User:Charles Wood

Personal Info:

Very technical with a background in Science, Engineering, Computer System Engineering, and now Criminal Law in a technical role but with a good appreciation of legal niceities and procedure. I also spent a number of years in the infantry of my country.

I've been following Syria since before the start of the civil war. I've even visited, but not anywhere near recently enough to be relevant.

I'm moderately partisan and am especially against Wahhabi / Takfiri interference in Syria. I also have developed over the years an appreciation for Iran and its people through meeting them on a personal and scientific basis. I also don't have a problem with Hezbollah. I once did when I listened to MSM but I'm now cured of that.

Due to my Scientific/Engineering background and now Criminal Law I'm very cynical. I assume everyone is lying, even the people paying me - especially the people paying me.

(P.S. New account replacing DEADBEEF account)

I can be contacted on charles.wood2013[krøllalfa]yahoo.com.au --Charles Wood (talk) 03:02, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Welcome back, new and improved! Will try the e-mail soon. Do people ever mixed up and call you Deadwood? Just struck me (in the sense of the cool show, not of useless underbrush) --Caustic Logic (talk) 10:03, 29 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Every possible use of DEADxxx has been used. It's actually quite useful as it differentiates the weak-minded trolls from the serious opponents who are worthy of a reasoned discussion. The reason for shifting name here is I plan to upload a variety of material for use here and elsewhere where the name DEADBEEF may be unhelpful --Charles Wood (talk) 10:14, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Quick on the draw there, pardner. Also, just wanted to I've been seeing your comments around here and there - glad to have you on the scene, Charles. Let's hear it for the growing power of collective sanity! --Caustic Logic (talk) 10:40, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Appreciate the change and welcome again, Charles! :oD --CE (talk) 11:08, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

I seem to have upset Eliot Higgins on his Brown Moses blog. I've had three comments deleted in the space of minutes - possibly a first?

Essentially he's published a post on ghouta missiles using Al-Jazeera as a primary technical reference

http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/new-key-evidence-in-understanding.html

The AJ conclusion is a North Westerly bearing that passes right through an Army base just South of 6th Tishreen

He has got upset about me asking a few annoying questions


 * Why does he use the AJ azimuth figures while silently ignoring their range estimate of 9.6 km or better (The posted video proves a range of around 2000m) AJ video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxxpQ362DRU
 * Why he's silently forgetting his earlier post where he claims a Northerly source
 * This would seem to strongly indicate the munition was fired from the north
 * Why is he silently forgetting his post where he claims a range of 6-8km http://brown-moses.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/finding-exact-location-of-alleged.html
 * This would seem to strongly indicate the munition was fired from the north, where 6-8km away you'll find a number of military installations, connected by a 2km road to the 155th Brigade missile base
 * Why HRW used his advice to 'prove' a source in the Hills behind Damascus

I've come to the conclusion Eliot Higgins is not the sharpest knife in the drawer and challenges to his world-view are a bit upsetting. He seems like good material for a junior journalist who's good for reporting agricultural shows but falters on anything complex. --Charles Wood (talk) 13:24, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

A Pome I made up (with a little help from Tom Lehrer)


 * Gather round while I sing you of Moses von Braun,
 * A man whose allegiance
 * Is ruled by expedience.
 * Call him a Salafi, he won't even frown.
 * "Ha, Salafi Schmalafi," says Moses von Braun.


 * Don't say that he's hypocritical,
 * Say rather that he's apolitical.


 * "Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
 * That's not my department," says Moses von Braun.


 * Some have harsh words for this man of renown,
 * But some think our attitude
 * Should be one of gratitude,
 * Like the widows and cripples in old Damascus town
 * Who owe their large pensions to Moses von Braun.


 * You too may be a big hero,
 * Once you've learned to count backwards to zero.
 * "In English or Arabic I know how to count down,
 * And I'm learning Chinese," says Moses von Braun.

--Charles Wood (talk) 02:42, 3 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Hahaha. He's just a small small light though and getting a bit of attention might be all of his aim, with a little help of UK MI friends. I saw that whoghouta rebuttal - slamdunk and the guy is so polite always leaving the door open. But I really object to his assessment that Brown Moses is "the leading blogger on Syria" - even more than one homestory in british media doesn't make you that. ;o) --CE (talk) 02:48, 3 December 2013 (UTC)