A scientific journal has withdrawn its study challenging the claim that the Syrian Government was to blame for an alleged chemical attack in 2017 after the article attracted fierce criticism. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. People in the french city oberon are demanding the truth from the authorities they fear theres been a cover up after a major fire at a nearby chemical factory with locals not believing officials who say the air is safe to breathe are to charlotte didnt skate reports. Almost a week ago the Chemical Plant just across the water that was a blaze afic plume of black smoke billowed into the sky as firefighters battled almost 24 hours against the flames. In the dark good into the im not saying that the smell isnt pleasant im just telling you what the results of the tests are namely that the air is not harmful since then there has been growing anger over what some say is a lack of information over what was put into not fire and the impact that could have on peoples health. You can talk to any firemen but when you have any type of contact with the smoke its dangerous it can be lethal because of the camera mounted sight and in this case when the smoke went into the sky we dont know what was in it we dont know exactly what is in the year and we worry a lot that in the future it might bring cancer or something else. I have 4 kids and they were impacted by the smell and my grades i thought about having test done before was with absolutely no information about what we should be looking for so i could take blood samples but what are you going to tell them to look for i know they could be cancer thyroid problems but the problem is that we hear lots of rumors nothing concrete. I think there is a risk for health and i can feel it because i have a need to throw it and im continuously coffee were worried about the health of our children in the future will they have cancer or something we just dont know around the rules some people are also taking that. Washingtons some locals have also experienced more. Whilst others have complained that the top water its black and then there is the stench you can smell that the air is foul its a bit like rotting eggs but with a chemical tinge and despite the initial denials that there was no health risk the French Health minister has admitted that who will its clearly police. Reenter of that report to go to berlin our john ship in the father of Julian Assange is addressing the media his son is of course currently in jail in london awaiting a hearing on his possible extradition to the u. S. Lets hear what he also say so that hes 22 to 23 hours a day in solitary confinement as a prisoner no access to the gym no access to computers no access to the means of defending himself in the case thats coming up in february hes now on demand 50 we and as a remand prisoner he gets a few more benefits he can get movies which is and he will have access to the gene and access to means to defend himself in some means to defend himself in the case arriving in february. To make. A point to my judgment call the case. That doing is an aside he is given the size of the United Nations and as an aside lee he falls under the conventions that the United Kingdom and germany and my own countries. Those conventions stipulate that julian must be given. Freedom to travel all over the United Kingdoms land. And take up the. United kingdom and couldnt be bothered didnt do. Further as an aside the its not possible to arrest him for breaking bad. Because hes now a side of his interests in the Ecuadorian Embassy you cant break but if you are given. From people who are persecuting you. But the United Kingdom for. Sentencing a very very severe sentence the maximum you can get is 52 weeks they sanctions julian and 50 weeks. In a grade a maximum security prison graded presumably 22 to 23 hours a day in isolation no access to computers no access to the gym its just appalling. Julian suffered the loss of way to 15 and had to be transferred to the to the prison hospital where he still resides today. Who would ask. The german parliamentarian some people to consider for their own benefit. That the conventions the International Conventions be in because they benefit german and for pressing germany to understand that if. Doing. Is transferred to the states and succumb. Nobody can live under this and succumb. It means that the methods of pics to territory will extradition for crimes that another country makes up because i dont like you you dont like you what you print can fall apart on all journalists here in germany all journalists here in europe rudi. So its something very important for the media and for the. Public and the parliamentarians to consider that all of this is that. Is to the advantage of germany and you that these conventions that we all saw and are a by and. Thank you for. Any questions you are. In. Are. Against. Staring at the ceiling meditating or. Somebody gave him Nelson Mandelas book to read which is a bit of a mistake. Another person gave him graham skis book to read which is not a terrible error both men having a terrible long term injury of graham skis succumbed to his. So. I dont really know him i magine you. Well in the embassy julian explained to me that he knew every detail of every wall the saving the flow curtain the little straight out because that was his entire. Environment for ye of the year he so you become intimately familiar with everything its like the details on your own hair fills your world and you search for novelty but you cant go outside so the novelty was when i was visiting it said john bring me some food that i havent tasted before so i go to the turkish restaurant turkish food then i go to the iraqi restaurant i get a rocky food and so on so that. Is the interior of julians life. Of all those he is being. And the terror of the detained this conclusion of the detained is not mine its the United Nations working group on have a tree to change reporters live on more and to read if you like not only that in february they gave a further update. In the working group on average each engine gave a further update firmly criticizing the United Kingdom for not. 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In the right message is youre all here so. You can reply to letters and if you write to him he will reply to you on that but you have to put the pressure on the other words the prison throwed in the rubbish. This is wrong that is the quote of. Each thats true thats true so they were delivered. Never held back for a number of weeks i forget how many weeks but 500 letters were deleted. And here in a bundle you know the bundle of 100 letters because that held back for a considerable amount of time. For years. Well. Let. Me also. Understand that its requirement upon the prison to deliver them as it comes so not delivering them as it comes. Furthering the circumstances. Of extreme discomfort to places but im sure. A lot. Of. That. Really. Are the less. Well things. Let me. See. At least for me. It was. Cruel. If people you know if we write if we. Call the us bring this to bring these circumstances to the publics notice and consequently to parliamentarians nurses and the institutions concerned with government julie and circumstances they will change. We are. Here. The world. He is. Going to repeat myself it is the to the benefit of colleagues journalists. And to the german people and the German Government that the conventions. That we all signed on to the gym in the australian my country in the United Kingdom that govern them International Relationships and international will be made and the benefits will flow. But if it becomes. What are all against all. I think that acts a dog eat dog but you know im all against all. Thing. Nothing good can happen. Nothing good will happen. You cant pull. Off a classmate. Left mine. Are. You finish the job. The. Point of listening to john shipped in his father as he addressed the media in berlin he of course spoke on. Treatment and belmarsh prison where he said he was kept in his cell in solitary confinement for 22 to 23 hours a day saying he wasnt given access to a gym or the internet or anything else. So that he would have the means to prepare his defense he also touched on the fact that julian of course had that severe weight loss when he was entered into the prison and that sent him to the hospital prison where he is to this day. John chipped in also talked about the fact that. You know if it is extradited to the u. S. He slammed that idea saying it would be for crimes based on the country not approving of what you print saying that makes Julian Assange just case important for all journalists and said that it would be to the benefit of all in europe and what not to adhere to these International Agreements saying that the u. N. Says that a song just being held arbitrarily and that the should release him now of course. Is weaving his extradition hearing will be bringing more on that later in the program. A young africanamerican girl who claims she was attacked by white schoolmates has issued an apology after the Story Made National Headlines across the u. S. And her react retractions raised questions about a trend and hoax reports come up and has the details it was a crime so horrendous that everyone was talking about it a young africanamerican woman held down as 3 white guys cut her dreadlocks and insults at her where were mr aware were anybody to protect her. From this heinous crime the tears in the eyes of the grandparents came from righteous outrage now questioning the claims of a crying girl is not a good look for anyone especially the media which most americans already hold distain for but maybe they should have well it turns out the incident never happens her grandparents have written an apology to those young boys and their parents we sincerely apologize for the pain and exhausted to see these allegations of cools down to the administrators and families of manual Christian School we have sorry for the damage this incident has done to trust within the School Family and the un to school and it has brought the school to the Broader Community who rallied in such passionate support for adults and we apologize for betraying your trust and of course actual hate crimes do happen we can recall how recently there was a High School Wrestling referee in new jersey who forced a black athlete to cut his dreadlocks he was shamed in front of the audience outrage was everywhere but we see another disturbing trend in us society thats people faking hate crimes against themselves in order to get Media Attention and sympathy who can forget just a small let could only go off with their words. I mean. So is. This not the country. All those celebrities who rallied around justice once case and filled the airwaves with their outrage and indignation well they look pretty bad now remember that crowd of High School Boys from kentucky who were shown in a video wearing trump pats and confronting an elderly native American Veteran remember how it turned out that he had actually walked up to them and that the boys had already been met with a tirade of anti white slurs from the nearby black hebrew israelites named the skates i want names shame them if you think this wouldnt box you know hard beat think again honest question have you ever seen in will push will face in this kids with the overall crime rate in the United States on the. I actual hate crimes are increasing and thats what makes these hoaxes so vile it feeds into the idea that actual victims of actual racist atrocities shouldnt be taken seriously fortunate seeing as yet you know i do sometimes hate crimes do occur and when they do occur i think that this kind of a hoax does a disservice to the victims of legitimate hate crimes when Something Like this happens you know its going to make it harder lets say for the next victim to be believed you know because there are so many instances of these types of hoaxes popping up i think that a lot of you know editors quite frankly have lost their soul you know especially now in america strong theyre always just looking for the most insatiable story the story of the piece going to see the start is and you know most negative picture of america unfortunately it seems like we have a lot of selfhatred in the american Mainstream Media nowadays. We now go back live to berlin where john shipped and Julian Assange just father is addressing the media people in sweden thats the power of the pirate party would be reproduced its all live. With nothing. For you with. The yours. As a whole. It was a good fortune. He was a very good friend to me. Thats on the right who. Else may not. Really and i dont know but he. Does and does that mean and thank you. For any further questions if want. To know. Ok. Well. The very. Reason to be here is already here is because it is your very. Own home where you. Are. And if one of the nimbleness tech decision that. You want a woman as you different enough. And i think cindy is one. Weve been listening in again to join us on this father speaking about the fact that assad was of course awaiting his extradition hearing to the u. S. Just then he said that his son is a good fighter well be bringing you more on that. In other news a scientific journal that specializes in arms control has withdrawn a study casting doubt on the claim that the Syrian Government was to blame for an alleged chemical attack in 2017 the article pointed out inconsistency is in the official version of events and came under intense criticism for garcia explains. Where the sun revolves around us or us around it where the earth is flat who is god is greater or more recently whether we should question why every chemical attack in syria would be magically gets blamed on the government the Syrian Government committed chemical weapons acts against their own people it is highly likely that the regime was responsible for a siren attack on concha khun assad rita rita the violations of the cease fire and the violence through be to be perpetrated by heeds armed forces on civilians now usually silence is the it is resolved some of our biggest arguments but this question seems to have a strumpet science and Global Security respected journal based out of Princeton University decided not to publish a study that questioned the official version of events that assads government was behind the hunchy hoon attack in 2007 team it all went Something Like this a former pentagon employee mit professor ted postol together with respected scientists conducted a study u. S. President ial candidate gathered mentions it on her Campaign Website 13 september belling cat noted anti asaad website blasts the study science and global says it will publish it anyway and will judge it on narrative soon after the journal now says its canceling the publication is why officially. These questions included concerns about the technical merits of the analysis in this article as well as the value of publishing the article given the sensitive and contested issue of the use of chemical weapons in syria yet it is take these masses very seriously this review identified a number of issues with the peer review and revision process strange isnt it that no questions about the veracity of the study were asked when it was submitted or when it was given the green light for publishing concerns only appeared when belling cat and its followers attacked the study and the people behind it weve asked the journal for comment but no clear answer yet then again as statement may have said it all sensitive and contested issue that caused your mind back to 2017 within 2 days of the alleged chemical attack america declared it knew everything there was to know on tuesday syrian dictator bashar. Launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians even beautiful babies recruiter murdered in this very barbaric. Attack and so trump ordered a barrel of cruise missiles to be launched that syria now any doubt about as adds to mattie guilt would make the missile strike a war crime or an International War crime which could be why the scientists behind the study a face in such intense pressure abuse even and surprisingly were the loudest voices of condemnation is coming from Elliot Higgins founder of belling cat and opponent of everything a sad is website which he likes to call an investigative outlet has received funding from u. S. Government run operations mr higgins is a rabid supporter of the official pentagon line he is debating the issue with dr post or well the opi float your dog doesnt agree with you well that are they lying like a baby for i think there is aid to address the technical points in my instead of being nonsense because i showed that none of the forensic evidence fits the findings you need to show that what im saying is technically inaccurate i took your research in hex i mean i gave it was someone he said 40 years of experience as a chemistry expert im not interested in other people you claim are experts i want to know why this is not its not in place the full debate is up on dr postals Youtube Channel but his study will be appearing on science and Global Security anytime soon it seems twitted criticism has won the day to day where science is told to shut up because its inconvenient its former us secretary of defense famously explained there are some things you just dont know you dont know. There are reports that there is no evidence of a direct link between baghdad and some of these terrorist organizations there are known knowns serious things we know we know and we also know there are unknown unknown that is to say we know there are some things we do not know but there are also unknown unknown the ones we dont know we dont know excuse me but is this is a no no no. Im not several unknowns that im just what im noticing and im not going to say which it is the search is going to be made here if you will ever hear the irony is sometimes those unknown unknowns preferable its better for america in this case for bending if no one knows what happened and they what. We can go back to listen live to john shipped in the father of julian assad. Years is quite a lot that can be done. I dont know the situation in germany and surely some must. And so can answer but in the u. K. And australia you know julian truly. Absconding hes you can go from the hospital. In the jail to an open hospital down the road thats about the limit of his ability to scone. And hes known everywhere in. This. School and where would he go you know antarctica to be with the pain