Moscow; ' Chemical attack ' in Syria is FAKE NEWS
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US ‘freezes funding’ for White Helmets as group’s Douma chem attack claim falls apart
The report comes amid major controversy surrounding the White Helmets, after residents of Douma, Syria, testified in The Hague at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The hearing centered on the alleged chemical attack that was used as a justification for the April 14 strikes by the US, Britain, and France.
In a press conference following the hearing, hospital staff and 11-year-old Hassan Diab – who is seen in troubling White Helmets footage following the alleged attack – said there was no sign of a chemical incident at the time and that the White Helmets’ video with children was apparently staged.
The footage, which showed Diab and other children being hosed down with water, was the only publicly available “evidence” that the attack ever took place. Still, Trump and his British and French counterparts deemed it sufficient proof to launch over 100 missiles on Syria on April 14, accusing the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad of being behind the alleged attack. The three allies were so keen to bomb Syria that they refused to wait for the results of an OPCW investigation before doing so.
If the report from CBS News is true, it could represent a significant U-turn for Washington. Just last month, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert called the group “an incredible group of individuals.” At that time, she also stated that as far as she was aware, the White Helmets were still being paid by Washington, despite a $200-million freeze in US funding for recovery efforts in Syria in late March.
https://www.rt.com/news/425810-white-helmets-us-funding-freeze/
The report comes amid major controversy surrounding the White Helmets, after residents of Douma, Syria, testified in The Hague at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The hearing centered on the alleged chemical attack that was used as a justification for the April 14 strikes by the US, Britain, and France.
In a press conference following the hearing, hospital staff and 11-year-old Hassan Diab – who is seen in troubling White Helmets footage following the alleged attack – said there was no sign of a chemical incident at the time and that the White Helmets’ video with children was apparently staged.
The footage, which showed Diab and other children being hosed down with water, was the only publicly available “evidence” that the attack ever took place. Still, Trump and his British and French counterparts deemed it sufficient proof to launch over 100 missiles on Syria on April 14, accusing the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad of being behind the alleged attack. The three allies were so keen to bomb Syria that they refused to wait for the results of an OPCW investigation before doing so.
If the report from CBS News is true, it could represent a significant U-turn for Washington. Just last month, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert called the group “an incredible group of individuals.” At that time, she also stated that as far as she was aware, the White Helmets were still being paid by Washington, despite a $200-million freeze in US funding for recovery efforts in Syria in late March.
https://www.rt.com/news/425810-white-helmets-us-funding-freeze/
As if the Russians weren't already engaged in "military interference". A lot of people are already dying, thanks to Assad, the Russians, the Iranians and the Lebanese.
moon
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The scale of destruction in Syria is entirely due to the attempt by external forces to overthrow the legitimate Syrian government.
The attempt failed- thanks to the Syrians, Russians, Iranians and Lebanese. The latter three states are there by invitation.
Now ALL of those uninvited external forces should pack up and go home.
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From the CBS report cited by RT:
President Trump put a freeze on the $200 million in U.S. funding for recovery efforts in Syria in late March. This freeze means that U.S. support for the White Helmets is not the only project in jeopardy. There are also many other stabilization efforts that are backed by the U.S. -- including the clearing of explosive devices, bringing back electricity, rebuilding schools, and getting water running -- that may end soon.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-freezes-funding-for-syrias-white-helmets/
Looks like Trump figured they're all al Qaeda, huh?
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Meanwhile ...
A fact-finding team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons finally collected samples from the site in Douma on April 21, after waiting days for access. The delay raised concerns that any chemicals potentially used could have degraded before inspectors reached the site or that evidence could have been manipulated.
The OPCW is now seeking samples from the remains of those killed in the attack, Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu told the Financial Times.
"From the bodies already buried we are looking for ways to exhume if possible and take some biomedical samples," Uzumcu said.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/03/middleeast/syria-opcw-douma-victims-intl/index.html
A fact-finding team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons finally collected samples from the site in Douma on April 21, after waiting days for access. The delay raised concerns that any chemicals potentially used could have degraded before inspectors reached the site or that evidence could have been manipulated.
The OPCW is now seeking samples from the remains of those killed in the attack, Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu told the Financial Times.
"From the bodies already buried we are looking for ways to exhume if possible and take some biomedical samples," Uzumcu said.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/03/middleeast/syria-opcw-douma-victims-intl/index.html
moon
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What attack ? The one depicted by White Helmet Productions ?
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"From the bodies already buried we are looking for ways to exhume if possible and take some biomedical samples," Uzumcu said.
That attack.
'Course, it may turn out they died of food poisoning. There's a lot of it about.