our planning to minimize to the maximum degree possible any chance of civilian casualties. cruise missiles were among the weapons used, and british tornado jets, u.s. b-1 bombers, and warships also part of the strike. we did have some initial surface-to-air missile activity from the syrian regime. that s the only retaliatory action that we re aware of at this time. the strikes come less than a week after a suspected chemical weapons attack on syria s rebel hie -held town of douma. victims including children shown dead and injured. cnn has not been able to verify the authenticity of the images independently. the evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children trashing in pain and gasping for air. these are not the actions of a man, they are crimes of a