It’s been almost two weeks since Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professor Theodore Postol directly disputed claims concerning the official US report regarding the alleged chemical weapons attack out of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib province of Syria. Postol’s initial analysis, along with its addendum, appeared to echo aspects of what MIT research affiliate and former US Congressional staffer Subrata Ghoshroy observed in the aftermath of the Syrian chemical incident in East Ghouta, Damascus in 2013.
MIT Disputes Washington
In fact, Postol and Ghoshroy have both questioned various facts surrounding the Damascus chemical incident of 2013 and now more recently, Postol weighed in on the alleged chemical attack in Idlib. Both apparent attacks were claimed through the presentation of dubious video imagery and suspicious photographs as a main source of evidence. Western media proclaimed ‘certainty’ over images and videos largely supplied by the US-UK backed ‘NGO’ known as the White Helmets, a so-called ‘first responder’ group with a history of producing western-oriented war propaganda.
Below is another look at a passage from an article published at 21WIRE entitled ‘MIT Researcher: Syria WMD ‘Facts’ Were Manufactured to Fit U. S. Conclusion for Ghouta in 2013.’ In that piece, 21WIRE’s Patrick Henningsen had the opportunity to interview Ghoshroy regarding the questionable 2013 chemical weapons claims in Syria on the SUNDAY WIRE radio show:
This post was published at 21st Century Wire on APRIL 23, 2017.
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