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Syria chemical attack: Andrew Wilkie questions Assad's role in strike
By political reporter Henry Belot
Updated about 5 hours ago
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-12/syria-chemical-weapons-andrew-wilkie-questions-assad-role/8438606

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Academic accuses Australia of 'war crimes' in Syria
11 Apr 2017 - 3:41pm



The federal education minister wants the University of Sydney to check whether a pro-Assad academic has breached any code of conduct rules.

Source: AAP

11 Apr 2017 - 3:30 PM UPDATED YESTERDAY 3:41 PM

The federal education minister has branded a Sydney academic, who believes the US missile strike in Syria is a "false flag" attack, as an apologist for "grievous" crimes against civilians.

But the University of Sydney academic himself has hit back, saying the Turnbull government is guilty of war crimes in Syria last year over a botched coalition bombing raid.

Tim Anderson, a senior lecturer at the university's political economy department, believes there is no credible evidence Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has ever used chemical weapons against his people.
.. more .. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/04/11/academic-accuses-australia-war-crimes-syria

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Conspiracy claims that Syrian gas attack was 'false flag' are unproven

By Joshua Gillin on Friday, April 7th, 2017 at 3:31 p.m.


In this photo taken on late Tuesday, April 4, 2017 and made available Wednesday, April 5, Turkish medics check a victim of alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syrian city of Idlib, at a local hospital in Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey. (AP)

In the hours between this week’s chemical weapons attack in Syria and President Donald Trump’s retaliatory missile strike, conspiracy theorists worked to discredit the civilian deaths. They called it a "false flag" operation designed to trigger American involvement in the country’s civil war.

Bloggers, political leaders and even Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams all questioned the reason behind the toxic gas attack on April 4 in Khan Sheikhoun, a rebel-controlled area in northwestern Syria.

Yep, Alex Jones gets a mention .. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/apr/07/unproven-online-theories-doubting-syrian-gas-attac/

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The alt-right crowd breaks with the president.
April 07, 2017
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/trump-alt-right-syria-war-214998 [with comments]

Trump loves a conspiracy theory. Now his allies in the fringe media want him to fall for one in Syria.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/06/trump-loves-a-conspiracy-theory-now-his-allies-in-the-media-say-hes-falling-for-one-in-syria/ [with embedded videos, and comments]

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Gas Attack Is Said to Kill Dozens in Syria
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