by Tony CartalucciJuly 27, 2012 - For a
Western media so fond of reporting "activist" accounts, rumors, and even
fabrications, and with all the talk
of an
impending "massacre" in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, reports of
so-called "Free Syrian Army" militants seen trying on gas masks, along with
reports of Libyan chemical weapon caches & equipment being discovered in
Damascus is surely headline news.
Images:
(Top) FSA fighters, one on the left wearing a "Jihadist" headband, another on
the right trying on a military-grade gas mask, were reportedly photographed in
Aleppo, Syria. (Bottom) Chemical weapons and equipment from Libya have been
reportedly discovered as troops search areas of Damascus after quelling last
week's militant attack.
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Many Syrians and outside observers
alike, fear that militants may deploy chemical weapons in one or more locations
around Syria, creating a mass-casualty event to subsequently be blamed on the
government by a coordinated Western media disinformation campaign. The so-called
"Free Syrian Army" (FSA) has already been conducting strings of devastating,
indiscriminate mass-casualty bombings across the country, as reported by
Reuters', "
Outgunned
Syria rebels make shift to bombs."
Libyan weapons, cash, and
fighters have also all been confirmed to have made it into Syria in an effort to
undermine, divide and destroy Syria.
The London Telegraph reported in
its article, "
Libya’s
new rulers offer weapons to Syrian rebels:"
"There is something being planned to send weapons and even
Libyan fighters to Syria," said a Libyan source, speaking on condition of
anonymity. "There is a military intervention on the way. Within a few weeks you
will see."
The Telegraph has also learned that preliminary
discussions about arms supplies took place when members of the Syrian National
Council [SNC] – the country's main opposition movement – visited Libya earlier
this month.
Albawaba reported in its article, "
Libyan
fighters join "free Syrian army" forces," that:
Libyan sources conveyed in recent days that 600 rebel
fighters have already gone from Libya to Syria in order to support the Syrian
opposition.
Albawaba's report would later be confirmed by multiple
Western media representatives now on the ground in Aleppo, Syria, including
CNN
which reported:
Meanwhile, residents of the
village where the Syrian Falcons were headquartered said there were fighters of
several North African nationalities also serving with the brigade's ranks.
A volunteer Libyan fighter has
also told CNN he intends to travel from Turkey to Syria within days to add a
"platoon" of Libyan fighters to armed movement.
CNN
also added:
On Wednesday, CNN’s crew met a Libyan fighter who had
crossed into Syria from Turkey with four other Libyans. The fighter wore full
camouflage and was carrying a Kalashnikov rifle. He said more Libyan fighters
were on the way.
The foreign fighters, some of them are clearly drawn
because they see this as … a jihad. So this is a magnet for jihadists who see
this as a fight for Sunni Muslims.
Clearly Libyan terrorists and
their weapons have made it into Syria with the explicit backing of NATO's
recently
installed client Libyan regime. The
London
Guardian had reported that Libya possessed some "25 metric tonnes of bulk
mustard agent and 1,400 metric tonnes of precursor chemical used to make
chemical weapons." The Guardian also reported:
The abandonment or disappearance of some Gaddafi-era
weapons has prompted concerns that such firepower could erode regional security
if it falls into the hands of Islamist militants or rebels active in north
Africa.
Clearly those "Islamist militants" as well as "rebels
active in north Africa" are now on the ground in Syria. These militants bringing
pilfered chemical weapons with them is entirely plausible, as is the possibility
that these weapons were purposefully placed into their hands by either NATO or
Libya's current ruling regime. This very scenario was warned against last month
in an article published by Russia Today titled, "
Syrian rebels aim
to use chemical weapons, blame Damascus – report."
Why
Isn't the Western Media Investigating These Claims? It should be
remembered
a
single "tweet" from BBC's Ian Pannell in Aleppo claiming "fighter jets have
bombed eastern Aleppo," triggered media hysteria.
Pannell would
expand on his earlier, unconfirmed, unsubstantiated claim by declaring,
"what appeared to be Russian-made MiG planes arced through the sky. We watched
as they dropped in, bombing and strafing rebel positions."
It
would later turn out that the planes Pannell observed were not "MiG planes,"
where not "Russian-made," and were not even "bombing" rebel positions. They were
trainer planes carrying out reconnaissance and at most, deploying gun-fire on
rebel trucks mounted with heavy weapons.
Image:
A sole"tweet" from BBC's Ian Pannell, now a confirmed fabrication, immediately
made headlines across the Western media.
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If one "tweet" is worth 3 news cycles, even when
the report was both difficult to believe at face-value, and quickly turned out
to be a fabrication - why isn't the Western media covering pictures and witness
accounts of FSA militants apparently preparing to deploy chemical weapons inside
and around Syria's major cities?
The answer is simple, reporting bombers that don't
exist
allowed
the White House to claim, "the Syrian government's assault on the city of
Aleppo with tanks and airplanes illustrates "the depth of depravity" by the
regime of President Bashar Assad."
Similarly, by allowing claims of FSA militants
preparing to deploy chemical weapons to go unreported, affords the West an
opportunity to then blame the mass-casualty event that may follow on the Syrian
government, thus providing an attractive opportunity for militarily intervene.
That the media and governments of the West have not publicly looked into recent
claims that the FSA is contemplating a false flag, weapons of mass destruction
attack, makes them complicit should such an attack unfold. It will also make it
all but impossible for the US to attempt to blame Libya and "Al Qaeda" alone if
their dark deed is carried out, but subsequently exposed.
