Douma, Syria — An exclusive report by Pearson Sharp of One America News, who went to the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack in the war-torn town of Douma outside the capital of Damascus, reported that residents there deny an attack happened and instead claim it was staged by rebel forces in an effort to incite a response from Western forces.
In Douma today investigating the chemical attack at ground zero, breaking an exclusive discovery on @OANN#Douma #Syria #BasharAlAssad pic.twitter.com/UvfNmNDqxy
— Pearson Sharp (@PearsonSharp) April 16, 2018
Sharp explained that during his investigation he interviewed between 30 to 40 residents of Douma, and in a series of social media posts claimed:
I just spoke with a Syrian woman who lives in Douma. I asked her about the attack there, and she laughed, and said no! There was no chemical attack, or any other kind of attack. #Douma #Damascus #Syria
— Pearson Sharp (@PearsonSharp) April 15, 2018
She told me the rebels created the event from nothing, and used it as a cover to convince America and Europe to attack Assad's forces.
Not making this up. Just reporting what people who actually live here are telling me.#Damascus #Syria #Douma
— Pearson Sharp (@PearsonSharp) April 15, 2018
Sharp claims that of all of the people he interviewed on the ground in Douma — which he asserted were not scripted or staged, but with actual local residents — not one person told him that a chemical attack had taken place. Sharp said he was told the attack was staged by terrorists who were in control of the area. He also reported that the residents revealed that they were glad to see the rebels, whom they referred to as terrorists, be defeated and praised Assad and his government.
Russia has accused the UK government of being complicit in a “false flag” event in Douma in collusion with the White Helmets, and claims to be in possession of “irrefutable evidence,” according to Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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