No evidence of chemical attack in Douma - Dr Assim Rahaibani, Syrian doctor

AOL UK ^ | Apr 17th 2018 | AOL UK

[WisconsinRep]

A British journalist who interviewed a doctor in the Syrian town of Douma claims he told him there was no evidence of a chemical attack.

Dr Assim Rahaibani, 58, said the video showing children gasping for breath - which triggered the weekend bombing campaign by the UK, US and France - is genuine.

But he explained to Robert Fisk, writing for the Independent, that patients were overcome not by gas but by oxygen starvation in the rubbish-filled tunnels and basements in which they lived, on a night of wind and heavy shelling that stirred up a dust storm.

Donald Trump and Theresa May seized on the video as evidence that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad had crossed a 'red line' in his fight against jihadi forces that have all but been removed from their strongholds in the war-torn country.

Chemical weapons inspectors will be given access to the site on Wednesday (April 18).

[Pearls Before Swine]

I can’t understand why Assad would have launched chemical attacks just when Trump had signaled readiness to leave, and when he only had a few pockets of resistance to control.

So, if he didn’t, what did we bomb? Was it a soccer stadium? A mall? Or a real CBW research center and storage area, intended for the Israelis? Or an aspirin factory, a la Bill Clinton in the Sudan?

[AAABEST]

Whole f’in thing just smells....sorry.

[Steely Tom]

Yeah, it was a dust storm, yeahh... that’s the ticket. A really bad dust storm, uh-huh.

[Steely Tom]

A dust storm can suck the oxygen right out of the air, yeah, everyone knows that.

[WisconsinRep]

The Chemical weapons inspectors are entering the site.

Hold on.

[rrrod]

Left wing discredited reporter...a mussie....both have the credibility of a Russian.

[fruser1]

Being that syria is mostly s*hole, you’d expect to see a dusty town in every conflict.

In that case, every attack would “look” like a chemical attack.

But only this one did...

[JBW1949]

I guess this means they’ve completed removing any evidence contrary to what the Syrian government wants found and planted whatever they want found...

[JBW1949]

“... inspectors will be given access to the site...”

In other words, they government has kept them out...until now...

[WisconsinRep]

Robert Fisk, Discredited reporter?

Robert Fisk is the multi-award winning Middle East correspondent of The Independent, based in Beirut. He has lived in the Arab world for more than 40 years, covering Lebanon, five Israeli invasions, the Iran-Iraq war, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Algerian civil war, Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, the American invasion and occupation of Iraq and the 2011 Arab revolutions. Occasionally describing himself as an ‘Ottoman correspondent’ because of the huge area he covers, Fisk joined The Independent in 1989. He has written best-selling books on the Middle East, including Pity the Nation and The Great War for Civilisation. He was born in Kent in 1946 and gained his BA in English and Classics at Lancaster University. He holds a PhD in politics from Trinity College, Dublin.

https://www.independent.co.uk/author/robert-fisk

[McGruff]

Then there's the chemical weapon that landed on a bed.

And didn't even wrinkle the covers. That's a strong bed.

[mac_truck]

Only this one was conveniently videoed by “white helmets” after they started a panic by yelling “gas attack” in a crowded hospital.

[WisconsinRep]

NBC is reporting that the inspectors have entered the town.

Chemical weapons inspectors reach Syrian town of Douma

International inspectors entered the Syrian town where an alleged chemical attack was carried out earlier this month, Syrian state media reported Tuesday, after delays by Syrian and Russian authorities.

NBC News:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chemical-weapons-inspectors-reach-syrian-town-douma-n866621

[JBW1949]

“...Chemical weapons inspectors will be given access to the site on Wednesday (April 18)...”

Wonder why this was printed then????

[JBW1949]

And NBC ALWAYS reports facts, huh????

[Lean-Right]

Victims were hosed down due to
suffocation? What are they? Fish?
I’m guessing all the victims had
to eat were Tide Pods, as that
would explain foaming mouths.

[WisconsinRep]

The Russians trolls at The Gateway Pundit are reporting this:

OAN Reporter in Syria ‘Finds No Evidence of Chemical Weapon Attack in Douma’
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3648259/posts

The Gateway Pundit | April 16, 2018

[butlerweave]

Is that the Fat Propaganda Guy ?

[cradle of freedom]

How about the credibility of George H. W. Bush when we were tricked into going into Iraq the first time by that false flag story about the Iraqi soldiers taking those babies out of their incubators. The young woman making those charges was the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador. It was a lie to get us into the gulf war. It is always the same old stunt, they have to find a villain and we run in to save the day.