Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Zero Hedge — "There Wasn't A Single Corpse": Russia Claims 'White Helmets' Staged Syria Chemical Attack

Speaking with EuroNews, Russia's ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizov, said "Russian military specialists have visited this region, walked on those streets, entered those houses, talked to local doctors and visited the only functioning hospital in Douma, including its basement where reportedly the mountains of corpses pile up. There was not a single corpse and even not a single person who came in for treatment after the attack."
"But we've seen them on the video!" responds EuroNews correspondent Andrei Beketov.
"There was no chemical attack in Douma, pure and simple," responds Chizov. "We've seen another staged event. There are personnel, specifically trained - and you can guess by whom - amongst the so-called White Helmets, who were already caught in the act with staged videos."
Russia said it sent experts in radiological, chemical and biological warfare - along with medics, in order to inspect the Eastern Ghouta city of Douma where the attack is said to have taken place.

Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement that the experts "found no traces of the use of chemical agents," following a search of the sites, adding "All these facts show... that no chemical weapons were used in the town of Douma, as it was claimed by the White Helmets."

“All the accusations brought by the White Helmets, as well as their photos… allegedly showing the victims of the chemical attack, are nothing more than a yet another piece of fake news and an attempt to disrupt the ceasefire,” said the Russian Reconciliation Center....
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"There Wasn't A Single Corpse": Russia Claims 'White Helmets' Staged Syria Chemical Attack

1 comment:

Kaivey said...


Some dissent at the BBC.

BBC Foreign News Producer Riam Dalati wrote on Twitter:

"Sick and tired of activists and rebels using corpses of dead children to stage emotive scenes for Western consumption.

"Then they wonder why some serious journos are questioning part of the narrative."

He later deleted that tweet, but not before others in the Twittersphere managed to grab a screenshot of it.