Comments on: Was there a massacre in the Syrian town of Aqrab?

By: Micheal

Micheal — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:24:07 +0000

Great reporting , Alex. Definitely will be following Channel 4 from now on. Thumbs up. No BBC propaganda here.

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By: Massacres et propagande en Syrie, un article d’Alex Thomson sur la tuerie d’Aqrab | La Voix de la Syrie

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:56:00 +0000

[...] car il se retrouve face à un déferlement propagandiste qui fonctionne 24/24 et 7 jours sur 7. Y a-t-il eu un massacre dans la ville syrienne d’Aqrab? Par Alex Thomson, Channel 4 (UK) 14 décembre 2012 traduit de l’anglais par Djazaïri Pour [...]

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By: THE AQRAB MASSACRE « sabinachiaburu

THE AQRAB MASSACRE « sabinachiaburu — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:09:53 +0000

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By: Ali Kaber

Ali Kaber — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 06:10:25 +0000

Good job Alex
Thank you

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By: aude sapere

aude sapere — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 02:36:11 +0000

Excellent reporting by Alex Thomson. This is what real journalism looks like.

Just one issue regarding the editing of the video. Interesting to note the difference in the video report and the written report by Alex Thomson if you look carefully.

The video includes this part:

Not ‘normal Syrians’
All three agree – as do the rebels – that rebels attacked Aqrab on Sunday 2 December. Madlyan says: “They had long beards. It was hard to understand what they said. They weren’t dressed like normal Syrians.”

But it has been edited to remove this important line:

“I press her and she is adamant that their Arabic was not from Syria.”

This is not in the video.

Who’s doing the editing at Channel 4 News.

It’s possibly one of the most important points of the piece that this woman is adamant that the “rebels’” Arabic was not from Syria. To leave it out is gross negligence, at best.

Alex Thomson’s work deserves better.

Stay safe, Alex.

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By: rayan

rayan — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:23:58 +0000

I media of his country akrab :: There are a lot of notes on the interview :: First How Astatat Cars detainees escaped by benefiting from insurgents and the entire region under the control of the army free.Was not exit the consent of the militants and Cano also want to bring out the remaining if not holed their Shabiha inside.Secondly :: novel by the young girl is unacceptable because one individuals of Shabiha who helped commit the massacre and called frzat and as confirmed by the certificate and mother aeham is young relative. And most important of all this to send gunmen and town elders if they want to kill civilians??Not out 150 people and who among them came out in the report as a good gesture to teach our not very them.??
And most important of all how to take testimony from his published Shabiha and bombed the town nearest
Why did not the journalist Hia gunmen who Soro reporting pain sober Shabiha??
Town nearest where there was no any dye sectarian and directory that since months the first revolution has killed more than 6 people from the town nearest the hands of some villages headlights neighboring and I am ready because give you the documents were not dealing with residents of the Alawite sect in the town any ill only we were carrying system liarits

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By: كمال توفيق

كمال توفيق — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:40:25 +0000

very important work mr Alex keep up the good investigation of the thruth in syria and that a big proof about the freedom of journalists in syria who take the authorisation from the syrian goverment to cover the war in syria between the syrian army the terrorist groups who came from all over the world ……………………..Algeria

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By: Oab

Oab — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:44:57 +0000

Channel 4, please ask Alex to leave. Seeing how the rebels have treated other journalists, I would be concerned for his safety and well being, especially after exposing the truth in this case. The US and its increasingly odd bed fellows in the region are unlikely to be swayed by anything less than a strong show of force from Russia, certainly not anything as unimportant as an inconvenient truth.

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NMSyria I will only say that this is… « YALLA SOURIYA — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:15:12 +0000

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By: Amjad of Arabia

Amjad of Arabia — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:35:50 +0000

So apparently, the town itself is still closed off, and you couldn’t get inside to confirm anything? And yet when Der Spiegel did its excellent report on the Houla massacre (which you conveniently fail to mention was carried out by the regime), they were inside the town and spoke to people inside it.

Very telling indeed.

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