US taxpayers now find we’re subjects of a “US and UK” partnership committing mass murder in Syria. We can hardly wait for our soon to be know-it-all monarch and global warming profiteer, Prince Charles. “US and UK” have no right to be in Syria. Assad is the country’s leader, he’s not a “regime.”
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12/7/18, “U.S. Claims ‘False Flag’ Chemical Attack In Syria,” Zero Hedge
“So apparently the U.S. government believes that chemical false flag attacks in Syria are possible.
On Friday the State Dept. issued an official statement claiming “credible information” that refutes prior Syrian government and Russian claims of an opposition chemical weapons attack in Aleppo on Nov. 24.
The event was the first time throughout the seven-year long war that international headlines pointed to anti-Assad rebels using chemical weapons, in this case chlorine, against government areas. So of course for U.S. officials it must be a false flag attack staged by Assad.
“On Nov. 24, the Assad regime and #Russia
falsely accused the opposition and extremist groups of conducting a
chlorine attack in northwestern Aleppo. U.S. strongly refutes this narrative and has credible info. pro-regime forces likely used teargas against civilians in Aleppo on Nov. 24. pic.twitter.com/ssFm7ZYEUd
— U.S. Embassy Syria (@USEmbassySyria) December 7, 2018″That’s precisely what the US is now claiming, saying in a statement that “the Assad regime and Russia falsely accused the opposition and extremist groups of conducting a chlorine attack in northwestern Aleppo.” The statement, issued by Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino, claims the Syrian government carried out a tear gas attack on Aleppo civilians and promptly blamed a fabricated chlorine attack on anti-Assad fighters.
The US further claims the Syrian government will seek to manipulate the site of the attack to make it look like pro-government civilians were victims of chemical weapons ahead of an investigation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The US says the Assad government will “fabricate samples and contaminate the site before a proper investigation”.
This section of the official State Dept. press release reads as follows:
“The United States is deeply concerned that pro-regime officials have maintained control of the attack site in its immediate aftermath, allowing them to potentially fabricate samples and contaminate the site before a proper investigation of it by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
We caution Russia and the regime against tampering with the suspected attack site and urge them to secure the safety of impartial, independent inspectors so that those responsible can be held accountable.”
During the late November attack over 100 civilians had been reported hospitalized, including dozens of women and children, after the anti-Assad militants unleashed a wave of mortars filled with poison gas on government on Aleppo neighborhoods.
Syrian state-run SANA published multiple photos and video of victims in the city’s hospitals at the time being treated for what was reported to be chlorine gas exposure. Though it
wasn’t the first time that ‘rebels’ [US taxpayer funded Al Qaeda]
seeking to topple the Assad government conducted a chemical attack on
pro-government areas according to United Nations findings, it was the first time that mainstream American outlets like CNN and Reuters featured coverage of such events.
“This is the dumbest thing I’ve read all day. There has literally been a chlorine attack in Aleppo city before, and that was when Jaish Islam struck the YPG at Sheikh Masqoud with shells. They even admitted to doing this and apologized for it. https://t.co/H780zRJKUn
— TØM CΛT (@TomtheBasedCat) December 7, 2018″
Apparently such headlines were too much for Washington officials, who are now belatedly shouting “false flag” while failing to produce any level of smoking gun evidence — ironically something western pundits and officials have long accused and mocked Syrian pro-government and Russian media of doing in the past.
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Below is a report produced by The Libertarian Institute providing a partial list of incidents wherein the United Nations and mainstream media quietly admitted the anti-Assad insurgency [ie, US taxpayer funded Islamic terrorists] possesses and has used chemical weapons.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says the Nov. 24 armed opposition/Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) mortar attack on three districts in government-held Aleppo did involve chemical gas. Over 100 people were hospitalized by what was widely reported to be a chlorine attack.
According to SOHR, as reported by Reuters: “In Aleppo city which the government controls, the shells had spread a strong stench and caused breathing problems, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said.”
It’s significant that SOHR should confirm this as western media have long relied upon the UK-based opposition source as a go-to outlet for reporting Syria. It is tantamount to the “mainstream” Syrian opposition media essentially agreeing that the Damascus-Russia interpretation of events in this case is true, despite Turkey-backed FSA groups denying the charge.
The broader public which is unfamiliar with the history of chemical weapons reporting and investigation inside Syria might be scratching their heads at this one, perhaps thinking: “wait I thought only Assad possessed and has used chemical weapons!?!”
Well, at least that’s the basic assumption of pretty much all past mainstream media reporting. Anytime the “rebel” side claimed a chemical attack going back to at least 2013, journalists have uncritically parroted and amplified rebel claims without investigation or what would pass for evidence by OPCW/U.N. standards (OPCW officials have in the past stated that social media videos produced by the rebels and White Helmets organization can never be taken as stand alone evidence).
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Below is a partial list of both United Nations and mainstream media admissions which have been largely buried and forgotten, but which are crucial evidence highlighting that the armed opposition [US taxpayers] has from the beginning utilized chemical munitions against the Syrian Army and Syrian civilians.
The Wall Street Journal 12/13/2013
“The final U.N. investigation into alleged chemical weapons use in Syria has found that chemical weapons were conclusively used in one incident and were likely used in four other alleged attacks, including three in which government troops were the victims of sarin gas. It was the first time the U.N. has reported that Syrian military personnel may have been the target of a chemical-weapon attack in the course of the 33-month-old conflict…”
“The fact that the report names government soldiers as victims raised the possibility that rebel groups [US taxpayers] may have had access to sarin gas, which the Syrian government, and its allies Iran and Russia, have long maintained.”
New York Times 12/13/2013
“Chemical weapons were used repeatedly in the Syria conflict this year, not only in a well-documented Aug. 21 attack near Damascus but also in four other instances, including two subsequent attacks that targeted soldiers, the United Nations said in a report released Thursday…”
“The report said the panel had corroborated “credible allegations” that chemical weapons were used in the first reported attack — a March 19 episode involving soldiers and civilians [as victims] in Khan al-Assal in the country’s north.”
United Nations final December 2013 report investigating East Ghouta and four other sites
“The United Nations Mission remains deeply concerned that chemical weapons were used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arabic Republic, which has added yet another dimension to the continued suffering of the Syrian people.”
[For context, see the following report from 2013: The report states that chemical weapons were “probably used” at five sites in Syria during the two-and-a-half year long conflict. Most significant is that at two sites, the victims were Syrian government soldiers, and at another, the victims were regime soldiers and civilians (for initial BBC reporting go here). While the purpose of the investigation was not to establish the culprit in each attack, the report identifies the victims in three out of the five incidents as regime soldiers. This is a tacit UN admission that the rebels [US taxpayers] possess and have used chemical weapons.]”
U.S. State Dept. Travel Advisory for Syria, updated 10/2017
“Tactics of ISIS, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, and other violent extremist groups [funded by US taxpayers] include the use of suicide bombers, kidnapping, small and heavy arms, improvised explosive devices, and chemical weapons.”
“They have targeted major city centers, road checkpoints, border crossings, government buildings, shopping areas, and open spaces, in Damascus, Aleppo, Hamah, Dara, Homs, Idlib, and Dayr al-Zawr provinces.”
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But even prior to the UN’s December 2013 findings, credible allegations of rebel chemical weapons were nothing new. In May of 2013, Carla Del Ponte, a top UN human rights investigator and former UN Chief Prosecutor and veteran International Criminal Court attorney – was the first to accuse the rebels of using Sarin gas against government forces and civilians (also see here, here, and here).
This is what a top U.N. investigator had to say the very first time she weighed in publicly on CW usage in Syria…Top former UN human rights investigator and UN Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte,” May 2013: …Our investigations in Syria found that chemical weapons were used by rebels [US taxpayers], not the Syrian government.
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“geraldgallant
When will someone nuke US troops to give them the message to go home, mind their business. Nobody likes you, nobody needs you. Stay home and watch reality tv, dumb *****”
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Added: US taxpayers aren’t allowed to have a southern border, but are subject to rulings of “Britain’s Foreign Office” and its pals in the US State Dept. which without evidence claim it was the other “side” in Syria who used chemical weapons. “US and UK” duo “assesses” that it has authority in sovereign nation of Syria, terms itself “the opposition,” and “cautions Russia and the [Assad] regime:”
12/7/18, “Syria war: US and UK say alleged rebel chemical attack ‘fabricated’,” BBC
“The US and the UK have accused the Syrian government and its Russian allies of fabricating a story accusing [US taxpayer funded Islamic terrorist] rebel fighters of a chemical attack.
The US state department said the purpose was to “undermine confidence” in the ceasefire in Idlib province.
Syria and Russia said shells carrying chlorine gas injured about 100 people in the government-held city of Aleppo last month.
State media showed images of residents being treated in hospital. Russia later carried out air strikes against the rebels it accused of the attack.
At the time, rebel groups denied carrying out a chemical strike and said the claims were a pretext for an attack on opposition-held areas.
On Friday, the US said it had “credible information” [not provided here] that the story was false and that Russian and Syrian forces had instead fired tear gas.
“The United States is deeply concerned that pro-regime officials have maintained control of the attack site in its immediate aftermath, allowing them to potentially fabricate samples and contaminate the site before a proper investigation of it by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,” state department spokesman Robert Palladino said.
“We caution Russia and the regime against tampering with the suspected attack site and urge them to secure the safety of impartial, independent inspectors so that those responsible can be held accountable.”
Parts of the Aleppo region, as well as the neighbouring provinces of Hama and Idlib, are controlled by Turkish-backed [and US taxpayer backed Islamic terrorist] rebels and jihadists.
Britain’s Foreign Office said it had “seen nothing to support the claims” made by Russia and Syria.
“The UK assesses it highly unlikely that chlorine was used in this incident, as the regime and its Russian allies have claimed. It is highly unlikely that the opposition was responsible,” a statement said.
“It is likely that this was either a staged incident intended to frame the opposition, or an operation which went wrong and from which Russia and the regime sought to take advantage.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that monitors the war via a network of activists on the ground, said that about 100 people had been treated for breathing difficulties following a strike on western parts of Aleppo on 24 November.
Western powers and the UN [?] have accused government forces of using chemical and nerve agents on numerous occasions since the start of the civil war.” map from BBC
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