Alleged Chemical Attack Khan Sheikhoun 4 April 2017/Timeline
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Bombing
White Helmets cave complex
Sundial
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The back wall of this entrance forms a sundial.
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The concrete molding slats on the west wall form the time markers. The black arrow is on slat 14 from top.
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The shape of south wall is approximately square.
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The south wall is 29 slats high and about 30 slats wide.
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Earliest photo, around 7:10 am
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Shadow on text, 7 slats from top.
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Shadow just above arrow, 11 slats from top: 20 degrees at 8:00 am
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Shadow below arrow, 14 slats from top. 25 degrees at 8:25 am
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Shadow 16 slats from top. Must also take into account the changing azimuth.
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Around noon
7:10-7:30 am
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About 7:25
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Children on truck are seen on same EMC video around 7:25
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The two sisters seen in the same position
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7:30 am: The 1:16 minute continuous raw video released by CBS News is a minutes later, as shown by the shadow of the excavator on the wall. The two girls are again move, as if to position them for the cameras.
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app. 7:20, perhaps 7:25 or 7:30 - includes (Mohamed Al-Qadah?) not complaining about his bleeding neck, and (Abdelhamid al-Yousef?) complaining about the cold water spray, Mohamed and other children loaded in a white van, etc. This scene faces south near the southern entrance, off-frame from above views and harder to correlate or divorce.
8:00 am
8:10 am
8:20 am
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Note the shadow in the background under the concrete slab roof.
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Shadows of the child's fingers are at 27,33 and 27,14 degrees
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The maximum sun angle is 27 degrees. This means the video is filmed at 8:33 the latest.
8:30 am
9:20 am
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Anas al-Diab with a child victim
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Sundial at 9:20 am
10 am
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Published by Aleppo Media Center at 1:59 pm
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EXIF data provided by Reuter says Date and time of data generation: 10:00 am, 4 April 2017.
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Also 10:00 am. A similar estimate can be made from shadows, so this timestamp could be from camera with the time set to Syrian daylight saving time.
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Same event, staged by another White Helmet. The shadow hints that this is a few minutes earlier
11:55 am
12:30 pm
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Explosions hit the cave complex.
Hospitals
8:12 - First mention of chemical attack in Whatsup group used by doctors in the area.[1]
8:30 - ("closer to") Dr. Islam claims to start receiving patients at his clinic 60 km and 45 minutes drive away from Khan Sheikhoun.
9:29 - First casualties reported at Jarjanaz clinic.[1]
Unknown hospital
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8:45 am
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9:25 am
Other sources
- WIP Timeline of Khan Sheikhoun Events Presented By OPCW, HRW and Other Witness Testimony - Andrew
- UN On Khan Sheikhoun - Victims Hospitalized BEFORE Claimed Incident Happened - Moon of Alabama, October 29, 2017
- >> Continuity errors << or: What happens when a movie is filmed over several shooting sessions - Qoppa on Twitter
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 How Syria and Russia Spun a Chemical Strike - The New York Times, April 26, 2017 (video)