Tracking the Illegal Shipment of Sarin Precursor from Belgium to Syria

Post by deleteme12345 » Sun, Apr 22, 2018, 9:10 PM UTC

valuearb wrote: post #27

deleteme12345 wrote: post #26

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No, it's not "very clear" as the "intelligence" is 100% Twitter-based and zero actual autopsy has taken place, as no one actually died that day. Or so say the hospital staff.

Not sure which of the 70+ documented attacks you are referring to. And the White Helmets would disagree, and are less subject to Syrian governmental “persuasion” than doctors. There is a reason Assad’s government blocked inspectors from examining the latest claimed attack.

Post by tajen » Sun, Apr 22, 2018, 9:12 PM UTC

pps43 wrote: post #19

NaCl is chlorine precursor. Will Bellingcat track shipments of table salt or movements of sea water next?

Post by MisterTea » Sun, Apr 22, 2018, 9:17 PM UTC

JLK_121416 wrote: post #14

scottie_m wrote: post #2

I want to be clear that I don’t know if chemical weapons are being used in Syria, although the evidence for the use of Chlorine in barrel bombs is strong. I’ll be honest and say that I haven’t seen good evidence of organophosphate poisonings, but I’m just some guy so who knows. What I do know for sure however, is that this blog is utter bunk. The Belgian customs found that without having requested the appropriate exp…

This was a topic in the Belgian news a couple of days ago. The issue is not as much whether the isopropanol will be used for chemical warfare, nor if it should be regarded dangerous or if it is on a list with restricted substances, but more that these companies would/should have known that exporting it to Syria is a big risk given the current context. It was more of a moral question rather than a 'scientific' one. To…

Post by wybiral » Sun, Apr 22, 2018, 9:21 PM UTC

Tycho wrote: post #20

jeromegv wrote: post #9

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There's more than enough forums to debunk weird/bad articles, starting with Twitter. Comments section tend to be filled with anonymous trolls fulls of conspiracy theories, I would prefer to see a rebunk from someone that has some kind of reputation within the field.

And sometimes a simple, straight-forward comment is all it takes to stop the propaganda effort dead in its tracks (hence why many such articles have the comment section mysteriously disabled, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/syria-white-he... ). Leaving it to readers to go out and actively vet the information on some other 'forum' just allows the propaganda to spread further than it otherwise would.

Post by wybiral » Sun, Apr 22, 2018, 9:23 PM UTC

acct1771 wrote: post #24

jeromegv wrote: post #9

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There's more than enough forums to debunk weird/bad articles, starting with Twitter. Comments section tend to be filled with anonymous trolls fulls of conspiracy theories, I would prefer to see a rebunk from someone that has some kind of reputation within the field.

Let the comments speak for themselves. Don't hide them behind a barrier. Freedom of expression is more important than protecting people from reading mean ideas about their favorite politician etc.