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It has begun. Trump, declaring “national security interests,” has ordered an attack on Syria, striking a Syrian government airfield with a volley of 50 Tomahawk missiles. The news is still breaking and could include a Russian military response. Please help in compiling data on these events by leaving links and info in the open source investigation post.
SHOW NOTES
BREAKING: It Has Begun — US Just Fired 50 Tomahawk Missiles at Syrian Govt
Trump: Syrian strike is in ‘vital national security interest’ of United States
McCain Furious At Rex Tillerson For Saying Assad Can Stay
McCain gloats about Syria strike on Twitter
‘FALSE FLAG’ — Ron Paul Says Syrian Chemical Attack ‘Makes No Sense’
UN Commission Investigator: It Was The Syrian Rebels Who Used Sarin
New analysis of rocket used in Syria chemical attack undercuts U.S. claims
Wilson lied the US into WWI for the bankers 100 years ago this week
Surely no surprise here, but here it is just for the record anyway:
ISIS, Al-Qaeda Praise Trump’s Attack
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-07/isis-al-qaeda-praise-trumps-attack
Equally unsurprising, but worth documenting:
Israeli PM: “Israel fully supports President Trump’s decision”
https://twitter.com/IsraeliPM/status/850193506144362497
And of course, Malcolm Turnbull – the Prime Minister of Goldman Sachs Australia backs the attacks as well.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/04/07/australian-government-strongly-supports-syria-strike-turnbull
Here is the most recent media release from the OPCW on Tuesday’s chemical release:
https://www.opcw.org/news/article/media-brief-reported-use-of-chemical-weapons-southern-idlib-syria-4-april-2017/
Here is an interesting open source analysis on Tuesday’s chemical release (rootclaim):
https://www.rootclaim.com/claims/what-caused-the-chemical-calamity-in-khan-sheikhoun-syria-on-april-4-2017-18448
From Covert Geopolitics:
“Initial evaluation of the damages on the airfield indicates that there were no lives lost, but that may not be the objective after all. […] After a volley of 59 US Tomahawks into a Syrian airfield, ISIS terror foot soldiers launched a powerful offensive on the same target — eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate, effectively resuming the US Air Force’ role of providing air protection for Daesh terrorists on the ground, during Obama’s term.”
From Dealmaker Trump to Butcher Trump in 77 Days!
https://geopolitics.co/2017/04/07/from-dealmaker-trump-to-butcher-trump-in-77-days/
Here’s what’s at stake:
Russia warns of ‘negative consequences’ if U.S. targets Syria
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-un-russia-idUSKBN179039?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social
Russia: US airstrike was an “act of aggression” meriting emergency UN Security Council mtg.
https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/850210240842702850/photo/1
This is a fucking catastrophe. Nothing changes.
Very important interview of Philip Giraldi by Scott Horton:
https://scotthorton.org/interviews/4617-philip-giraldi-says-ic-military-doubt-assad-gas-narrative/
Philip Giraldi, former CIA officer and Director of the Council for the National Interest, says that “military and intelligence personnel,” “intimately familiar” with the intelligence, say that the narrative that Assad or Russia did it is a “sham,” instead endorsing the Russian narrative that Assad’s forces had bombed a storage facility. Giraldi’s intelligence sources are “astonished” about the government and media narrative and are considering going public out of concern over the danger of worse war there. Giraldi also observes that the Assad regime had no motive to do such a thing at this time.
He also says that some of the IC sources who have called it a sham might come forward to put a stop to this…but that was before the missiles were launched.
Open your eyes. The false flag is not meant to pull in the president, but the people.
Trump ran his campaign on being aware of the use of propaganda to lure public support. I would have expected Trump to call BS on Tuesday’s event if he truly believed his campaign rhetoric. His decision to green light yesterday’s operation confirm his role in the master plan to me.
The operation seems to be somewhat of a show itself. The DoD alerts the Russians that they will be striking an air base which the Russians made operational back in 2015. It goes like this,”hey guys, get your stuff out because we will be putting on a show in one hour.” The US sends its TLAM barrage which lasts several minutes. Syria states that they have 4-9 dead. Russia then withdraws from the Safe Skies agreement (which explains the ability of the TLAMs to reach their targets with no resistance from the S300 and S400 installations). Now, the US is unable to operate freely in Syrian airspace because Russia and Syria have the SA monopoly in the bulk of Syria. What happens next with US air operations in Syria will be interesting.
So did the US notify the Russians beforehand or not? I’ve seen numerous tweets and stories suggesting they did, but the New York Times states categorically they did not:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/politics/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-the-syria-airstrikes.html
Anyone have any source data on this?
Thanks for that VoA. I see the notification has apparently been confirmed by Captain Jeff Davis of the Pentagon: “Russian forces were notified in advance of the strike using the established deconfliction line. US military planners took precautions to minimise risk to Russian or Syrian personnel located at the airfield.”
However I can’t seem to find a report on Russia stopping the agreement. Do you have a link for that?
Never mind. It’s definitely coming through the news wires now:
Moscow suspends US-Russia memorandum on flights safety in Syria
http://tass.com/politics/939940
A significant escalation indeed…
“This is clearly a victory, at a policy level, for General McMaster, for General Mattis, and for people in the administration, who believe in a U.S. led, liberal, global order, based on rules, based on values.”
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/schmidt-trump-re-established-the-red-line-915993667625
Things have been moving so fast since the election, its been a bit much to parse. There is obviously some sort of struggle going on in the executive branch and elsewhere. Like capos fighting over territory when the Don is weak.
I’m really just surprised they opted to go back to the chemical weapons attack for the THIRD time…
Repetition is the mother of propaganda.
This time they adapted the strategy and didn’t wait for the public outrage.
CNN Anchor Speechless After Congressman Questions Syria Chemical Attack Story
http://theantimedia.org/cnn-congressman-syria-chemical-attack/
From the Newsbud daily picks
Reports of Chemical Attack Appeared Before Syrian Airstrike in Idlib – Syrian FM
“…Moreover, the first reports of the chemical attack in the province of Idlib appeared a few hours before the Syrian Air Forces conducted an airstrike on an al-Nusra Front ammunition depot on April 4, Walid Muallem noted…”
https://www.newsbud.com/2017/04/06/reports-of-chemical-attack-appeared-before-syrian-airstrike-in-idlib-syrian-fm/
(The Original source appears down to me at the moment, so I can’t check it out)
Interestingly the strike was not very efficient according to Russia
https://www.rt.com/news/383858-syria-us-strike-inefficient/
6 MiG-23 aircraft destroyed in US strike on Syrian airfield, runway undamaged – Russian MoD
The ministry described the combat efficiency of the strike as “quite poor.”
“On April 7, 2017, between 3:42am and 3:56am Moscow time, two US Navy destroyers (USS Porter and USS Ross) fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Shayrat airfield in Homs Province, Syria, from an area near the Island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea.
“According to our sources, only 23 of them reached the Syrian airbase,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said, adding that the points of impact of the other 36 cruise missiles remain unknown.
What do you make of that?
Have you got a link for: “reports says there are 9 (4 kids) civilians killed so far as result of these missing missiles. (they fell in villages around the airport)”?
Israelis like seeing dead civilians, especially Arabs, I’d assume that’s why.
Thanks
Former British Ambassador to Syria says Idlib gas attack is possibly all “FAKE NEWS”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2_y0-dXTlE
Former British Ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, speaking on Sky News, says he believes it is “highly unlikely” that Russia or the Assad regime was behind the gas attack in Idlib and that it is possible it is all “FAKE NEWS”.
See full segment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS6Oa_aDS6E
Also in the first video, linked to above, former Texas congressman, Ron Paul says to Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, that: “It makes no sense, even if you were totally separate from this and take no sides of this and you were just an analyst, it doesn’t make sense for Assad under these conditions to all of the sudden use poison gasses,” Paul continued. “I think it’s zero chance that he would have done this deliberately.”
See full segment here – Syria Gas Attack: Assad’s Doing…Or False Flag?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LULzvg1gA5U
During an interview this morning on the BBC news, former British Ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, said that it is:
“Possible that [the US] is just looking for a pretext to attack Syria”.
When asked why he seemed to be a relatively “lone voice” raising concerns about the US administrations narrative regarding the gas attack in Idlib, Syria, Mr Ford said:
“I don’t leave my brains at the door when I examine a situation analytically, I try to be objective and based on previous experience, including Iraq, we can see that we cannot take on face value what so called intelligence experts tell is, not when they have an agenda.”
See the interview segment on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU5taO5vRDo
Got this link:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-06/evidence-calls-western-narrative-about-syrian-chemical-incident-question
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Evidence Calls Western Narrative About Syrian Chemical Attack Into Question
I. Evidence From Khan Sheikhoun Does Not Support Assertions Of Airborne Chemical Weapons Use
I. Rebels Are Known To Have Possessed And Used Chemical Weapons In Syria For Some Time
III. The Khan Sheikhoun Incident May Be Part Of An Ongoing Power Struggle Over U.S. Policy In Syria
Additionally, footage from the scene of the incident taken by the Syrian White Helmets appears to show that their operatives were not assisting victims in a manner that was consistent with established protocol on how to handle sarin saturated bodies. Images appear to show that Syrian White Helmet operatives were handling purported sarin victims with their bare hands, rather than with gloves, which is necessary to prevent the rescuer being injured by the chemical themselves. They also appear to be using simple dust masks, which are not suitable protection in the event of a sarin attack.
(So it can not be Sarin, because sarin goes through skin)
I know there are multiple reports about ISIS having used the strike against the airbase (which was running anti-ISIS operations) as an excuse to proceed, for example in Palmyra:
https://www.rt.com/news/383826-isis-used-us-airstrike-syria/
But do you have anything more specific on these attacks being done “in concert with” the US strikes? Like actually begun at the same time? Any links or sources on that?
Thanks for helping to relay this information. You’re right: it would certainly be useful to have some Russian speakers and others participating here. If anyone can lend a hand and translate Russian news from the source, please do!
From The Real News Network: http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=18834
How do we know what happened in Khan Shaykhun? The sources for the Western media outlets are mainly “opposition activists,” as BBC put it in one of its early reports. A BBC story from April 4 (Syria Conflict: Chemical attack in Idlib kills 58 [3]) lists the various sources it has relied upon:
1. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Founded in 2006, SOHR is based in the United Kingdom and receives funding from the European Union and-most likely-the United Kingdom. It relies upon a network of opposition activists across Syria to provide raw information, which its director, Rami Abdul Rahman, then digests. SOHR is openly anti-Assad.
2. Khotwa (Step) news agency. Founded by opposition activists in late 2013, Khotwa-as they say-aims to “bring the worlds attention to the suffering of the Syrian people.” Its 40 correspondents are mostly based in rebel-held areas. In 2014, its director, Mohammad Hrith, was in the news in Turkey due to a fracas between Hrith and the Prime Minister of the Syrian interim government Ahmed Touma. Toumas people suggested Hrith came to demand funds from them.
3. Local Co-ordination Committee (LCC) of the town. The LCC is part of a network of local groups emerged to coordinate protests after 2011. They represent the politics of the area in which they are established. Their general tenor is anti-Assad.
4. Hussein Kayal, a photographer with the pro-opposition Edlib Media Center. Kayal and the Edlib Media Center are part of a network of journalists including those involved with the Aleppo Media Center. They are affiliated with the Syrian Expatriate Organization, led by Mazen Hasan, who is a leading figure in the Syrian opposition that is based in the West and a key person in the Washington, D.C.-based Coalition for a Democratic Syria. The Coalition has been urging U.S. armed action to overthrow the Syrian government.
5. An AFP news agency journalist (unnamed). Some of the main photographs from Idlib came from two Agence France-Presse photographers, Omar Haj Kadour and Mohamed al-Bakour. Both offered vivid pictures from the hospital in Maaret al-Numan and Khan Shaykhun. Omar Haj Kadour’s Twitter account shows he is decidedly on the side of the opposition. The account by the stringer al-Bakour seems utterly sincere. He says, “My job is to take pictures. To cover this attack. To show this horrendous crime to the world.”
Neither of the AFP reporters confirms who used these weapons on the civilians, many of them young children. They merely document the act. They are not experts. Their evidence includes foam at the mouth of one of the victims and the smell (“The first thing that hits you is the smell”). Most nerve agents are odorless. The photographers describe what they experience. To analyze their information would take a great deal more time on the ground. The others quoted by BBC do not hesitate. They point their fingers at Assad. Those with the densest relationship to the armed opposition are the first to claim that this attack was done by the government.
Confirmation via Sputnik for this news:
Russian MoD Announces Measures to Bolster Syria Air Defense System
https://sputniknews.com/world/201704071052397935-russia-syria-ministry-defense/
4/6/2017 – (Regarding chemical attacks) Rex Tillerson statement: “…There is no doubt in our minds, and the information we have supports, that Syria…are responsible….”
VIDEO statement – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvG_rB4GVQQ&feature=youtu.be&t=3m7s
(Comment: Either Rex is lying or his intelligence sources are a con.)
On 3/30/2017 Rex Tillerson stated that the U.S. would not interfere with the Syrian people.
https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-1265-new-world-next-week-with-james-evan-pilato/#comment-37272
– Chemical Attacks of Tuesday 4/4/2017 – PHOTO shows White Helmet propaganda – no gloves used handling sarin victims while wearing gas masks https://www.sott.net/image/s19/388055/large/fake_helmets.jpg
Article about the false flag published on “Sign of The Times” by Adam Garrie of The Duran…
Hours after an apparently self-evident false flag chemical attack in Idlib, Sean Spicer affirmed that it is no longer US policy to remove President Bashar al-Assad from power.
https://www.sott.net/article/347268-Not-taking-the-bait-Sean-Spicer-ignores-false-flag-chemical-attack-in-Syria
The article cites a variety of reasons why the chemical attack is a false flag event and also links to these reasons…
http://theduran.com/3-reasons-why-reports-of-a-syrian-chemical-weapons-attack-on-idlib-are-fake-news/
April 6 – Syria — Official website of U.S. Department of State
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/04/269543.htm
The official statement holds with the official narrative of all past chemical attacks being done by Syria and rattles sabers with Russia.
EXCERPT
…So either Russia has been complicit or Russia has been simply incompetent in its ability to deliver on its end of that agreement….
April 6 Evidently, Tillerson still slated to go to Moscow next week and “Strike doesn’t signal policy change toward Syria”
FOX – 4 minute report from state department
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkLvX0AHTyY
It would appear that Senator Rand Paul remembered this moment, and reminded Trump, and the rest of his followers of it the day before the latest US aggression… https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/849792436754935809
EVA BARTLETT Twitter
https://twitter.com/evakbartlett?lang=en
I’ve just found the quote mentioned by VoA in this RT article:
6 MiG-23 aircraft destroyed in US strike on Syrian airfield, runway undamaged – Russian MoD
https://www.rt.com/news/383858-syria-us-strike-inefficient/
“The ministry also pointed to the events that followed the strikes, a large-scale offensive against the Syrian Army carried out by Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front terrorists.
“‘We hope that this offensive was in no way coordinated with the US,’ the ministry said.”
April 6 interview Senator Richard Black (who has previously visited Assad and supports Assad. Former top prosecutor at The Pentagon.)
Motives?…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fQQVvOr8CA
Help me out with something – how do these white helmet “mannequin challenges” get leaked on You Tube? This is not to convince me – this was a false flag gas attack and the white helmets are frauds. I just need help on how to respond when challenged on these leaked videos. Where do they come from and how are they obtained?
Thanks.
rob, more on White Helmets below…
https://www.corbettreport.com/breaking-us-strikes-syria-russia-set-to-respond/comment-page-1/#comment-37474
Looking at who first put out the propaganda photos of the recent chemical attack…
White Helmets exposed
Summary and history – 4 minute video –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k6hSS6xBTw
The deception of the “White Helmets” as the good guys was started by James Le Mesurier and his NGO. His old twitter https://twitter.com/usarinwar?lang=en
(Great resolution video footage from Syria)
Interviews with Syrian civilians about the “White Helmets” exposes the “White Helmet” farce.
(6 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBkn78q_t_Q
Video footage showing “WHITE HELMETS: LIVING NEXT DOOR TO AL QAEDA IN ALEPPO”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tseqwNIXhDQ
Corbett Report & White Helmets
https://www.corbettreport.com/?s=white+helmets
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EXCERPT “…Observers further noted that on April 1st, 2017, a doctor on the ground in Khan Sheikhoun, Dr. Shajul Islam, had received several shipments of gas masks in the days running up to the chemical incident……Dr. Shajul Islam was at one point sought by the British government in connection with the abduction of two journalists in Syria, and security services have stated that Islam and his brother may have had ties to ISIS executioner “Jihadi John.”….”
http://disobedientmedia.com/evidence-calls-western-narrative-about-syrian-chemical-incident-into-question/
Something is Not Adding Up In Idlib Chemical Weapons Attack by Paul Antonopoulos (PHOTOS)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46801.htm
Thanks for the links, HRS.
Sadly not The Onion:
Shares of Tomahawk cruise missile maker Raytheon up 2.1 percent in premarket trade after U.S. missile strike in Syria.
https://twitter.com/ReutersBiz/status/850317898711257089
Hi James and everyone else. Good work.
I made a drawing about this incredibly stupid situation. Please feel free to use it if you think it will be useful.
http://dooderote.deviantart.com/art/Assad-s-Mind-673359756
Let’s keep this work up. Maybe this will be the straw that breaks the indoctrination camel’s back.
Bob
Excellent work, Bob. Thank you very much for sharing that. You really should share that on the social media platforms. It would help to get people’s minds wrapped around the stupidity of the official story.
Nice work Bob.
I think Trump saying yesterday Assad’s guilt “cannot be disputed” is an instruction to the rest of the soulless psychos who run the organized criminal conspiracy (ie government) in their respective giant open air prisons.
Launching the missiles leaves the reality based community trying to figure out what really happened, while the empire carries on creating its own reality.
Thanks for the link. Watching as I’m writing…
CDC Report on Sarin Nerve Agent:
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750001.html
In regards to the photo evidence of the White Helmets handling the Sarin chemical victims without proper protective equipment (no gloves, exposed skin), I have linked a CDC report, which is an official government document on how to handle a Sarin chemical incident.
From CDC report on Sarin-
Description:
“A fraction of an ounce (1 to 10 mL) of sarin on the skin can be fatal.”
“ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: Sarin can be absorbed into the body by inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, or eye contact.”
The report goes on to detail the required personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to avoid personal bodily harm to rescuers, such as the White Helmets in this case. Notice the equipment needed includes two layers of protective gloves to stop skin exposure, as well as a full body chemical suit.
“LEVEL A: (RED ZONE): Select when the greatest level of skin, respiratory, and eye protection is required. This is the maximum protection for workers in danger of exposure to unknown chemical hazards or levels above the IDLH or greater than the AEGL-2.
A NIOSH-certified CBRN full-face-piece SCBA operated in a pressure-demand mode or a pressure-demand supplied air hose respirator with an auxiliary escape bottle.
A Totally-Encapsulating Chemical Protective (TECP) suit that provides protection against CBRN agents.
Chemical-resistant gloves (outer).
Chemical-resistant gloves (inner).
Chemical-resistant boots with a steel toe and shank.
Coveralls, long underwear, and a hard hat worn under the TECP suit are optional items.”
Level A was the maximum PPE needed. Now, level D is the minimum amount of PPE needed. Notice protective gloves is still necessary to prevent bodily harm to the rescuer.
“LEVEL D: (GREEN ZONE): Select when the contaminant and concentration of the contaminant are known and the concentration is below the appropriate occupational exposure limit or less than AEGL-1 for the stated duration times.
Limited to coveralls or other work clothes, boots, and gloves.”
The White Helmets, one of the groups that the US government and mainstream media are considering as providing evidence that the Syrian government was responsible for this attack, is not even following proper safety procedure when treating these Sarin victims. If those victims in the video with the White Helmets were really gased, the rescuers would be harmed without proper PPE. The White Helmets have already been confirmed to be a US and U.K. Propaganda tool and connected with terrorist organizations, but this further confirms their phony rescue videos.
The newsletter is now posted. To avoid any confusion I’m going to close down the discussion here. All new links/analysis regarding the Syria Strikes should be directed there:
https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=22411