The
Syrian people are suffering under the ‘moderate rebels’ and
‘opposition forces’ backed by the US, NATO member states and
their allies in the Gulf states and Israel. Yet their suffering is
largely ignored in the mainstream media unless it furthers the agenda
dictated by the State Department.
This
article is the first in a two-part series of one Western journalist’s
journey to Aleppo, a city ravaged by an insurgency supported by the
United States, NATO member states, and their allies in the Gulf
states and Israel. In Part I, Vanessa Beeley lays out the mainstream
narrative on Syria, revealing a neoconservative agenda promoted by
NATO-funded NGOs. These NGOs paint the destruction of the historic
city as being caused by the Syrian government under Bashar Assad, not
the violent armed insurgents which receive arms, funding and training
from Western governments and their allies.
Aleppo
has become synonymous with destruction and “Syrian state-generated”
violence among those whose perception of the situation in the
war-torn nation is contained within the prism of mainstream media
narratives.
The
NATO-aligned media maintains a tight grip on information coming out
of this beleaguered city, ensuring that whatever comes out is
tailored to meet State Department requirements and advocacy for
regime change. The propaganda mill churns out familiar tales of
chemical weapons, siege, starvation and bombs targeting civilians–all
of which are attributed to the Syrian government and military, with
little variation on this theme.
The
purpose of this photo essay and my journey to Aleppo on Aug. 14 was
to discover for myself as a Western journalist the truth behind the
major storylines in the U.S. and NATO narrative on Syria.
Chemical
weapons
The use of
chemical weapons against civilians in western Aleppo by the terrorist
groups, particularly the Nusra Front, is anathema to Western media.
Instead, the media picks up spurious reports issued by “activist”
groups and “citizen journalists” which claim to be working inside
Aleppo.
As in the
case of a Sept. 7 report from Al-Jazeera on the Syrian Arab Army
launching chemical attacks on civilians, this information is
disseminated with alarming alacrity by journalists based in
Washington, London or elsewhere, who have limited ability to verify
this information or assess what’s really happening on the ground
prior to publishing.
The fact
that the Nusra Front took over the only chemical factory in Aleppo in
2012 is swept under the carpet of inconvenient truths. And while the
mainstream media doesn’t report it, former U.N. weapons inspectors
and MIT rocket scientists have also confirmed that the Nusra Front
has powerful chemical weapons capabilities.
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