Posted on 04/17/2018 12:23:45 PM PDT by WisconsinRep
The search for truth in the rubble of Douma – and one doctor’s doubts over the chemical attack
Exclusive: Robert Fisk visits the Syria clinic at the centre of a global crisis
This is the story of a town called Douma, a ravaged, stinking place of smashed apartment blocks – and of an underground clinic whose images of suffering allowed three of the Western world’s most powerful nations to bomb Syria last week. There’s even a friendly doctor in a green coat who, when I track him down in the very same clinic, cheerfully tells me that the “gas” videotape which horrified the world – despite all the doubters – is perfectly genuine.
War stories, however, have a habit of growing darker. For the same 58-year old senior Syrian doctor then adds something profoundly uncomfortable: the patients, he says, 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.
As Dr Assim Rahaibani announces this extraordinary conclusion, it is worth observing that he is by his own admission not an eyewitness himself and, as he speaks good English, he refers twice to the jihadi gunmen of Jaish el-Islam [the Army of Islam] in Douma as “terrorists” – the regime’s word for their enemies, and a term used by many people across Syria. Am I hearing this right? Which version of events are we to believe?
(Excerpt) Read more at sott.net ...
Bullsh**!!!!!!!!
“Am I hearing this right? Which version of events are we to believe?”
Not America’s.
In Lies We Trust
“The oxygen starvation was as a result of a dust storm blowing dust into the underground”
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Global Warming strikes again!!!!
Robert Fisk, the Islamic Autocrat’s best pal!
So the Independent UK is now Kremlin controlled?
Content Background: How Does Nerve Gas Affect the Body?
If a person is exposed to a high dose of nerve gas1, death ensues within minutes. Death is produced by respiratory arrest. With lower levels of exposure, fatalities can still occur within the first 24 hours. The victim will suffer many effects prior to succumbing by respiratory arrest. These include, intense constriction of the pupils (miosis) and severe eye pain, constriction of the bronchioles producing labored breathing, nausea and vomiting, lacrimation (tearing), salivation, sweating, urination, defecation, (basically everything oozes out!) and muscle twitching leading to muscle paralysis. Signs that the nerve gas gets into the brain include; anxiety, confusion, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, seizures and respiratory depression. Death is usually the result of respiratory failure. This occurs by 2 routes. The nerve gas acts directly on the diaphragm (smooth muscle) to paralyze it and it also inhibits the firing rate of neurons in an area of the brainstem that controls breathing. This area is called the respiratory center and it contains neurons that send their axons to the diaphragm to cause muscle contraction, and thus, breathing. After chronic exposure to low levels of nerve gas, victims suffer from a variety of neurological and mental disorders including; depression, insomnia, loss of memory, mental confusion and cognitive problems. This was typical in US soldiers exposed to nerve gas in Iraq during the dismantling of chemical weapons after the Gulf War.
Of course. All of humanity is a Russian Bot!
AOL UK
No evidence of chemical attack in Douma - Dr Assim Rahaibani, Syrian doctor
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3648252/posts
I give it a 10 for creativity
and a Minus 10 for allowing the shill in but denying the UN Inspectors access to the site.
FUvlad
Now THAT is an excellent post. Completely discredited that lying weasel. +1
Syrian ‘Chemical Victims’ Suffered from Dust Inhalation, Reports Say
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/04/16/syrian-chemical-victims-suffered-from-dust-inhalation-reports-say/
You got day shift today I see.
UN Inspectors denied access to site...
So NBC News is now Russia controlled? They say the inspectors have entered the site.
Chemical weapons inspectors reach Syrian town of Douma
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chemical-weapons-inspectors-reach-syrian-town-douma-n866621
Syria Says Chemical Weapons Watchdog Group Has Entered Douma
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/603094779/russia-chemical-weapons-inspectors-will-be-allowed-access-to-syrian-site
Very intriguing. You have woken up my conspiracy cells. How this plays out will be very interesting.
General Mattis:
"Based on recent experience, we fully expect a significant disinformation campaign over the coming days by those who have aligned themselves with the Assad regime."
You must be on the Kremlin C team lol
If you read your own propaganda...from NBC article you posted.
The sub header state this: “A mission from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons faced delays inspecting an alleged gas attack from Syrian and Russian authorities. “
The headline merely states they arrived in Douma. Article confirms DENYING ACCESS.
That never happened when we bombed Dresden in world war II.
Lots of dust there, back then.
And who would run such a campaign, but people like Fisk and “Consortium News”
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