Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria and the Skripals
by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) discussed US, UK, French aggression following the early April Douma CW false flag incident – stressing “Syrian…forces did not use any chemicals,” nor any other time throughout years of war.
Government forces continue counterterrorism operations to liberate areas south of Damascus, combating ISIS and other US-supported terrorists.
An Israeli propaganda report claimed Iran and Hezbollah completed preparations to launch missiles at northern IDF targets – perhaps coincidentally with Washington’s May 14 Jerusalem embassy opening or day after NAKBA commemoration.
Israeli forces are on high alert for what’s unlikely to happen – other than a possible false flag, maybe jointly staged by Washington and Tel Aviv as a pretext for greater aggression in Syria, including against Iranian military advisors in the country.
MZ discussed the al-Qaeda-linked White Helmets, asking: “(W)hat kind of an organization is it?”
It was created in Turkey, not Syria, by a former UK intelligence officer, James Le Mesourier, linked to US-led NATO aggression in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq and elsewhere – along with ties to the sinister Blackwater USA private military contractor (hired gun mercenary) organization.
The White Helmets are unconnected to civil defense, as claimed. They have nothing to do with conducting humanitarian missions. They aid and abet US-supported terrorists.
MZ: They arrive “armed with cameras in the right place at the right time” on the phony pretext of providing aid to war victims.
Their video footage is produced for propaganda purposes. People filmed have no idea what’s going on.
“In France, a White Helmets delegation (headed by its leader) Raed Saleh was given a welcome that any head of state would envy,” MZ explained.
Activist journalist Vanessa Beeley investigated the group in Syria. Evidence of its ties to US-supported terrorists is indisputable, she and others discovered.
MZ: “Her main conclusion is that the White Helmets is just a platform for supporting Jabhat al-Nusra and affiliated extremist groups such as Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki, notorious for its public execution(s).”
They operate only in terrorist-controlled areas, supporting their high crimes. They’re financially supported by Britain, other Western countries, regional ones and George Soros.
A previous article explained about one-third of its funding came from Washington until suspended, perhaps ended altogether.
I suggested perhaps the Trump administration is disenchanted with the group over exposure of the Douma incident as fake – staged by the White Helmets in cahoots with Washington, perhaps Britain, France, and/or Israel.
Russia continues being falsely accused of involvement in the Douma false flag. Another US-instigated one is just a matter of time.
MZ: Britain issued “an official ban on covering certain facts in the media due to the high sensitivity of the information…to obstruct journalists’ investigation into the Sergey and Julia Skripal poisoning incident in Salisbury on March 4.”
“(T)he British government has reportedly banned any mention in the media in connection with the Skripal case of Pablo Miller, a MI6 agent who is believed to be Skripal’s handler, and is also preventing the release of information about Miller’s connections with Orbis Business Intelligence, one of whose officers was the author of the so-called Trump dossier – ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele. How perfectly everything fits together.”
The Skripals are virtual British hostages – pawns in a US/UK propaganda war on Russia, information on what’s going on suppressed to prevent more damning revelations from coming out.
Russia is wrongfully blamed for the US/UK-staged false flag. Both countries partner in Russophobic harshness.
Kremlin relations with the West are more dismal than any time during the Cold War – continuing to deteriorate, showing no signs of improving.
Washington, Britain and their rogue allies represent the greatest threat to Russia’s security. Prospects for improving things are virtually nil.
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