Belgian Journalist Pierre Piccinin: “It is not the Al-Assad government who has used the gas”

Assad's Syrian Free Press ^ | Monday Sept. 9, 2013

[Marguerite]

The other hostage, the Italian journalist Domenico Quirico has written in La Stampa, "One day, from the room in which we were held prisoners, through an open door, we heard a conversation in English via Skype between three men. During this conversation, the men said that the gas attacks in two districts of Damascus had been committed by the rebels as a provocation, to push the West to act."

Piccinin: "This conversation involved a general of the Syrian Free Army, who sequestered us and an officer of al-Farouq. And this conversation, it is clear that the Assad regime is not responsible for the gas attack in which the world is the basis for deciding whether or not to attack the regime of Bashar Al-Assad."

He added, "The regime could not give a best gift ( to the rebels) to use this weapon that militarily did not provide them great advantage in the suburbs of Damascus". As for a possible Western military action, Mr Piccinin disapprove of totally, "The Free Syrian Army, composed of rebels and secular, it has not sustained its time and the revolution is now submerged by katibas Islamists. would be insane and suicidal for the West to support these people. "

[VerySadAmerican]

He was on Greta, I think it was Greta. And you haven’t heard from him since.

[annalex]

This must be one of these subliminal proofs that Kerry hides in his pompadour.

[annalex]

a conversation in English

Half of the bandits are from Chechnya and don't speak Arabic.

[Bigg Red]

Very interesting development.

I’m sure it will be all over cable news. /sarc

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

In light of Fast and Furious, something I know you studied exhaustively, how much does O-bomb-a really care?

[annalex]

you haven’t heard from him since

In Francophone media you can hear from him. In English, -- no. The English language media are rapidly becoming Obama's lapdogs.

You may remember the interview with Father Amorth (link at #1). La Stampa has most of its stuff translated in English. That article, even though having the US as its subject matter, was not translated. Do we need to wonder why?

[TigersEye]

He cares about nothing but himself. If the bind were great enough he would throw his wife and children under the bus.