Listening Post - US air raid on Syria - Nov 21 - Part 2

The Listening Post's Salah Khadr looks at the US air raid on Eastern Syria last month, and the way that story was covered. There are two conflicting narratives: Damascus says four US helicopters illegally entered Syrian airspace from Iraq and killed innocent civilians; Washington says the target was a senior al-Qaeda figure. The eyewitness accounts and amateur video footage shown on Syrian TV posed a lot of questions that remain unanswered by the Pentagon and ignored by the Western media. We look at the difficulties of differentiating between truth and propaganda.

In this week's Newsbytes: Israeli soldiers are put on trial for posting video evidence on YouTube of abusing a Palestinian civilian; the Pentagon launches TroopTube a tool for families to post messages to soldiers on the frontline; Syria backs a new TV channel aimed at Palestinians; strikes are affecting the broadcast of Indian soap operas; and the spoof edition of the New York Times with the headline 'Iraq War Ends' is exposed.

Finally, for our Video of the Week the animators at satirical website 23/6 take a dig at the latecomers who've just jumped on board the Obama bandwagon.

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[chris7777777777777]

Sorry, we can't trust Muslims. That is their fault.

[novapj]

ok for starters helicopters are not used for airstrikes(fact1). if they were involved for support they would be attack helicopters such as the cobra or apache and not the blackhawk or pavehawks(fact2) . if a strike like this happened the first weapon of choice would be a drone/UAV and the second would be a fighter strike example f-16's launching from a base in iraq(fact3).And to add to the story, the U.N. sec. council ruled it is acceptable for the U.S to strike any target in any country anytime

[DatVillain83]

the western media never shows footage of dead people on television--the nature of the tragedy is irrelevant. I know they're generally pro-military overall but that isn't why dead bodies weren't shown.

[lordblazer]

you're an idiot.

[ketchupman04]

The video depicts an American Black Hawk Helicopter. That helicopter is only capable as a troop carrier or medical evacuation.

[enotstehw]

until the Arab world has freedom of the press. . . The press of the western world will always slow to respond.

[mcdanielcj]

yeah, and you probably have them too! FUCKING PEICE OF SHIT. I'll find out where you live, and toss a grenade into your fucking house. GO FUCK YOURSELF!

[Assy84]

yea sure -_-

How you dare to speak about nuclear stuff. Instead of carrying the shame of hiroshima and nagasaki. You are just nuts.

Syria has been the most stable country in the area for many decades. now USA is looking for another cool excuse. What is it going to be now? Cause the Weapns of Mass Destruction is already taken.

[mcdanielcj]

You're all bullshitting the rest of the world with your crap. I hope your government kills the rest of you off. You fuck.

[Assy84]

Bullshit