Cue the Chemical Weapons Stunt in Syria
By Finian Cunningham
April 08, 2018 "Information Clearing House" - This weekend’s alleged chemical-weapon attack on civilians in Syria has all the hallmarks of a false-flag propaganda stunt. Only people who have had their critical senses numbed by saturated Western media distortion could possibly believe otherwise.
Three hallmarks are: the typically unverified claims and videos showing children being hosed down, which are attributed to the discredited media outlet, the so-called White Helmets. This group is embedded with terrorist organizations like Nusra Front and Jaysh al Islam, among others, but is eulogized in Western media as a respectable source. Anything that the White Helmets claim should be taken with extreme caution, if not contempt.
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Secondly, the unverified claims are
nevertheless quickly and uncritically
broadcast by Western mainstream news media
with the pejorative implication of the
Syrian “regime” being responsible, as well
as allied Russian forces
Thirdly, the US and other Western government
then neatly jump to the desired conclusion
that the Syrian “regime” and Russia are to
blame, and add that they are now considering
a military intervention in Syria “in
response” to the “horrific” crime against
civilians.
This may also be connected to the alleged
poison-assassination plot in England being
blamed on Russia. Was that incident
orchestrated in order to undermine Russia
internationally so the false-flag for NATO
military intervention in Syria could
proceed?
The unfolding scripted nature of the
“responses” points to the latest incident in
Syria as being a classic false flag.
However, a priority question is: what took
the perpetrators of the stunt so long?
For the past two months, the Syrian
government and Russian military intelligence
have been warning that such a false flag
event involving chemical weapons was
imminent.
Russian intelligence has on several
occasions provided public information
showing the clandestine movement of chemical
materials by anti-government militants. This
was while the Syrian army launched its
offensive in February to retake the last
remaining major stronghold for the
insurgents, in the Eastern Ghouta suburb
near the capital Damascus.
As the Syrian army steadily recaptured the
vast, sprawling area, along with Russian air
support, there were credible reports of
makeshift laboratories being found that had
been abandoned by fleeing militants. Those
laboratories were commonly stocked with vats
of chlorine – the toxic volatile chemical
that is now alleged to have been used
against civilians this weekend.
The Syrian government and Russia
categorically reject accusations that they
were involved in the weekend incident in
Eastern Ghouta where Western media outlets
are reporting that up to 100 people were
killed in a chemical weapon attack.
As in previous incidents of alleged chemical
weapons, the numbers of injured are never
verified. Video footage emanating from the
so-called “rebel” side cannot be confirmed
in terms of numbers, dates and even
location. This was the case in the infamous
incident back in August 2013 in Eastern
Ghouta, as well as the equally suspicious
alleged “sarin” attack in Khan Sheikhoun in
Idlib Province on April 4, 2017.
UN studies claiming past Syrian government
responsibility have been undertaken remotely
and rely heavily on testimonies from
“rebels”. Attempts by Russia and Syria to
send on-the-ground independent inspection
teams have always been blocked by the US,
Britain and France at the UN Security
Council.
Syria and Russia say that the latest
weekend’s unverified use of chlorine gas is
most likely to have been a provocation
staged by the last-remaining terrorist
pockets in order to prevent the final
evacuation of Eastern Ghouta.
After nearly two months, the Syrian armed
forces and Russian allies have routed
militants from the suburb which the
militants had held siege under a reign of
terror for the past six years. Civilians
liberated from the terror siege have told
horror stories of living as captives under
the tyranny of self-styled jihadists and
their cult-like barbarism.
Civilians were kept in cages on streets,
used as human shields. Young girls were
snatched from their families and raped.
Medicines and food were hoarded and used for
extortion. These are very armed groups whom
Western media lionize as “rebels”.
As much as 95 percent of Eastern Ghouta has
already been liberated by the Syrian army,
with tens of thousands of civilians now
being cared for in relief centers run by
Syrian and Russian medics and other
humanitarian workers.
The claim that Syrian and Russian forces
would now use chemical weapons to defeat the
dregs of these insurgents is simply
preposterous.
In any case, the Syrian government has
repeatedly stated that it has never used
chemical munitions, with its arsenal having
been destroyed under a UN-brokered agreement
back in 2014.
No, the latest incident in Eastern Ghouta is
so obviously a false-flag event. It has
means and motive written all over it.
Apart from the hasty condemnation of the
Syrian government and Russia over the
incident, the US has also said it is
considering a “response”. This could mean a
military attack on Syria, as happened
following the incident in Khan Sheikhoun on
April 4 last year. Three days after that
incident, President Trump ordered nearly 60
cruise missile strikes on Syria.
The US State Department continues today to
cite that action as a precedent. It claims
that the Syrian government and Russia were
responsible for the Khan Sheikhoun incident,
even though there is strong evidence it too
was a false-flag event mounted by “rebels”
to elicit an American military strike
against the Syrian government.
Since then, however, Russia has warned that
any further US military strike on Syria
would not be tolerated without an armed
response.
The timing of the latest provocation with
chemicals is curious. Of course, the US,
Britain, and France have all said at various
recent times that they would take military
action against Syria if evidence emerged of
chemical weapons being used. The NATO powers
would seem to have their pretext now
following the weekend event. Will they
follow through with their threats of
military action?
On one hand, it seems unlikely. Because the
Western-backed terror proxies have been so
roundly defeated by Syria and Russia. At
this stage, a NATO military intervention
would seem to be a lost cause.
Last week, President Trump made the surprise
announcement that he wanted to withdraw US
troops from Syria, in what can seen as an
indication that the White House knows the
“regime-change game” is up.
So, was this weekend’s staged atrocity in
Eastern Ghouta a last-bid attempt by
American warmongers – the CIA and Pentagon –
to force the president’s hand to finally
escalate the war in Syria?
A last-ditch throw of the dice by the war
gamblers while they feel Russia is on the
back-foot over the Skripal poison stunt in
England?
We’ll see. But the false-flag trick has been
tried so many times already in Syria by NATO
military intelligence and their proxies on
the ground. There now seems to be a deep
wariness and a weariness among the Western
public that would make any direct military
intervention in Syria by the US and its
European allies politically unviable.
Whoever is cueing these false flags seems to
have lost the knack for effective timing.
Finian Cunningham has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. He is a Master’s graduate in Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in newspaper journalism. He is also a musician and songwriter. For nearly 20 years, he worked as an editor and writer in major news media organisations, including The Mirror, Irish Times and Independent.
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