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2017-04-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria 'Did Not and Will Not' Use Chemical Weapons, Says Muallem

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Posted by Fred 2017-04-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 It wouldn't surprise me if the Turks were behind this.

Posted by phil_b 2017-04-07 00:29|| 2017-04-07 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 It wouldn't surprise me if the Turks were behind this.

Or Iran - Assad been making independence noises lately.

Or Besoeker's Klingons (not implying you own them, ou rooinek, but you did coin the term).

Or Russians - they are chess players.

But, the most likely explanation, bombing hit "rebels'" storage.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-07 02:15|| 2017-04-07 02:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Yep, I don't think it was Assad as he's winning the war.

Which is why the MSM are shaping things as he opposite.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-04-07 03:59|| 2017-04-07 03:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Appears to be a knee-jerk reaction to media fotos of dead children. Sorry, but I see no good coming from any of it.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-04-07 06:34|| 2017-04-07 06:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Remember the starving children in Somalia, that lead to Blackhawk Down (and a retreat after we had taken out most of the warlord's manpower). Never let the press set the agenda.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-04-07 09:24|| 2017-04-07 09:24|| Front Page Top

#6 I will note, however, it sends Kimmmy a message that is clear. See - Grenada.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-04-07 09:25|| 2017-04-07 09:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Al Nusra & ISIL funded by U S State Dept under Hill & Kerry so Muallem is probably telling to truth.

Posted by Sonny Darling of the Platypi5488 2017-04-07 16:37|| 2017-04-07 16:37|| Front Page Top

#8 The false flag possibility is the one that really bugs me. I haven't particularly trusted civilian casualty reports since the Kuwaiti's admitted they lied about the Iraqis' tossing babies out of incubators and admitting later they would have said anything to get the US involved.

I just have to hope the US has better sources these days and Matthis wouldn't have gone off half-cocked without stronger evidence than media reports and the rebel's word for it.

I just wish I trusted our overly-politicized Intelligence services a bit more these days.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-04-07 16:53|| 2017-04-07 16:53|| Front Page Top

#9 several sources of evidence now

- eyewitness reports of survivors who saw bombs released from airplanes

- eyewitness reports of explosions then symptoms

- some footage from drones and images from satellites

- we (or possibly Turkey or Israel) probably also have sources in the Syrian military

- intercept of some Syrian communications

not a 100% closed case but you rarely get that in this kind of conflict

Posted by lord garth 2017-04-07 17:39|| 2017-04-07 17:39|| Front Page Top

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