Russia now says the attack that killed over 70 Syrian civilians and injured 500 never happened.
Propaganda king/Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is notorious for denying that his pro-government forces attack civilians. He claimed that a viral photo of a bloodied Aleppo boy was forged, and he threw the hoax label on the April 2017 chemical attack (which was carried out with aid by staunch ally Russia), a move that was backed up by the Pizzagate crowd. So, it seems like a (non-)logical extension for Russia to call the latest chemical attack — that affected around 500 civilians, dozens of them fatally — a “fabrication.”
Not only that, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused an unspecified foreign power of staging the entire scene in Douma, which includes horrific photos that show dead children with foam oozing from their mouths. Lavrov insists that Russian investigators uncovered no evidence of chemical weapons, despite an international watchdog finding plenty of proof that the attack happened. The New York Times has more from Lavrov:
Meanwhile, President Trump is still weighing whether to carry out another missile strike on the Syrian government for these newest fatal tactics in the ongoing civil war. This week, he warned Russia to prepare for these seemingly imminent strikes before walking back any implication on timing and asking (in regard to the war on terror), “Where is our ‘Thank you America?’” And if there’s any doubt on which foreign power Russia is pointing the finger at, well, the answer to that question is probably the U. S. or Israel.
(Via New York Times)
