What the Western press ignores on Syria

Video taken of the food convoy that was “attacked” showed no bomb craters, yet eyewitnesses claimed bombs were dropped. Then we read that US warplanes had “accidentally” hit Syrian government troops near the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor on September 17, with 62 Syrian military killed and 100 wounded. The alternative media have told us that Syrian intelligence possesses an audio recording of conversation between IS/Daesh terrorists and US military prior to the Washington-led coalition’s air strikes on the Syrian troops. It’s also noted that hardly had the coalition planes finished their bombing when IS attacked the surviving Syrian soldiers.

While on the subject, we learned today from the Dutch MH17 investigators that Russia was directly involved in the passenger jet’s downing since a Buk missile launcher had just arrived from Russia in Ukraine’s pro-Russia East. How did the rebels know MH17 would be overhead the next day?

What’s ignored by the Dutch is evidence from M Bociurkiw, a Canadian-Ukrainian who, with his team, were the first OSEC investigators to arrive at the crash site. Video presented shows the still smouldering wreckage and a single large hole exactly where the pilot sits that appears to have been made a single air-to-air missile. That area is pockmarked with holes that look like damage from 30mm machine-gunfire. The metal is bent in and out, as if jet fighters were on either side firing. There are photos at GlobalResearch.ca.

In a BBC video, eyewitnesses all claimed that one jet fighter jet was tucked under the Malaysian airliner and another just behind it when they heard explosions. The BBC deleted the video but it can be viewed at http://slavyangrad.org. 

Is it too much to expect The Nation’s resident Russophobic cartoonist Stephff to grace us with his talent on any of these points?

Thomas Turk

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