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© AP Photo/Carolyn KasterDefense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House
Secretary of Defense James Mattis told lawmakers in the US Thursday that the Pentagon does not have any evidence that chlorine or sarin were used in the Syrian city of Douma.
Mattis went on to say that the majority of the claims were coming from mainstream media reports and social media posts - in other words, the rising tensions between nuclear superpowers over an alleged chemical attack in Syria, inching closer towards World War 3, has been all based on ZERO evidence, only fake media reports.
Best of the Web: Syrian Army reports finding Saudi-made explosives at makeshift chemical weapons factory during Eastern Ghouta operation
The military also discovered rockets of the kind previously used by Ghouta militants to indiscriminately shell Damascus.
A Syrian Army field commander speaking to the Syrian Arab News Agency said that the ammo depots were found in the town of Zamalka, about 3.5 km northeast of central Damascus.
According to the commander, the Islamist Al-Rahman Legion militant group controlling the town effectively turned one of its neighborhoods into a network of factories and depots manufacturing and storing shells and the accompanying explosives, and turning spent tank shells into improvised explosive devices. These makeshift weapons production and storage facilities were all linked by a tunnel network.
Some of the explosive materials were Saudi-made, the commander said. Along with the explosives was equipment for mixing them with C4 or chlorine to increase the destructive power of the artillery shells which militants would lob into the capital's residential neighborhoods.
© AFP 2018 / Youssef KARWASHAN
According to the commander, the Islamist Al-Rahman Legion militant group controlling the town effectively turned one of its neighborhoods into a network of factories and depots manufacturing and storing shells and the accompanying explosives, and turning spent tank shells into improvised explosive devices. These makeshift weapons production and storage facilities were all linked by a tunnel network.
Some of the explosive materials were Saudi-made, the commander said. Along with the explosives was equipment for mixing them with C4 or chlorine to increase the destructive power of the artillery shells which militants would lob into the capital's residential neighborhoods.
Comment: That right there is the true 'chemical weapons' story in Syria.
For the last 6 years, proxy-controlled 'rebels', embedded with Western troops, have been terrorizing Damascus with actual chemical weapons.
Now that their ruse has finally been uncovered thanks to the Syrian and Russian liberation of this suburb of Damascus, the Western media is actively attempting to pull the wool back over people's eyes by claiming that the Syrian forces have been doing this to Syrian civilians - the very opposite scenario to the one that took place in reality.
Since the weather in England on March 4, the day Skripals were allegedly poisoned, was humid and foggy, the chemical's potency was greatly reduced. "Only an idiot would've used this substance in humid conditions," he declared.
© ReutersViktor Orban during a press conference in Budapest on April 10. / Reuters
"Time and time again, Viktor Orbán's government has undermined the independence of the judiciary, freedom of the press and the fundamental rights of its citizens," said the motion, authored by Dutch Green Party MEP Judith Sargentini, who has led an investigation on whether Budapest is in breach of "EU values."
Comment: Too many "happy white dancing people"? Hungarian mayor outraged at exclusion from EU culture contest
With Orban set for a third consecutive term, after the Eurosceptic, anti-immigrant Fidesz party took the vast majority of parliament seats on April 8, the EU committee proposed invoking Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union. The statute would force Hungarian officials to defend their country before the European Council, and could eventually see Budapest's voting rights in the EU suspended.
Comment: The EU is showing its true fascistic colours and, with more and more countries outraged at its destructive diktats, doling out thinly veiled punishments will only hasten its inevitable downfall:
- More Hungarians share Orban's 'common sense' immigration stance than just his party supporters
- "Europe can go f*ck itself": Italy's right party leader sees rise in popularity
- 'Border protection unit' to prevent another refugee crisis - Austrian Interior Minister
- "We are not Macron's toilet!" Tensions rise on France-Italy border as French agents storm Italian migrant facility
- Legal cases made by EU against Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic for not taking in refugees
- Frexit: Macron admits France would vote to leave EU if country held referendum
- It's not just Brexit: Greece, Spain, and France are also on the brink
SOTT Focus: Hearing Voices? British Minister of State for Transport Caught Wearing 'Wire' on BBC Question Time
Jo Johnson was rudely interrupted by his MI5 informants
The voice that 'interrupts' Johnson from a device in his pocket mentions "finding something on Syria" and "it's also been decided that we must tell the media..."
How many other British politicians use a similar device, and does this mean that politicians are merely mouth-pieces and spokespeople for those who really determine government policy?
© Carlos Barria / ReutersRussia's President Vladimir Putin talks to U.S. President Donald Trump
In an interview with Sky News on Thursday, Zakharova stressed that Moscow and Washington should not allow the tensions over Syria to spiral into a direct confrontation on the ground.
Asked about the chances of a doomsday scenario in which Russian and American blood will be spilled as result of the US-led military action, Zakharova said that Moscow and Washington have all the means to prevent such a showdown and its potentially disastrous consequences.
Comment: 'Never underestimate the power of a woman's intuition.Some women can recognize GAME before you even play it!'
© ReutersFighter jets aboard USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier that has been dispatched to the Middle East
"Which one of us hasn't asked themselves the question - is a war coming? Everything is being done to make it happen," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said during a press briefing in Moscow. "Militarist statements keep coming from Washington, which threaten us with a major escalation. And the target isn't just Damascus, but Russia because it purportedly covers for Bashar Assad and thus shares responsibility for alleged 'war crimes'."
Moscow's statements come in the wake of Wednesday's Twitter tirade by US President Donald Trump in which he told Russia to "get ready" for "nice and new and 'smart'" American missiles. On Thursday, however, the US leader appeared to row back from the immediate threat, clarifying that he "never said when an attack on Syria would take place."
Six facts currently being censored through omission in the Northern media about Lula's Supreme Court Judgement.
Comment: Not surprisingly, these facts are also entirely missing from the Brazilian media. Brazil's media behemoth Globo and its associates have been fully engaged in the impeachment of Dilma Roussef in 2016 and in the persecution against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that finally resulted in his arrest on April 7th.
In 1964 Globo supported the US-backed military coup in Brazil. In 2013, 49 years later, Globo issued an apology saying it was an error. Maybe half a century from now they will apologize again. Fortunately many have since learned that these are crocodile tears.
However, some facts are too plain to be hidden: while the current president Michel Temer (made incumbent after Dilma's impeachment) has an approval rating of 5% and a rejection rate of over 70%, voting polls indicated that Lula would have won in any scenario in the upcoming 2018 presidential elections.
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