obama’s airstrikes. Obama is disengaged and making the Middle East even more dangerous.”  – 10/8/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/8/2014 […]

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10/8/2014

BORDER/ISIS/MEXICO/WALL: “The fight against ISIS starts at our border. ‘At least’ 10 ISIS have been caught crossing the Mexico border. Build a wall!”  – 10/8/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/8/2014 […]

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10/8/2014

GUANTANAMO/ISIS: “Any American who fights with ISIS should have their passport revoked. Take them to Gitmo for interrogation.”  – 10/8/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/8/2014 […]

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9/23/2014

ISIS: “According to many, ISIS was given so much time and so many signals as to when we would start bombing that they were able to prepare and hide”  – Sept. 23, 2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 9/23/2014 […]

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9/22/2014

IRAN/ISIS: “Now Obama is having our army coordinate with Iran against ISIS. What’s next?”  – Sept. 22, 2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 9/22/2014 […]

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9/22/2014

ISIS/MILITARY/OBAMA: “Obama’s rollout of his ISIS war plan is another unmitigated disaster. The Generals must be furious.”  – Sept. 22, 2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 9/22/2014 […]

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8/21/2014

GITMO/ISIS: “The ISIS thug who murdered American journalist James Foley may have been Gitmo detainee http://t.co/RnHnrtA4tv If so, why was he released?”  – 8/21/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/21/2014 […]

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8/20/2014

ISIS: “Our politically correct country will read the ISIS terrorists who beheaded the reporter their Miranda Rights prior to good food & care!”  – 8/20/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/20/2014 […]

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8/4/2014

IRAQ/ISIS/OIL: “Isis terror group has now fully taken over large sections of Iraq, and will soon have control of massive oil reserves. I told you so.”  – 8/4/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/4/2014 […]

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