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Bashar Assad Tells AFP That Chemical Attack Was Western 'Fabrication'

Syrian President Bashar Assad continues to deny responsibility for a chemical attack in the town of Khan Shaykhun, claiming the attack was "100 percent ... fabrication" and video evidence showing choking victims is "fake."

He told Agence France-Presse this week that he wasn't even confident the dead children shown on video were "dead at all."

Experts tell NPR this explanation does not make sense, based on the nature of the chemicals used. And U.S. analysts say the timeline and strike location suggested by Russia don't match reports from the ground or satellite imagery.

But Assad doubled down on his denials in the interview with AFP, conducted on Wednesday and published on Thursday. He didn't just point a finger at rebels — he suggested it was "not clear" if the attack happened at all or was entirely manufactured.

 

[BY2K]

So he's not just saying the attack wasn't his doing... he's saying the attack didn't happen AT ALL!?

Fucking hell.

 

[Apzu]

I see someone is learning with Trump, but next time you should just shout "fake news" and not explain anything else.

But seriously, does he really think that just blatantly denying it will make people forget it?

 

[RustyNails]

I see someone is learning with Trump, but next time you should just shout "fake news" and not explain anything else.

But seriously, does he really think that just blatantly denying it will make people forget it?

It shows what Assad and his loyalists are saying: the video was a hoax and the kids were just playing dead.

 

[spiderman123]

Puts the Ass in Assad

 

[Matsukaze]

Jackass may as well have said the attack was carried out by martians.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Taking a page out of of the book of Cheeto, eh?

 

[seventynine]

Taking a page out of of the book of Cheeto, eh?

Fake news for all!

 

[Breakage]

The word fake seems to be popular these days.

 

[Nafai1123]

Where have I heard this argument made before? Hmm....

 

[smokeandmirrors]

never trust a dude without a chin

 

[?oe?oe]

The amount of propaganda the West eat up is is ridiculous. So he has a point somewhere. The media put a lot of bull on TV with nothing to back it up with. The media has to have a bad guy to let everyone forget that America is the bad guy.

 

[emag]

What a scumbag. Sure some will take this as gospel, though.

 

[TheRealTalker]

I was watching Russian media saying they demanded a UN probe into the use of Assad using chemical weapons yet were denied

idk what bizarre world they are living in but the probe got denied twice because Russia veto'd it in the security council

 

[luckygodzilla]

I was watching Russian media saying they demanded a UN probe into the use of Assad using chemical weapons yet were denied

idk what bizarre world they are living in but the probe got denied twice because Russia veto'd it in the security council

It's Russian state propoganda, what do you expect?

 

[KingBroly]

That's not what he said last week. Last week he said it was a Rebel facility (I believe).


Some very clear stonewalling is going on between Russia and Syria right now.

 

[Corpekata]

Getting his news from Mike Cernovich I see.

 

[Jenov]

I was watching Russian media saying they demanded a UN probe into the use of Assad using chemical weapons yet were denied

idk what bizarre world they are living in but the probe got denied twice because Russia veto'd it in the security council

And to think someone here was trying to equate Russian media with Western media and how they're BOTH bad. Riiiight. As if using RT as a news source somehow makes them "unbias", lolol.

 

[TheRealTalker]

That's not what he said last week. Last week he said it was a Rebel facility (I believe).


Some very clear stonewalling is going on between Russia and Syria right now.

because the evidence piled up against him

not only did he deny this attack in this interview he literally denied any chemical attack

the dude is delusional but he only does it so that some people who root for him would feel less secure by believing his BS

 

[Lemaitre]

So basically they did do it.

 

[Lifeline]

Taking Trump's "Fake News" excuse to whole new level.

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

What a lying sack of shit.

 

[watershed]

This whole fake news bullshit is being taken to all new lows.

 

[DorkLord54]

Fucks like Alex Jones will take this explanation over the reality that he's an ass who'd kill his own people via gas.