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Chemical attack was rebel provocation, former captives say

Belgian teacher Pierre Piccinin and Italian journalist Domenico Quiric, both of whom were abducted and held hostage for several months in Syria, said they overheard in an exchange between their captors that rebels were behind the recent chemical attack.

In a number of interviews to European news outlets, the former hostages said they overheard an English-language Skype conversation between their captors and other men which suggested it was rebel forces – not the government - that used chemical weapons on Syria’s civilian population in an August 21 attack near Damascus.

“It is a moral duty to say this. The government of Bashar al-Assad did not use sarin gas or other types of gas in the outskirts of Damascus,” Piccinin said during an interview with Belgium's RTL radio station.

Piccinin stressed that while being held captive, he and fellow prisoner Quirico were secluded from the outside world and had no idea that chemical weapons were deployed. But the conversation which both men overheard suggested that the use of the weapons was a strategic move by the opposition, aimed at getting the West to intervene.

"In this conversation, they said that the gas attack on two neighborhoods of Damascus was launched by the rebels as a provocation to lead the West to intervene militarily,” Quirico told Italy’s La Stampa. "We were unaware of everything that was going on during our detention in Syria, and therefore also with the gas attack in Damascus."

While stating that the rebels most likely exaggerated the accident’s death toll, the Italian journalist stressed that he could not vouch whether “the conversation was based on real facts." However, he said that one of the three people in the alleged conversation identified himself as a Free Syrian Army general, La Stampa reported.

Based on what both men have learned, Peccinin told RTL that it would be “insane and suicidal for the West to support these people.”

“It pains me to say it because I've been a fierce supporter of the Free Syrian Army in its rightful fight for democracy since 2012," Piccinin added.

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Belgian national Pierre Piccinin (L) disembark from the airplane on September 9, 2013 at Ciampino military airport in Rome (AFP Photo)​

Quirico seems to agree with Peccini’s assessment.

“I am extremely surprised that the United States could think about intervening, knowing very well how the Syrian revolution has become international jihadism – in other words Al-Qaeda," Quirico said, as quoted by Italy’s Quotidiano Nazionale.

The 62-year-old La Stampa journalist believes that radical Islamic groups operating in Syria to topple Assad “want to create a caliphate and extend it to the entire Middle East and North Africa.”

In a number of news appearances, both Quirico and Piccinin shared stories of how they were subjected to two mock executions, beaten, and starved during their five-month captivity.

"These have been very tough months. We were beaten on a daily basis, we suffered two mock executions," Quirico told reporters upon his arrival in Rome, AFP reported.

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Italian journalist Domenico Quirico disembark from the airplane on September 9, 2013 at Ciampino military airport in Rome (AFP Photo)​

"There was sometimes real violence...humiliation, bullying, mock executions...Domenico faced two mock executions, with a revolver," Piccinin told RTL.

Both men were kidnapped in Syria last April by a group of armed men in pickup trucks who were believed to be from Free Syrian Army.

According to Piccinin, the captors soon transferred them over to the Abu Ammar brigade, a rebel group "more bandit than Islamist."

"We were moved around a lot...it was not always the same group that held us, there were very violent groups, very anti-West and some anti-Christian," Piccinin said.

Both men tried to escape twice but their attempts were unsuccessful, prompting the rebel group to punish them for their actions.

The Italian government announced on Sunday that both men had been freed after Rome intensified negotiations with the rebels for the release of the prisoners ahead of an anticipated US strike on Syria.

Another 13 journalists are still believed to be missing in Syria, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Chemical attack was rebel provocation, former captives say ? RT News

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The west is the one controlling those terrorist group, they give them orders and tell them what to do... this line caught my attention...

The Italian government announced on Sunday that both men had been freed after Rome intensified negotiations with the rebels for the release of the prisoners ahead of an anticipated US strike on Syria.
 
“It pains me to say it because I've been a fierce supporter of the Free Syrian Army in its rightful fight for democracy since 2012," Piccinin added.


thats what we have been saying for 2yrs
 
yet, the media hides the truth, and keep manipulating people... F$A ARE ALQAEDA THEMSELVES!!

yeah the guy is so shameless that he still calls the f$a terrorism a "rightful fight for democracy"
stupid!!!
 
yeah the guy is so shameless that he still calls the f$a terrorism a "rightful fight for democracy"
stupid!!!
I think he is implying the he used to support them, but after he got captured and then released, he is saying that it pains him that F$A are terrorists because he was their supporter...
 
I think he is implying the he used to support them, but after he got captured and then released, he is saying that it pains him that F$A are terrorists because he was their supporter...

my bad !!! sorry!!!:hitwall::laughcry:
 
I think he is implying the he used to support them, but after he got captured and then released, he is saying that it pains him that F$A are terrorists because he was their supporter...

Bro,

try to find some secure place, we don't want you to die during the yet-to-come airstrikes. :lol:
 
@Syrian Lion

So it is clear that Assad used chemical weapons;Even though he was provoked by Rebels.
 
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@Syrian Lion

So it is clear that Assad used chemical weapons;Even though he was provoked by Rebels.

Yes, don't bother listening to the other side, Assad is the only one who controls these chemos. If the US is lying then why did the German, French, British, and Saudi intelligence agencies had confirmed the use of chemos against the civilans? Are those agencies lying too?

he is not in rebel controlled areas!!!!:omghaha::rofl:

The storm is coming buddy, trust me, if Iran loses Syria, Iran will lose everything.
 
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@Syrian Lion

So it is clear that Assad used chemical weapons;Even though he was provoked by Rebels.

“It is a moral duty to say this. The government of Bashar al-Assad did not use sarin gas or other types of gas in the outskirts of Damascus,” Piccinin said during an interview with Belgium's RTL radio station.
"In this conversation, they said that the gas attack on two neighborhoods of Damascus was launched by the rebels as a provocation to lead the West to intervene militarily,” Quirico told Italy’s La Stampa. "We were unaware of everything that was going on during our detention in Syria, and therefore also with the gas attack in Damascus."

Guess you need to read the original article.
 
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We shall see. You no longer can bail him out, Iran's economic hardship can't help it :lol:

brother as i mentioned before , iran has more than 60 billion dollars of non-oil exports !!! so even if we even had no oil exported ,
we had enough economic power to control 2 countries at once:wave:
 
Yes, but this will come at the expense of your own people. You can't bail Assad out forever, and the west is targeting your currency, shriking your economy, and pose an embargo on pretty much everything. No more lucrative business!
brother as i mentioned before , iran has more than 60 billion dollars of non-oil exports !!! so even if we even had no oil exported ,
we had enough economic power to control 2 countries at once:wave:

@Syrian Lion

So it is clear that Assad used chemical weapons;Even though he was provoked by Rebels.

I forgot one thing! Assad never used the chmos on his own people, it was the Saudis who gave it to the Free Syrian Army :omghaha: :lol: :D
 
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