The video of pertaining to show Syrian troops burying an 'activist' alive has been doing the rounds for a while now.
There are however many reasons to believe it is yet another orchestrated piece of rebel propaganda.
First of all, the dialogue is ridicilous. It's hard to imagine anyone, let alone Syrian troops speaking in such a cheesey and scripted manner.
It is also strangely convinient that the victim's apparent killers create all the context required within the space of little more than a minute. So very fortunate that the superior officer happened to walk up at the opportune moment thereby giving the Syrian troops a reason to explain the terrible motivations behind the murder of this brave video sharing activist just as the deed was being done.
Another obvious point of suspicion is the fact that the individual filming the event makes sure he doesn't include the heads or faces of those involved. A Syrian soldier would not feel the need to hide the faces of his fellows. Only rebels who knew the video was going to go viral after they distrubuted it would ensure that their faces were not included so as to avoid either -
a) Being mistaken for an activist killing regime soldier.
or
b) Being exposed as a known rebel and giving the regime a chance to debunk the propaganda by publicising the fact.
It's a pity that, as usual, many Western media outelts reported this apparent rebel propaganda as fact.
First of all, the dialogue is ridicilous. It's hard to imagine anyone, let alone Syrian troops speaking in such a cheesey and scripted manner.
It is also strangely convinient that the victim's apparent killers create all the context required within the space of little more than a minute. So very fortunate that the superior officer happened to walk up at the opportune moment thereby giving the Syrian troops a reason to explain the terrible motivations behind the murder of this brave video sharing activist just as the deed was being done.
Another obvious point of suspicion is the fact that the individual filming the event makes sure he doesn't include the heads or faces of those involved. A Syrian soldier would not feel the need to hide the faces of his fellows. Only rebels who knew the video was going to go viral after they distrubuted it would ensure that their faces were not included so as to avoid either -
a) Being mistaken for an activist killing regime soldier.
or
b) Being exposed as a known rebel and giving the regime a chance to debunk the propaganda by publicising the fact.
It's a pity that, as usual, many Western media outelts reported this apparent rebel propaganda as fact.
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