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muriel_volestrangler

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15. The Syrian government also says there was an incident
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:45 PM
Dec 2012

The 'last updated' time is 2200 (GMT), which was before you posted:

Syrian state television blamed an "armed terrorist group" for the attack, saying the group had then filmed the incident in order to blame it on the Syrian army.


The inhabitants would, of course, be best placed to say whether there were airplanes around. The "it was a false flag operation" excuse usually sounds tired, though; I think the BBC is more saying that the number of dead cannot be confirmed, rather than given credence to the "nothing to do with us" government claim.
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