Alleged Chemical Attack, April 7, 2018

a new alleged chemical weapons attack occures in the surrounded and partially evacuated city of Douma and storms the "western" media, triggering outraged-sounding tweets by the US president.
 * After
 * multiple explicit warnings by the Russian military that they are aware of US plans to stage chemical weapons attacks and use them as justification to bomb Damascus, and their willingness to answer this provocation by targeting not just the missiles but the ships that fire them
 * a completely moronic fairy tale about an attack on a British spy with an extravagant Russian nerve agent
 * an exceptionally fast and successful campaign of the SAA against the "rebel" pocket in the eastern Ghouta
 * a statement by Trump that the US military will be out of Syria "very soon", which apparently surprised the state department and pentagon establishment

ACLOS core member Caustic Logic has taken a first look at the story over there.

Video
YouTube playlist by Qoppa Q
 * Douma Chemical Massacre, 7 April 2018

Videos from Yaser Aldoumani:
 * Best video of the main massacre scene by Yaser Aldoumani
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TElceE3aLI
 * 1) again main scene, more footage
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajpjrYSOoYM
 * 2) from clinic (includes some absurd niqab hosing :)
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpwcV0sup_o
 * 3) NEW: massive morgue scene, many more victims!
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIyGJugmGaI
 * Douma City (logo): longer video of clinic scene
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNCIRYBhtVs
 * longer versions of upstairs scene
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl6h6fd0EKg
 * Comic relief: Salloum al-Abd & KS WhiteHelmets
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI9QLVDNhlQ
 * Qasioun shows victims in main location
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LozZlXcYQ9c
 * Civil Defense pulls out dozens of children's bodies hours after chemical massacre of Douma - SMART News Agency April 8, 2018
 * White Helmets remove bodies from Douma ghost house.

Hostages

 * vanessa beeley @VanessaBeeley on Twitter, April 9, 2018 2:18 am
 * ''Thousands of kidnap victims are being released after 6 yrs in Jaish Al Islam ‘repentance’ prisons where they suffered horrific torture & abuse. Emotional scenes as first bus leaves liberated #Douma #EasternGhouta reunited with families in Damascus. Incredible 🇸🇾❤️

Analysis

 * Syria - Timelines Of 'Gas Attacks' Follow A Similar Scheme - Moon of Alabama, April 8, 2018
 * New Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack Being Reported By All The Usual Suspects - Caitlin Johnstone, April 8, 2018
 * Ghouta is Arabic for "Reichstag Fire", Publius Tacitus, Sic Semper Tyrannis, April 8, 2018
 * Another Jihadi defeat in Syria; another alleged chemical attack - Alexander Mercouris, The Duran, April 8, 2018