He found no evidence whatsoever that chemical weapons had been used

Nothing seems to have been found in Salisbury, here in England, either.
Snap.
Whats in common - the Name of Britain. The Name Theresa May and the alphabet soup MI6.
Funny that.
Even the poor starved and abandoned pets are incinerated.
Just a trace of something - found long after the occurence - smeared on the front door handle - no doubt by President Putin himself.
Some might just call it coincidence - but some would call it conspiracy.
I think I do.

Publius
Just another piece of information your readers might not be aware of.
The level of political and financial corruption in Britain goes right to the top.
Theresa May and her family have just personally profited by possibly millions after the illegal and unsanctioned raid on Syria a few days ago.
Our MSM is hiding this from the people - fast enough though to hang anything on other politicians - but it is now outed, and rightly, by the Russians.
It should be a resigning matter.
https://www.rt.com/uk/42439...

It may be of interest on here to see the Brit agent behind the White Helmets.
It is a British fabrication and hugely funded by Britain - as well as the US and others.
Based on Vanessa Beeley who without question the most knowledgable exposee of this vile deception
https://wikispooks.com/wiki...

Admiral Lord West making the same point as Colonel Lang that this will encourage the Islamists to use more chemical attacks, fake or otherwise in the future. Also speaks of the heavy political pressures on intelligence.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

BBC talking head virtually calls Admiral Lord West a traitor for not supporting the government position 100%. Claims are now being made that the doctors in Douma are being subjected to intense pressure not to speak out. The BBC follows the Russians of course.

See Caity Johnstone's comments on this interview:

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that video is making the rounds... good! it only has to compete with white helmet videos... whose videos do you think the msm will run? lol..

An interview with Assad himself was shown on MSNBC. Assad says the attack was a false flag. He also says the US is supporting and protecting terrorists. The MSNBC people then mock Assad for making "extraordinary" claims. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

the americans that mock assad, are probably the same americans who were okay with getting rid of saddam under false pretence, and okay with getting rid of libyas leader to turn libya into the present day hell hole it is... unfortunately these people have no insight or knowledge on what goes on outside their own country - which is the greatest of course!

Can't vouch for the authenticity - video claims to be interviewing 13 staff from the hospital at Douma. It's from a news service privately owned and loyal to Assad. Definitely some of the same info emerging from Fisk and Sharp.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

The video is definitely genuine. I watched it all, and it looked very credible. Fisk mentioned that the doctors present at the event in their ER were away in Damascus and not available - there were obviously here making this video. It may be that they were under some constraint, and not able to speak entirely freely.

LaGuerre

Robert Fisk, of The Independent, didn't find any evidence of a poison gas attack either: https://www.independent.co....

Morbid but vital issue.
Where are the dead bodies?
Fisk did not see any, no grave markers, no grieving family members, just days after the claimed attack.
No mother asking for justice?

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Hate to burst everyone's bubble, but the Guardian now has a piece up relaying the testimony of the UOSSM that the medics interviewed by the Russians were subject to "extreme intimidation" to deny that the attack occurred. And get this! The UOSSM also happens to be the main organization that trains and supports the White Helmets in Syria! What a coincidence!

thanks for pointing this out and for the additional comments in response to yours... clearly, the coordination on the propaganda front is firing on all cylinders... what a disgrace the west has become...

Perhaps I am in turn bursting your bubble, Wj, but such a relationship between this UOSSM and the - now notorious, false flag specialists for propaganda purposes on behalf of the liver-eating jihadis - White Helmets doesn't say much for their credibility. If they were indeed leaned on to produce some simulacrum of truth, only to then revert to a story that seems to support the BS initially produced by the White Helmets, and then widely disseminated via Sociopathic Media to influence the weak-minded among us (Presidents Trump and Macron, as well as PM May not excepted, sadly), well, my skepticism of their later account knows no bounds.

But what exactly did you mean by "bursting everyone's bubble"? Is this some sort of attempt at oblique hasbara?

Ever heard of the British Army's 77th Brigade?

PLang,

No, but you just sent me down a fascinating rabbit hole. From what I can tell, there is the already established link between White Helmets and Mayday Rescue, which seems to be an extension of or front for the 77th.

It turns out that news reports citing UOSSM tend *also* to cite or refer to "French intelligence," especially if the report has to do with local conditions or events within Syria. So perhaps the "partnership" between the UOSSM and the White Helmets in Syria represents, in large part, the coordination of British and French military propaganda/intelligence services.

I had already heard that French intelligence was using Doctors Without Borders (MSF) as cover in Syria, but was not aware that UOSSM in Syria is likely--at least in part--another French intelligence front. How common is this kind of multinational coordination of intelligence/propaganda front groups, if that is what this is? My own impression is that the NGO-ification of military and state intelligence of the degree and sophistication we see in Syria is a relatively recent phenomenon, predicated in part on the disseminating capacities of social media platforms. Is this right?

Wj,

"How common is this kind of multinational coordination of intelligence/propaganda front groups, if that is what this is?"

The coordination and interoperability among these special operations units is intense and has grown rapidly over the last decade. Even in the 80s this joint combined exchange training was the norm. Now it extends into live operations.

This 77th Brigade is an odd mashup linking civil affairs and PSYOP capabilities, but kept within the Tier 1 special operations community. I never heard of it before, but it's a logical progression. We probably have a similar military capability, but i have no idea what it is.

I note it also has close links to the close ties with the 361st Civil Affairs Brigade.

PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT: A CORE IO CAPABILITY
(by) Khyber Zaman, Lieutenant Commander, Pakistan Navy B.Sc. (Hon), Karachi University, 1996
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the dual degrees of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION WARFARE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING and MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION OPERATIONS,
from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, Monterey, CA,
September 2007
Approved by: Steven Iatrou LCDR, USN (Ret.) Thesis Advisor (IW)

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My wife and I stopped donating to MSF a few months ago, based on their evident lack of neutrality in Syria. The reply from their Donor Relations office did nothing to dispel that impression. In it, MSF admitted that "extreme insecurity has forced us to remove our medical teams from the front lines of the conflict. As a result, in order to do what we can to help alleviate the suffering of Syrians, we have partnered with several hospitals and medical clinics to provide support, with medical supplies and expertise from a distance...Though our teams may not be physically present on the front lines, we receive regular reports..."

I think we can guess who those "reports" are from.

They call them Chindits, which made the few surviving real Chindits none too happy. Others less charitably call them MOD trolls.

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We now seem to have a reasonable list of what was fired by whom (SF today's report) and that quite a few were intercepted (Russian list of shoot-downs by system). Is their enough data in the public domain to determine which of the various fired missile types fared badly/well against the Syrian/Russian counter measures. Should any of the SST community have enough information and background knowledge to comment and care to do so I, for one, would be most grateful. I also have not seen a full list of which sites were targeted by which missile types or much on locations of each of the types of defense batteries. If Russian ECMs were in play then do we know where they were based and what they could be expected to effectively cover?

(Note : « You » is US as whole, seen from afar, not you personally. I understand that you have different opinions, but there are constants, determined by geography.)

I like to read the reactions of your American readers about Syria. Among them, what dominates is the impression that the USA can do everything, that its freedom of action is almost total with a measured effort and that the plans and intentions of the US rulers
and diplomacy are a central fact in this affair.

In my opinion, you can't make a bigger mistake. Since the beginning, you have mistaken your objective, you have changed it too often, your armed forces have been covered in ridicule by the initial choice of "moderate" head cutters, if not of DAESH, 2 rotten boards. You served as a step for Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. You have not perceived the danger of the Islamic-fascist state of the North. Doing so, you have
lost credibility . And Israel's prestige has gone with yours.

For the USA in Syria, it's Saigon 1973-74. And I'm sad about that. You're gonna have to dump the Syrian Kurds again. They and your other friends will pay with wear and tear. It has been proven that being close to you or your friend is dangerous again.

Peace in the world needs smart and beneficent USA. It's a dream now. And like I said before, I'm sad about that.

Okay, nothing is final. Hope remains but it will take time.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator from french langage.

"I like to read the reactions of your American readers about Syria. Among them, what dominates is the impression that the USA can do everything, that its freedom of action is almost total with a measured effort and that the plans and intentions of the US rulers" Very few people on SST believe that.

Sorry.

I'm an old man angry at his friends. Your bad luck is that your blog is very informative and balanced. We're short here.
Okay, cancel the first four lines. And I change "objective". No obvious objective, but nebulous means, bad before settling on the Kurds. Without completely abandoning the Islamists, "moderate" of course? That's a question.
The rest seems fair.
General McArthur said nothing could replace victory. Why did you put yourself in a situation where you could only disappoint your friends and help your opponents show their strength?

Remember the Company you keep, the Friends you have - Reflects on you also....

Of course multiple Reasons can exist why one does so including Historical Intertia, but to look at your Question - You France have a choice in this...... You can Vote with your Support or lack there of... You have done it before and can continue to..

Is long standing Love, Loyalty and Ties enough to validate your difference in Opinion on Strategy, Interests etc? You, your People have to decide

For me Personally, France very dignifiably stood down involvement in the Iraq War, accepted the damage with the US for that Decision...... I think it also should have given its Criticism as an Ally more Weight from there on, certainly not Sycophantic as some others....

French must decide first if they ARE Disapointed, If they WANT to be disapointed and then finally will the endure BEING disapointed...

While I can critique US Policy, I think it is for US Allies to bear their own Responsibility for deciding to riding this Train of Thought, not the US for being one of the Conductors

But the same could be said about France. You destroyed Libya, waged an economic war against Iran (a country in which even the mullahs readily admitted France being the founder of Modern Civilization) and proceeded to help US destroy Syria.

What do you think you gain and why does your population support such policies?

What gives in you?

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