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This US Navy photo obtained April 11, 2018 shows sailors as they man the rails aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) as the ship departs Larnaca, Cyprus on April 9, 2018. Donald Cook, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh patrol in the US 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners, and US national security interests in Europe and Africa. US President Donald Trump said aPRIL 11, 2018 that "missiles will be coming" in response to an alleged chemical attack in Syria, defying Russian warnings against a strike. Both Trump and his defence secretary Jim Mattis abruptly cancelled upcoming travel plans April 10, 2018, as the USS Donald Cook -- a guided-missile destroyer -- moved to within striking range of Syria. / AFP PHOTO / Navy Office of Information / MC2 Alyssa Weeks / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US NAVY/ALYSSA WEEKS/HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS