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2017-04-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Vladimir Putin says US is preparing to bomb Syrian capital and will blame devastation on Bashar-al Assad's forces

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Posted by DarthVader 2017-04-11 10:26|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 It sad when the Autocrat of Russia makes that much sense.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-11 12:09|| 2017-04-11 12:09|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if the Russians hacked Trump as well as Clinton?

Posted by Glenmore 2017-04-11 13:59|| 2017-04-11 13:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if the Russians hacked Trump as well as Clinton?

Probably don't need to. NSA wiretaps Trump. Passes staff to Democrats. Russians hack Democrats.

That I meant is: I'm pretty sure the chemical attack was pure Pallywood - there is some support for my view (notice there are no swarms of international doctors flooding the purported attack site). But Russians know for sure. And, if a fake incident can cause USA intervention, then more fake incidents...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-11 14:15|| 2017-04-11 14:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Info from briefing:

Sarin confirmed as the nerve agent used via testing on victims as well as symptoms. Secondary responders also suffered exposure symptoms.

Su-22s from Shayrat airfield dropped the sarin on Khan Shaykhun; conventional weapons were dropped about six hours later on hospital treating sarin victims - "no comment" from officials on if Russia did latter.

No ISIS or other terrorists in area have sarin (just mustard gas) - attack was "not a terrorist holding of sarin or a terrorist use of sarin"

WH official on if Russia, present at airfield, knew of sarin attack: "We don't have information on that per se... still looking into that." Adding: "We do think that it is a question worth asking" Russians how they were with Syrian forces at airfield "and did not have knowledge" of the attack in planning/prep stages.

"Leakage inconsistent" with Russians saying sarin came from opposition stocks on ground - "we don't see a building with that chemical residue"

On Syria hoax conspiracy theories: Body of evidence "too massive" for anyone to fabricate. Official added that videos released of attack did correspond with that date, time, location.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-04-11 15:19|| 2017-04-11 15:19|| Front Page Top

#5 And the source, Darth?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-11 15:25|| 2017-04-11 15:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Found it: "we've gotten it from open-source videos, to victim accounts, to imagery, to signals intelligence,"

No comment.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-11 15:30|| 2017-04-11 15:30|| Front Page Top

#7 It's the kind of claim you'd expect from a former mid-level member (and now leader) of the organization that pulled off Operation Infektion, blaming the CIA for creating the AIDS virus. If there's one thing you can rely on, it's lies from the Russian officialdom. What's amusing is that they not only pulled off the inside job of the Moscow apartment bombings to get a pretext to invade Chechnya a second time, they managed to convince a good chunk of the world that 9/11 was an inside job. If they channeled their talent for disinformation into more productive activities, they might eventually become something other than the petrostate of the north. Too bad that's not on the agenda.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2017-04-11 15:37|| 2017-04-11 15:37|| Front Page Top

#8 If it's true that it's a hoax, then Assad must be $hitting his pants right about now.

Posted by gorb 2017-04-11 16:49|| 2017-04-11 16:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Darth's source is PJMEDIA g(r)omgoru.

They claim is is from an NSC brief.

Posted by rammer 2017-04-11 19:50|| 2017-04-11 19:50|| Front Page Top

#10 he's in denial, don't disturb him

Posted by Frank G 2017-04-11 21:20|| 2017-04-11 21:20|| Front Page Top

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