Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
“Evidence strongly suggests that Syrian government forces used toxic chemicals in several barrel bomb attacks in Idlib”. The report has been widely broadcast and accepted without skepticism or public scrutiny until now.
We are more sad than surprised that politicians in the US Congress have accepted the faulty HRW analysis without question. “There is clear evidence that Assad has continued to rain terror over his own people by using barrel bombs filled with chlorine to indiscriminately wreak havoc,” Senator Harry Reid said as he introduced a resolution which would bar Syrian President Bashar al Assad from being part of any deal to end the conflict. Never mind what the Syrian people might want.
According to “The Hill” newsletter Reid’s resolution comes after a bipartisan group of senators called on President Obama to establish “humanitarian safe zones” for civilians in Syria. “Humanitarian safe zones” are Capital Hill dialect for “no-fly zones”, known to most of us as free fire zones where massive slaughter is likely to take place, courtesy of the US, NATO (including Turkey) and allies Israel and Saudi Arabia.
- It relies heavily on testimony and video/photo evidence from a highly biased source created by the UK and USA
- The photos and videos referenced in the HRW report are unconvincing and do not constitute useful evidence
- It includes assertions and statements with no reference or evidence.
- It includes demonstrably false assertions.
- It ignores the issue of motivation and incentive.
- It attempts to buttress new accusations by referring to already discredited accusations. As legendary American jouralist Robert Parry said, HRW’s previous report on Ghouta attack was a “junkyard of bad evidence”.
- It ignores a history of Nusra/Al Queda usage of chemical weapons.
- It ignores the fact that Nusra rebels had control of the major chlorine gas producing factory and stockpile in northern Syria. The owner of the factory predicted the armed opposition would use chlorine gas. Why does HRW ignore this information?
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Syria Solidarity Movement
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