Syria Falsely Blamed for Alleged Douma Chemical Weapons Attack by Stephen Lendman
Last month, Russia warned it was coming.
On Friday, Russian Gen. Yuri Yevtushenko repeated the warning,
saying (US-supported) al-Nusra and so-called Free Syrian Army terrorists
“are plotting explosions of makeshift chemical charges containing
chlorine in a number of areas under their control,” adding:
Terrorists “plan to photograph and video the alleged effects of
chemical weapons and show the clips to the public at large to blame
government troops for civilians casualties, as well as to provide
excuses for their own actions to disrupt ceasefire in Daraa” - along
with hoping to slow the Syrian army’s advance in Douma.
According to Southfront, “some pro-militant sources claim that about 500 people were affected by the (latest clearly staged false flag) attack” - Syrian forces blamed for what they had nothing to do with.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported the following:
An “(o)fficial (Syrian) source asserted on Saturday that Jaish al-Islam terrorists positioned in their last bastion of Douma are in a state of dramatic collapse before the Syrian Arab Army.”
“Using chemical allegations in Douma is (a) blatant attempt to hinder (the) army’s advance.”
“(C)hemical fabrications (won’t impede) the Syrian state (from) end(ing) terrorism in every square inch of Syrian territory…”
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert falsely blamed government forces for the Douma CW incident - compounding her Big Lie adding:
Syria’s “history of using chemical weapons against its own people is not in dispute…”
Fact: Throughout over seven years of US aggression, no evidence shows CW use by Syrian forces at any time - plenty proving US-supported terrorists used sarin, chlorine and other banned toxins numerous times.
Nauert disgracefully blamed Syria and Russia for the latest incident - her accusations clear bald-faced lies.
Al-Qaeda-linked White Helmet terrorists were conveniently positioned in Douma.
Its so-called graphic images were staged, likely readied in advance from an unrelated US-supported CW incident elsewhere, maybe in another country, presented to falsely claim Syrian responsibility for the latest attack.
RT reported a “US-based SAMS representative claimed a ‘chlorine bomb hit Douma hospital,’ another building…targeted by a (nonexistent) barrel-bomb containing (nonexistent) ’nerve agents’ “ - false accusations, not legitimate ones.
Likely US-orchestrated, remaining terrorists in Douma carried out whatever occurred, the latest incident falsely blamed on Syrian forces.
Moscow earlier explained these incidents happen when terrorists are being smashed, a way to derail conflict resolution efforts, along with encouraging greater US aggression - including by attacking Syrian forces.
In the wake of the latest false flag incident, it’s vital for Russia to warn Washington not to escalate conflict - strongly asserting it won’t tolerate hostile US-led actions against Syria, its military or people.
Failure to make its position clear in no uncertain terms will encourage Washington to step up aggression - putting conflict resolution further out of reach than already.
NYT Disinformation on the Above Incident
It disgracefully called US-supported terrorists, “(a)nti-government activists” - reporting the false narrative as factual, maliciously accusing Syria for what it had nothing to do with.
It quoted Trump earlier saying “(i)t is in the vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons” - practically goading him to escalate US aggression in the country.
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Red Crescent found no trace of previous 'Ghouta chem attack' used by US to blame Damascus & Moscow
'A former US secretary of state famously blamed Moscow for being 'ultimately responsible’ for every chemical incident in Syria, after reports of a chorine attack in Ghouta in January. The incident, it now turns out, never happened.
The reports about an alleged chlorine gas attack that, supposedly, affected more than 20 civilians on January 22, were dismissed by the medical specialists of the Red Crescent, who worked in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta for many years. The doctors said they found no traces of the use of any chemical agent at that time.
"At some point, our [hospital] received six people, who were allegedly suffering from respiratory problems. Following a medical examination, we did not find any problems at all, any traces of chemical agents," Seif Aldin Hobia, a member of the Red Crescent, who worked for the last seven years at the central hospital of Douma in Eastern Ghouta, told journalists. Recalling the events that took place in January, he said "we had no evidence of chemical agents being used [in the area]."
His words were echoed by another medical specialist of the Red Crescent, Muhammad Adnan Tabazhu, who said that the medics obtained no evidence of chemical weapons being used in Eastern Ghouta between 2012 and 2018, when he was working in the area.
Back in January, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson famously claimed that "more than 20 civilians, mostly children, were victims of an apparent chlorine gas attack," adding that the incident raised "serious concerns that Bashar al-Assad may be continuing to use chemical weapons against his own people."'
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