Suspected gas attack on Syria's rebel-held Idlib kills at least 58: Observatory

[TER]

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/849343657522212864

Pathetic tweet from the White House.

Pathetic post by a troll.

 

[dannno]

I don't have a haaretz subscription so I can't read the fake news article you just posted. Interesting that you have a subscription however. Actually, not that surprising.

I think zippy actually posted some useful information for once - apparently Syria accidentally bombed a rebel chemical manufacturing plant.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Interesting, can't see the article because it says I need a subscription. Do you have a source for this fake news article somewhere else? Maybe the Washington Post or Huffington Post?

RT quoted at Yournewswire which is a Russian outlet:

“Based on the reports it might be that the Syrian Army targeted a place that was used as a chemical weapons factory or that stocked chemicals by the rebels,” Jamal Wakeem, a professor of history and international relations at the Lebanese University in Beirut, told RT.

http://yournewswire.com/dozens-killed-in-alleged-chemical-attack-in-syria/

The hospital treating victims was reportedly bombed too. From Iranian PressTV: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...tv.ir/Detail/2017/04/04/516747/Syria-Idlib-UN

The suspected chemical attack targeted the Idlib town of Khan Shaykhun earlier on Tuesday followed by alleged airstrikes, which hit a hospital where victims of the assault were being treated

 

[TER]

I think zippy actually posted some useful information for once - apparently Syria accidentally bombed a rebel chemical manufacturing plant.

Where can I find that they have admitted to this? I dont have a haaretz subscription.

 

[TER]

RT quoted at Yournewswire which is a Russian outlet:



http://yournewswire.com/dozens-killed-in-alleged-chemical-attack-in-syria/

Has the Syrian government made this claim? Or is this being reported by others outside of it?

 

[CPUd]

 

[TheCount]

So... this thread is hot-topics worthy. But not other fake news threads like this:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...3Unvetted-Diseased-Refugee-Men%94-on-Taxpayer

 

[Zippyjuan]

Has the Syrian government made this claim? Or is this being reported by others outside of it?

Iranian news quoting and naming source: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...Syria-Idlib-Observatory-suspected-gas-attacks

Separately, a Syrian member of parliament, Sharif Shahada, said he believed a chemical arms depot set up and held by the militants in the area may have exploded in the incident. .

Iran is an ally of Syria.

 

[TER]

Iranian news quoting and naming source: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...Syria-Idlib-Observatory-suspected-gas-attacks

So what do you think, Zippy? Is it more plausible that a chemical depot was struck causing the destruction, or that the Syrian army loaded weapons with chemicals and dropped them?

 

[Zippyjuan]

So what do you think, Zippy? Is it more plausible that a chemical depot was struck causing the destruction, or that the Syrian army loaded weapons with chemicals and dropped them?

Do you buy Syrian propaganda or independent sources on the ground? I'm going with the ground sources for now. Syria denied having any such weapons previously yet Russia said they would help get rid of the "non-existent" weapons. They lied about having any and may have lied about turning them all over. From the same Iranian News article:

The United States and its allies have in the past accused the Syrian military of conducting chemical attacks. This is while Syria turned its entire chemical arsenal over to international monitors under a deal negotiated by Russia and the United States back in 2013.

The Syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons were surrendered in a joint mission comprising representatives of the United Nations (UN) and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in 2014

Russia does not deny the event happening only that their planes were not involved. That also hints that it did occur and that it was Syria since they were the only other ones active in the area. https://www.rt.com/usa/383507-tillerson-attack-gas-syria/

The Russian air force did not conduct any airstrikes in the Idlib Governorate.

 

[TER]

Do you buy Syrian propaganda or independent sources on the ground? I'm going with the ground sources for now. Syria denied having any such weapons previously yet Russia said they would help get rid of the "non-existent" weapons. They lied about having any and may have lied about turning them all over. From the same Iranian News article:

How about using your common sense?

 

[Zippyjuan]

How about using your common sense?

I am.

 

[TER]

I am.

I see. So it is common sense for the Syrian regime to drop chemical bombs at a time when they are winning and are slowly regaining the upper hand and rebuilding the country?

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Could be a false flag; the rebels have a history of that.

On the other hand, could be real.

Assad is trying to win a war. The fighting is in cities. Civilians will get killed. No one should be surprised.

...and whether gas or bombs or bullets doesn't really matter, does it?

Anything to take focus away from Susan Rice.

This made me literally LOL.

...yes, let's not get distracted from the distraction.

Focus on the partisan circle jerk, not actual issues.

 

[Swordsmyth]

So... this thread is hot-topics worthy. But not other fake news threads like this:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...3Unvetted-Diseased-Refugee-Men%94-on-Taxpayer

By you The New American is fake news?

 

[TER]

Could be a false flag; the rebels have a history of that.

On the other hand, could be real.

Assad is trying to win a war. The fighting is in cities. Civilians will get killed. No one should be surprised.

...and whether gas or bombs or bullets doesn't really matter, does it?

Actually, with regards to international law, it does matter (at least in theory)

 

[Zippyjuan]

I see. So it is common sense for the Syrian regime to drop chemical bombs at a time when they are winning and are slowly regaining the upper hand and rebuilding the country?

Syria will use anything they think will help them. The entire war was started when he sent tanks after unarmed protesters. Rebuilding it? It is still being leveled. Though I do hope they are able to end the killing and destruction soon.

 

[TER]

Syria will use anything they think will help them. The entire war was started when he sent tanks after unarmed protesters. Rebuilding it? It is still being leveled.

So you believe that it makes common sense for them to use chemical bombs at this point? Or do you think they are just idiots and used them?

 

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

Words like " suspected " say a lot, no ?

The world's short term memory ain't that bad is it ?

 

[Zippyjuan]

So you believe that it makes common sense for them to use chemical bombs at this point? Or do you think they are just idiots and used them?

War rarely makes sense. Bombing hospitals makes no sense either yet he does it. I go with the latter.