Monday, February 02, 2015

Anne Barnard never meets a car or a bus bomb by Syrian rebels that she does not justify

"and speculation quickly rose that Hezbollah fighters could have been targeted".  Such a flat out lie. No one speculated except the Syrian rebels themselves who always claim that the civilians they butcher are not civilians.  Ms. Barnard does not mention that there were children among the passengers: she only mentions in passing one child (but to Barnard, he also was a fighter):  "Syria’s state news agency said that at least one child, a 3-year-old boy, was in critical condition".  But that did not stop you from printing the lie that they were fighters and from insulting the dead after they die.  She then adds this propaganda line: "Hezbollah’s Al Manar news channel listed the names of six dead, all male."  Not only Al-Manar listed the names, all the Lebanese media listed the names and not even March 14 TV stations claimed that the victims were fighters.  You need to tell your March 14 stringer that.    How can you trust this reporting when there is a major mistake in the article: "The bus’s next destination was to have been the Sayeda Zeinab shrine outside Damascus".  No, Ms. Barnard. They were visiting the shrine of Sayyidat Ruquiyhay which is different from Sayyidat Zaynab.  But then again: when do facts matter when you cover Syria and the glorious bombing by your Syrian rebels?