Filming
of staged chemical attack in Syrian Idlib begins - Russian MoD
RT,
11
September, 2018
Footage,
meant to serve as proof that the Syrian government has conducted a
chemical weapons attack in Idlib, Syria, is to be handed to global
news outlets by the end of Tuesday, the Russian military claims.
Several
Middle East TV channels and a US news channel have been sent to Jisr
al-Shughur in Syria’s Idlib Governorate to produce the footage
needed for the provocation, a statement by the Russian Center for
Syrian Reconciliation said. It added the intelligence came from local
residents of Jisr al-Shughur.
Terrorists
& White Helmets met in Idlib to prep for final stage false flag
chem attack – Russian MoD
“All
the footage of the staged provocation in Jisr al-Shughur is to be
delivered to the newsrooms of TV channels, which are to broadcast it
after its publication on social media,” the
statement claimed.
It
also said that an Islamist group was provided with two canisters of
a “chlorine-based
chemical” for
the purpose of the operation.
The
Russian military said the footage would include scenes of White
Helmets operatives treating supposed victims of an apparent barrel
bomb chemical weapon attack by Damascus.
Moscow
has repeatedly warned that a false flag chemical weapon attack was
being prepared in Idlib, giving the US and its allies justification
to attack Syrian government forces. Senior US officials
have threatened Damascus
with retaliation if it uses chemical weapons in Idlib and even
preemptively assigned the blame for any such attack to the
government.
Speaking
at the UN security Council meeting on Tuesday, Russia’s Ambassador
Vassily Nebenzya, stressed that Damascus did not possess any chemical
weaponry to begin with. Any incident with such weaponry would only
benefit the militants, fighting Syria’s government.
“The
false-flag attack by the adversaries of Damascus, who count on
foreign armed support, is very possible. We have irrefutable evidence
of preparations [for it],” the
official stated.
Video
footage of the FAKE chemical attacks is expected to be delivered to
various TV channels and Western journalists today (9/11).
According
to the information received from inhabitants of Idlib
province, militants are now filming a staged provocation in the
city of Jisr al-Shugur, where "chemical weapons" are
depicted as being used by the Syrian army
against civilians.
"Film
crews from several Middle Eastern TV outlets arrived in Jisr
al-Shugur in the morning, as well as the regional
affiliate of one of the main American television news
networks"the
Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation said.
Jisr
al-Shugur is a key al-Qaeda held town in Idlib Province, specifically
under the control of Hayat
Tahrir al-Sham (ormerly
Nusra Front, or al-Qaeda). There have been international
journalists inside Jisr
al-Shugur over
the past weeks.
Official
Russian military sources also say two containers of
a chlorine-based toxic substance have been brought to Jisr
al-Shugur; however, the sources did not cite any specific
intelligence or provide evidence to back the claim.
The
Russian MoD described:
The plot envisages staged scenes showing 'activists' of the Civil Defense ("White Helmets") 'helping' the residents of Jisr al-Shughur after the Syrian army allegedly used the so-called barrel bombs with poisonous substances," the center said.
Several Middle East TV channels and a local branch of a leading US news channel have been sent to the city of Jisr al-Shughur in Syria’s Idlib governorate to produce the footage needed for the provocation.
This
comes the same morning as a new Wall
Street Journal report confirms that the
White House is now in direct talks with the U.K. and France over
plans for a possible third round of coordinated strikes on
Syria should
the Syrian Army use chemical weapons during its Idlib assault.
Speaking
to reporters after a major speech on Monday, US
national security advisor John Bolton slammed Moscow's allegations of
an impending staged "chemical provocation," saying “That
has to be, in the history of propaganda in the 20th and 21st
centuries, one of the most outrageous claims that I can think of,”
according to the WSJ.
Meanwhile
in Idlib, some
truly strange theatrics have already begun,
with Al
Jazeera depicting
locals preparing paper cups, bags and cotton, which are somehow
supposed to serve as "chemical protective"
gear. Reuters has
also promoted some of the images of residents with plastic bags over
their heads in recent coverage.
The Al
Jazeera (AJ+)
report aired late last week, and ranks
as one of the more bizarre propaganda stunts we've
seen from
the Qatar-based channel.
For
starters, nerve agents are absorbed through the skin, and quite
obviously a little cotton and charcoal can do nothing to protect from
a real gas attack.
The Al
Jazeera filmed
stunt seems to point to — at
least on an anecdotal level — early
conscious attempts by the armed groups controlling Idlib to stage
exaggerated theatrics, and further points to international media's
willingness to promote such stunts with no critical
review whatsoever.
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