BBC Caught Again?: Has 2 Same Syria Videos Whith “Napalm” Switched To “Chemical Weapons”

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October 7, 2013

UPDATE: Within 2 hours of posting this story, the BBC filed a copyright claim with YouTube to get the 45 second clip removed. This shows how nervous the BBC is about this information coming to light. News organizations routinely rely on dubious copyright claims to censor damaging revelations. An copy of the video via LiveLeak is embedded below.

A video of a BBC interview with a doctor in Syria in the aftermath of a napalm-style attack appears to have been artificially dubbed to falsely make reference to the incident being a âchemical weaponsâ attack, a clip that represents âa stunning bit of fakery,â according to former UK Ambassador Craig Murray.

The news report wasÂ first released on August 29, just days before an attack on Syria seemed inevitable, and served to further the narrative that military action was necessary to halt atrocities being committed by President Bashar Al-Assadâs forces.

The first clip (watch here on BBC) is from the original interview with British medic Dr Rola Hallam, from the Hand in Hand for Syria charity. She states;

â..Itâs just absolute chaos and carnage here, erm weâve had a massive influx of
what looks like serious burns, er seems like it must be some sort of, Iâm not
really sure, maybe napalm, something similar to that..â

â..Itâs just absolute chaos and carnage here, erm weâve had a massive influx of
what looks like serious burns, er seems like it must be some sort of, Iâm not
really sure, maybe napalm, something similar to that..â

However, in the second clip (watch here on BBC), which is from the exact same interview, her words are slightly altered.

â..Itâs just absolute chaos and carnage here, erm weâve had a massive influx of
what looks like serious burns, er seems like it must be some sort of chemical
weapon, Iâm not really sure..â

â..Itâs just absolute chaos and carnage here, erm weâve had a massive influx of
what looks like serious burns, er seems like it must be some sort of chemical
weapon, Iâm not really sure..â

The second clip seems to have been artificially dubbed to characterize the event as a âchemical weaponâ attack rather than an incendiary bomb attack. Hallamâs mouth is hidden by a mask, making the dub impossible to detect without referring to the original clip.

The clip has sparkedÂ frenzied analysisÂ by numerous Internet users, who point out that the background noise in the clip that uses the âchemical weaponâ quote is different from the original. The BBC has been asked to explain the discrepancy but has so far not responded.

âI suspect the motive in this instance and others by the BBC are propaganda intended to affect public opinion in the UK in such a way as to congregate support and underpin an offensive against the Syrian government,â writes one user who closely analyzed the audio.

In aÂ subsequent BBC interview, Dr Rola Hallam complained about the UK Parliamentâs refusal to authorize a military strike on Syria. Hallamâs father is also on the Syrian National Council, the political body which represents opposition militants.

Hallamâs bias in supporting military action while working for a charity in Syria and being linked to the FSA makes the video clip all the more intriguing. It also explains why the BBC, which has aggressively pushed for military intervention in Syria from the beginning, is apparently using her to stage propaganda.

Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig MurrayÂ said the video represented, âIrrefutable evidence of a stunning bit of fakery by the BBC,â adding that the womanâs words could have been faked in their entirety.

âThe disturbing thing is the footage of the doctor talking is precisely the same each time. It is edited so as to give the impression the medic is talking in real time in her natural voice â there are none of the accepted devices used to indicate a voiceover translation. But it must be true that in at least one, and possibly both, the clips she is not talking in real time in her own voice. It is very hard to judge as her mouth and lips are fully covered throughout. Perhaps neither of the above is what she actually said.â
âTerrible things are happening all the time in Syriaâs civil war, between Assadâs disparate forces and still more disparate opposition forces, and innocent people are suffering. There are dreadful crimes against civilians on all sides. I have no desire at all to downplay or mitigate that. But once you realise the indisputable fact of the fake interview the BBC has put out, some of the images in this video begin to be less than convincing on close inspection too.â

âThe disturbing thing is the footage of the doctor talking is precisely the same each time. It is edited so as to give the impression the medic is talking in real time in her natural voice â there are none of the accepted devices used to indicate a voiceover translation. But it must be true that in at least one, and possibly both, the clips she is not talking in real time in her own voice. It is very hard to judge as her mouth and lips are fully covered throughout. Perhaps neither of the above is what she actually said.â

âTerrible things are happening all the time in Syriaâs civil war, between Assadâs disparate forces and still more disparate opposition forces, and innocent people are suffering. There are dreadful crimes against civilians on all sides. I have no desire at all to downplay or mitigate that. But once you realise the indisputable fact of the fake interview the BBC has put out, some of the images in this video begin to be less than convincing on close inspection too.â

A link to Murrayâs blog on the issue was alsoÂ tweeted by Wikileaks, the whistleblower organization, under the headline,â BBC puts out fake video with Syrian medic claiming chemical weapons.â

This would by no means be the first time that evidence of war crimes has been staged in order to lay the blame on Bashar Al-Assadâs forces.

As we haveÂ previously highlighted, there are numerous videos showing supporters of the western backed FSA staging fake injuries and deaths for propaganda purposes.

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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer forÂ Infowars.comÂ andÂ Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.