Cartoonist spreads Western propaganda
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We almost daily see The Nation's cartoonist, Stephff, misinforming by portraying Syria's president as an evil person killing his own. Maybe if Stephff did a little more research, he would have a different perspective.
In an extraordinary account of the Daraya massacre by veteran journalist Robert Fisk, eyewitnesses reveal that it was US-backed FSA rebels and not the Syrian Army who were responsible for the slaughter of 245 men, women and children.
The massacre, which took place last weekend, was instantly blamed on President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces by the global media, despite video footage from the scene showing victims welcoming the presence of Syrian Army troops and blaming the violence on armed rebels.
Those eyewitness accounts have now been verified thanks to the courageous journalism of veteran reporter Fisk, who is risking his life in his role as one of the few impartial media observers inside Syria.
In an article for The Independent entitled “Inside Daraya – how a failed prisoner-swap turned into a massacre”, Fisk reveals how he was able to talk to eyewitnesses independently of Syrian officials. All of them said the violence was carried out by armed rebels – before the Syrian Army even arrived in the town outside Damascus.
Thomas Turk
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