The Syrian government and rebels are trading blame today after what they say was a chemical weapons missile attack in Aleppo, an attack which killed 25 people. Most accounts claimed a single missile strike, but one rebel faction claimed day-long shelling with “chemical rockets.”
But was there a chemical weapons attack at all? That’s not clear. The Obama Administration says they have seen “no immediate evidence” that any chemical weapons were used, though they did say they are investigating it.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says largely the same, saying there has been no independent confirmation of the use of such weapons, an inevitable problem in a nation with no independent media.
Though being spun in the international media as the “first use” of chemical weapons in Syria, this is actually the second time a disputed attack has come up. The previous one was on December 23 in Homs, which caused a similar hysteria in mid-January, with the US concluding that strike as well probably wasn’t a chemical weapon.
False Flag Chemical Attack Reboot …
Britamgate: Staging False Flag Chemical Attacks in Syria
"In this context we should not forget the reports circulating since last year that the rebel fighters in Syria had been given gas masks and were willing to stage a chemical weapons attack which would then be blamed on the Assad regime to grease the skids for NATO military intervention."
http://www.voltairenet.org/article177357.html
Sure looks like the "reboot" of a plan uncovered not so long ago. False flag operations to give NATO and the Western Media permission for the go ahead of direct intervention …
Of course the first country to develop this news was … Britain! What a coincidence ! The original contractor for this False Flag was British defense contractor BRITAM. According to the sourced info from the Britam file it was Qatar that employed Britam to carry out the operation …
Other reports say the rebels reported a 'chlorine' smell in the air; the only thing that smells like chlorine is chlorine and Assad would be the ultimate in stupid leaders to risk international retaliation for the use of one rocket filled with chlorine. We already know from WW1 experience that to effect a lethal concentration of chlorine you need to blanket an area with a LOT of the stuff, and clearly that's not what happened in this alleged attack. Assad's chemical weapons advisors aren't stupid, and you can bet they didn't give the thumbs-up for any attack of this nature.
More the likely is that the rebels themselves are the ones to look to for answers, since they alone would benefit from any alleged chemical attack. If anything was released- okay, chlorine gas if that's what they want to perpetrate- they would have been the ones to do it, and in a small enough amount to not cause mass casualties but just enough to make the front page. As I have said in the past with the stages 'massacres' they trot out regularly, the rebels are losing and they need all the help they can get and you can bet their leaders aren't above setting up a deadly dog-and-pony show for Western camera crews.
Other reports say the rebels reported a 'chlorine' smell in the air; the only thing that smells like chlorine is chlorine and Assad would be the ultimate in stupid leaders to risk international retaliation for the use of one rocket filled with chlorine. We already know from WW1 experience that to effect a lethal concentration of chlorine you need to blanket an area with a LOT of the stuff, and clearly that's not what happened in this alleged attack. Assad's chemical weapons advisors aren't stupid, and you can bet they didn't give the thumbs-up for any attack of this nature.
More the likely is that the rebels themselves are the ones to look to for answers, since they alone would benefit from any alleged chemical attack. If anything was released- okay, chlorine gas if that's what they want to perpetrate- they would have been the ones to do it, and in a small enough amount to not cause mass casualties but just enough to make the front page. As I have said in the past with the stages 'massacres' they trot out regularly, the rebels are losing and they need all the help they can get and you can bet their leaders aren't above setting up a deadly dog-and-pony show for Western camera crews.
Press TV (Iran)
“According to a Reuters photographer in Aleppo, victims of attack were suffering breathing problems.
“I saw mostly women and children. They (witnesses) said that people were suffocating in the streets and the air smelt strongly of chlorine,” he said adding that “people were dying in the streets and in their houses.”
This wasn't the first time Israel's, America's and the NATO's terrorists have used chemical weapons against the people of Syria.
"Today, from the area of the province of Aleppo Neurath unknown persons in the Khan Al Asal was launched missiles with chemical weapons. At the moment, 26 people have died, another 80 victims were hospitalized in serious condition in hospital Aleppo. Presumably people are poisoned with white phosphorous and some poison gas related to WMD. Signs of: loss of consciousness, seizures, the onset of death.
A few hours before the tanks told Alexander Prokhanov, Mikhail Leontiev, and your humble servant of a similar incident that occurred on March 5 of this year. On this day, their armored column came under fire from an RPG shaped charges with tape attached to the charges of containers with some poison gas (see our latest video on 20.30 min). Signs of the crew were quite different, and less powerful. But there was white smoke…"
The above is a translation of this article:
http://anna-news.info/node/10419
Israel, the USA and NATO not only supplied the chemical weapons, they provided the special training needed to the terrorists so they could use them.
Ditz…you've really outdone yourself with this one…
Ditz wrote:
"an inevitable problem in a nation with no independent media"
Lets see:
The first article you linked is a "Reuters" article…in fact, according to the "Reuters" article a "Reuters" photographer allegedly visited 2 hospitals where multiple victims of the attack were being treated and talked to witnesses (plural). According to another "Reuters" article (direct excerpt):
"The victims were sent to four hospitals in government-controlled areas of Aleppo and some were having trouble breathing, the photographer said.
'I saw mostly women and children,' he said. 'They said that people were suffocating in the streets and the air smelt strongly of chlorine.'
"People were dying in the streets and in their houses," he said over the phone after visiting the University of Aleppo hospital and the al-Rajaa hospital."
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/03/19/syria-cr…
Obviously this "Reuters" photographer has a Syrian issued visa and is inside 'government controlled' Syria (as many Western media are) since he visited 2 of the 4 'government controlled' hospitals according to "Reuters".
As a side note…if you recall, a British reporter who was inside Syria interviewed President Assad himself just a few weeks ago:
http://youtu.be/Wbzmnj97Zq4
http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/21/2013/03/04/47032…
So why keep repeating this false line that: "no 'independent media' (whatever that even means) are inside Syria'? Why keep 'reporting' absurd falsehoods?
Anyway…there are eyewitnesses, victims, Western media confirmation…so….what more would satisfy you besides Obama's word? Do you need the so-called "rebels" to post a fake video on YouTube? Would that be more 'compelling' evidence? Or does Hillary and/or some anonymous Obama administration official need to claim the Syrian military: 'has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin' and ''is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders'' for there to be compelling "proof"?
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/05/157…
Oh yeah…I guess in your 'mind', along with Jay Carney and the rest of the Obama Administration…it's the "Assad Regime" who lacks "credibility" here (eyes rolling….)….
I also want to point out both the Syrian government and the so-called "rebels" seem to agree and claim there was a "chemical attack"… Typically in these 'kinds' of situations, when both parties of a dispute agree on a fact, more often than not it (the agreed upon fact) is true…
I do, however, wonder Ditz why you think the Syrian government used "chemical weapons" here, and immediately announced the use of them–if you do believe this is a realistic possibility? Why would they do this–if you 'suspect' the "Assad regime" is responsible here?
This is just ridiculous…
For the Syrian government to use chemical weapons on its own people, and not foreign invaders, is beyond absurd. It would be the equivalent of saying, "Please let the airstrikes begin"
Ditz…you've really outdone yourself with this one…
Ditz wrote:
"an inevitable problem in a nation with no independent media"
Lets see:
The first article you linked is a "Reuters" article…in fact, according to the "Reuters" article a "Reuters" photographer allegedly visited 2 hospitals where multiple victims of the attack were being treated and talked to witnesses (plural). According to another "Reuters" article (direct excerpt):
"The victims were sent to four hospitals in government-controlled areas of Aleppo and some were having trouble breathing, the photographer said.
'I saw mostly women and children,' he said. 'They said that people were suffocating in the streets and the air smelt strongly of chlorine.'
"People were dying in the streets and in their houses," he said over the phone after visiting the University of Aleppo hospital and the al-Rajaa hospital."
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/03/19/syria-cr…
Obviously this "Reuters" photographer has a Syrian issued visa and is inside 'government controlled' Syria (as many Western media are) since he visited 2 of the 4 'government controlled' hospitals according to "Reuters".
As a side note…if you recall, a British reporter who was inside Syria interviewed President Assad himself just a few weeks ago:
http://youtu.be/Wbzmnj97Zq4
http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/21/2013/03/04/47032…
So why keep repeating this false line that: "no 'independent media' (whatever that even means) are inside Syria'? Why keep 'reporting' absurd falsehoods?
Anyway…there are eyewitnesses, victims, Western media confirmation…so….what more would satisfy you besides Obama's word? Do you need the so-called "rebels" to post a fake video on YouTube? Would that be more 'compelling' evidence? Or does Hillary and/or some anonymous Obama administration official need to claim the Syrian military: 'has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin' and ''is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders'' for there to be compelling "proof"?
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/05/157…
Oh yeah…I guess in your 'mind', along with Jay Carney and the rest of the Obama Administration…it's the "Assad Regime" who lacks "credibility" here (eyes rolling….)….
I also want to point out both the Syrian government and the so-called "rebels" seem to agree and claim there was a "chemical attack"… Typically in these 'kinds' of situations, when both parties of a dispute agree on a fact, more often than not it (the agreed upon fact) is true…
I do, however, wonder Ditz why you think the Syrian government used "chemical weapons" here, and immediately announced the use of them–if you do believe this is a realistic possibility? Why would they do this–if you 'suspect' the "Assad regime" is responsible here?
This is just ridiculous…
just a note reinforcing your post:
1) US warn Syria when SAA jets target amassing FSA/Al Qaeda fighters on Lebanon/Syrian Border, presumably US argues SAA enter Lebanon airspace
2) Israel air raids bomb Syria, no warning, no pending comment from AIPAC sponsored Obama
3) "Rebels" seize UN trucks, take UN hostages, US no warning.
4) Possible chlorine bomb denotes in N Aleppo, clear evidence of causalities and specific complaints lead to chlorine 'dirty bomb' type tactic… US- apparently- can't confirm because there's no "witnesses"
IF there was ANY evidence this was from Assad, the US would jump on it.