If Syria uses toxic gas again, America is 'locked and loaded': US envoy to UN Nikki Haley

United Nations, New York, NY, USA

The United States is "locked and loaded" to strike again if Syria's President Bashar al-Assad's government again uses chemical weapons, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Security Council on Saturday.

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"We are confident that we have crippled Syria's chemical weapons program. We are prepared to sustain this pressure, if the Syrian regime is foolish enough to test our will," she said.

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"If the Syrian regime uses this poison gas again, the United States is locked and loaded," Haley said.