Another propagandist from UK revealing another BBC fail

[Meane]

Revealed: How Britain’s former Syria ambassador appeared on BBC to defend Assad... after quietly taking a job with dictator’s father-in-law

A former British ambassador to Syria who appeared on the BBC to defend the Assad regime had already become a director of a lobby group run by the dictator’s father in law.

Peter Ford, 59, courted controversy this month by claiming that President Bashar al-Assad would not have carried out the chemical gas attack on his own people.

Now the Telegraph can reveal that just weeks before the April 4 attack Mr Ford had become a director of the controversial British Syrian Society.

This was founded by Fawaz Akhras, a London-based cardiologist whose daughter Asma is married to President Assad, and is closely linked to the regime, frequently accused of acting as its mouthpiece in the west.

Married to p Assad.

Last year Mr Ford wrongly blamed opposition forces for an attack on a UN aid convoy when an investigation proved it was either Russian or Syrian Government aircraft.,.,.....
......In 2012 Sir Andrew Green, another former British ambassador to Syria and then co-chairman of the society, quit after emails showed Dr Akhras had advised Assad on how to rebut evidence of civilians apparently being tortured.......
......Dr Akhras used a private email channel to the Syrian leader to offer advice on how the regime should handle criticism of its suppression of the opposition uprising, including how to counter video footage appearing to show the torture of children.

The BBC yesterday defended its use of Mr Ford as a commentator on events in Syria.

A spokesperson for the broadcaster said: "When Peter Ford has appeared on various BBC outlets this year his particular viewpoint has been signposted in the introduction in terms the audience will understand, for example he has been variously described as a 'long term critic of Western Policy', or part of 'a dwindling group who still think Bashar al-Assad is the solution to Syria'."

It sounds like a joke. BBC has gone crazy. And so have many other media outlets. Either all these people and media outlets are being bribed or blackmailed or we need to find the source of this illness.

The UK's political situation worries me greatly. Something just isn't right about it.

 

[DarkFury]

Your doing good for a noob. Damn good!

 

[Bleipriester]

Former UK military chief: Syrian army is the only credible force against ISIS

 

[Meane]

Former UK military chief: Syrian army is the only credible force against ISIS

Something to add maybe?

 

[Bleipriester]

Former UK military chief: Syrian army is the only credible force against ISIS

Something to add maybe?

If you like it or not: The choice is Assad or ISIS/al-Qaeda. Take a look at the choice that our politicians make and you know why something blows up every week.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Former UK military chief: Syrian army is the only credible force against ISIS

Something to add maybe?

If you like it or not: The choice is Assad or ISIS/al-Qaeda. Take a look at the choice that our politicians make and you know why something blows up every week.

No, it is not.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Time for Syria to go away: give north to Turkey, the southwest and south to Iraq.

 

[Bleipriester]

Former UK military chief: Syrian army is the only credible force against ISIS

Something to add maybe?

If you like it or not: The choice is Assad or ISIS/al-Qaeda. Take a look at the choice that our politicians make and you know why something blows up every week.

No, it is not.

Yes, it is.

 

[Bleipriester]

Time for Syria to go away: give north to Turkey, the southwest and south to Iraq.

Time for your imperialism to go away.

 

[Meane]

Time for Syria to go away: give north to Turkey, the southwest and south to Iraq.

You don't just divide nations like 200 years ago

 

[JakeStarkey]

If a nation state has failed and its leadership, Assad, has failed, time to divide the state.

 

[Bleipriester]

If a nation state has failed and its leadership, Assad, has failed, time to divide the state.

Wrong conclusion and Assad and state do not have failed, anyway. Assad "failed" so hard that he is still in office despite the entirety of the West + Gulf states, Turkey, and Israel want him gone. Your leadership has failed, Jake, time to present your plans.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The great preponderance of the dead are Assad's fault.

He will died as did Khadafy, tortured and shot, or hung like SH.

There is no end except death by mob or by justice.

 

[Meane]

If a nation state has failed and its leadership, Assad, has failed, time to divide the state.

How does a nation fail? The people have a right to their country.

 

[aris2chat]

Ex-British diplomat is director of Assad lobbying body
Middle East Monitor · 4 hours ago

 

[aris2chat]

Not exactly new news


Peter Ford (diplomat) - Wikipedia
Peter Ford (diplomat) - Wikipedia
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