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Happen to have any links on Seymour Hersh being "made to look foolish" with his article? Robert Fisk, also a highly respected journalist, was the first Western

by k1m 9y ago

Happen to have any links on Seymour Hersh being "made to look foolish" with his article? Robert Fisk, also a highly respected journalist, was the first Western journalist to visit Douma after the recent bombing. His report casts doubt on the claims about what happened in Syria that led to the UK, US, and France to bomb without waiting for evidence. See https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-chemical-attack-gas-douma-robert-fisk-ghouta-damascus-a8307726.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-chemical-attack-g...

ttctciyf 9y ago
There's some footage[1] from One America News Network, which I gather is some kind of sub-Fox News outfit, of their reporter interviewing doctors at the same hospital Fisk writes about. They seem to tell pretty much the same story: on the day of the purported attack people were treated for dust inhalation, no-one died, a bunch of people suddenly appeared in the hospital shouting "chemical attack!" and spraying people with water, while filming themselves. Hospital staff joined in spraying water (as you would do) but no one exhibited symptoms of actual chemical weapons use. I've read reports that doctors who spoke to the press had been intimidated and threatened if they verified the attack story[2]. The people in the video don't look intimidated to me, but I'm no expert. I'm personally on the fence on this one, and haven't read in-depth either. But it's mighty strange to me seeing Fisk and a conservative cable news network on the same page on a mid-East controversy! 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9w8j-avq_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9w8j-avq_0 2: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/17/syria-crisis-medics-intimidated-over-douma-gas-attack https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/17/syria-crisis-m...
- gandhium 9y ago
  From your second link: > Medics and survivors who have remained in Douma, and others who have fled for northern Syria, ridiculed competing claims that the attack either did not take place, or did not use gas.

by k1m 9y ago

ttctciyf 9y ago

There's some footage[1] from One America News Network, which I gather is some kind of sub-Fox News outfit, of their reporter interviewing doctors at the same hospital Fisk writes about. They seem to tell pretty much the same story: on the day of the purported attack people were treated for dust inhalation, no-one died, a bunch of people suddenly appeared in the hospital shouting "chemical attack!" and spraying people with water, while filming themselves. Hospital staff joined in spraying water (as you would do) but no one exhibited symptoms of actual chemical weapons use. I've read reports that doctors who spoke to the press had been intimidated and threatened if they verified the attack story[2]. The people in the video don't look intimidated to me, but I'm no expert. I'm personally on the fence on this one, and haven't read in-depth either. But it's mighty strange to me seeing Fisk and a conservative cable news network on the same page on a mid-East controversy! 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9w8j-avq_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9w8j-avq_0 2: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/17/syria-crisis-medics-intimidated-over-douma-gas-attack https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/17/syria-crisis-m...

gandhium 9y ago
From your second link: > Medics and survivors who have remained in Douma, and others who have fled for northern Syria, ridiculed competing claims that the attack either did not take place, or did not use gas.