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Institut International pour la Paix, la Justice et les Droit de l'Homme
Geneva ISTEAMS – International Support Team for Mussalaha (Consilience) in Syria [email protected] [email protected] Beirut www.ipj.ch *** Rush Translation 15 September 2013*** Independent Investigation of Syria Chemical Attack Videos and Child Abductions EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ISTEAMS is a team of interdenominational religious and lay observers from communities and spiritual centers in and outside of Syria, as well journalists. At considerable risk in the present terrorist insurgency, ISTEAMS independently investigated the chemical weapons attack in the town of East Ghouta on August 21, 2013, as well as the video media purporting to document these events. This report is being produced for the International Institute for Peace, Justice and Human Rights (www.ipj.ch) for dissemination to the international community. The findings and evidence of ISTEAMS' initial report strongly refute the claims by US-­‐UK-­‐Saudi-­‐
Turkish-­‐Israeli and other Western interventionists. These claims are largely based on video evidence of this mass murder produced by Syrian insurgents and terrorists. For this reason, a rush translation of ISTEAMS' working document on the Ghouta massacre and related atrocities and child abductions in Latakia, Syria, has been produced to inform international public opinion and do justice to the innocent victims of these crimes. The draft report includes a Name List of abducted children and women (pp. 45-­‐50) who may have been massacred by the Syrian insurgents who perpetrated the Ghouta outrage. Finding: Ghouta Chemical Weapons Massacre Videos Preceded the Attack (pp. 4-­‐5) The 13 videos purporting to show the events in East Ghouta during the early morning of August 21 were complete and were uploaded to the YouTube social media site in California, USA, in advance of the earliest reports of the attack. Logs of activity on YouTube as well as downloads of the material by ISTEAMS members show that the videos were produced before the claimed chemical massacre. i. Finding: Ghouta Is a Ghost Town, the Population All Fled the Rebels (pp. 8-­‐11) East Ghouta is a distant eastern suburb (exurb) of Damascus that was until recently a farming community. The urban population came mostly from Damascus and fled there as refugees to family members when rebels seized the town. Ghouta is no longer a community that includes women and children, but rather an armed camp of militant men, including many violent zealots. The social picture represented in insurgent videos is at complete variance with the demographic facts and street scenes of Ghouta under occupation – there are no women or children to be seen at all. Also, insurgent medical responders appearing in videos revealed that large numbers of children casualties were sleeping dormitory-­‐style in a few facilities, where they were all killed by gas in the early hours of August 21st (page 11). Even though the children were assembled together in Ghouta, their names are never given. Finding: Major Medical Discrepancies in Videos (pp. 12-­‐13) Medical personnel presented in the videos and subquent news presentations by al-­‐Jazeera differ starkly in their factual accounts of events, the availability of medication and its efficacy in the situation, and their personal safety while working with chemical weapons victims and environments. Finding: No Women; Children Shown Sleeping on Floors in Street Clothes (pp. 14-­‐17) Videos depicting the casualties show large numbers of children supposedly sleeping on floors and wearing day clothes. Families shown together also wear day clothes. Finding: Staged and Fake Images (pp. 19-­‐35) A sensational photograph claimed as proof of the attack actually shows casualties from an Egyptian riot. Other images are obviously staged and many use victims as props. Still others appear to show children dead, and then subsequently alive. This is unlawful propaganda of the most cynical and ghoulish kind. Finding: Victims May Be Abducted Women and Children from Latakia (pp. 36-­‐43) Possibly most disturbing, the findings of this initial report establish multiple connections between the Ghouta massacre and a series of terrorist massacres and wholesale abductions in several towns in western Syria during several days in early August 2013. These massacres occurred in the region surrounding the seaport of Latikia. CONCLUSION Ghouta Child Victims Were Abducted by Terrorists from Latakia (Name list, pp. 45-­‐50) After insurgents murdered the men in these communities, they organized mass abductions of the surviving women and children. ISTEAMS' report includes evidence that links these abductions to the ensuing chemical attack(s) that killed mainly women, children, and infants in Ghouta, east of Damascus, on August 21, 2013. Women and children who went disappeared after their families were massacred in Latakia appear to be among the Ghouta victims shown in western propaganda videos. ii. This preliminary report was prepared by ISTEAMS investigators and observers of all faiths working inside and outside the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as independent European and Australian journalists supporting Syrian sectarian and secular reconciliation (al-­‐Mussalaha). General Co-­‐ordination of ISTREAMS investigation by Sister Agnes Miriam de la Croix, St. James Monastery (Greek Catholic Rite). iii. THE ABDUCTED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT FROM LATTAKIAH
The videos heredown concern the facts of the abduction of tens of Alawites
civilians jut prior to the Chemical Attacks. We refer also the list of the victims of
the invasion of 11 Alawite villages in Lattakiah the 4th of August 2013, were 150
women and children were abducted by Jobhat Al Nosra. We launch an appeal to
the International Community and to Interpol for a warrant of Research and
Investigation especially concerning the fate of the children and adolescents.
We have seen in the study of only 3 nominated videos how big have been the
manipulation. Everything points out to a FORGED STORY and a FALSE FLAG
concerning the alleged Chemical Attacks. We need to know more about the fate
of those civilians.
Jubhat Al Nosra Spokesperson shows 150 women and children abducted from 11 villages in the
Lattakiah mountains claiming that the purpose is to exchange them with some detainees in the
Syrian jails. The footage is produced by the Mujahedeen Press Office
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SPe7tu_3dpE
Women and Children are driven out of the Province of Lattakiah by Jobhat Al Nosra
On the right, tens of civilian are abducted in Rabiha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdF6aSnxhDs&feature=player_embedded#t=130
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NAME OF THE VICTIMS ‐KILLED, ABDUCTED OR DISAPPEARED, OF THE INVASION OF 11 ALAWITE VILLAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LATTAKIAH BY JOBHAT AL NOSRA THE 4/08/2013 VILLAGE:
N°
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
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25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
VILLAGE:
N°
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
ANBATEH
NAME/FATHER'S NAME/FAMILY NAME
Kamal Mohammad Chehadé
Rudayna Nasr Chehadé (his wife)
Mohammad Kamal Chehadé
Rand Kamal Chehadé
Nasr Kaml Chehadé
Jaoudat Mehrez Chehadé
Mayyada Hassan Chehadé (his wife)
Nagham Jaoudat Chehadé
Nathalie Jaoudat Chehadé
Bachar Jaoudat Chehadé
Adib Mehrez Chehadé
Hajat Ahmad Cheikh Ibrahim Chehadé (his wife)
Fahimé Mohammad Khalil Chehadé (his 2nd wife)
Khitam Adib Chehadé
Selim Mehrez Chehadé
Ramzé el Cheikh (his wife)
Tamador Selim Chehade2
Taymaa Selim Chehadé
Sajiaa Ali Hassan (femme de Najdat Chehadé)
Youssef Najdat Chehadé
Yasmine Najdat Chehadé
Chaza Malek Hattab (femme de Ahmad Chehadé)
Hamza Ahmad Chehadé ( Chaza child)
Ali Malek Hattab (Chaza brother)
aamer Ghassan Yahya
Diyaa Maarouf Soueif ( Nassef Chehadé's wife)
Aala Nazem Chehadé
Haydar Nazem Chehadé
Zein Nazem Chehadé
Mehrez Barakat Chehadé
Imad Ahmad El Cheikh Ibrahim
Mona Sleiman Fatima (his wife)
aksam Imad El Cheikh
Samara Imad EL Cheikh Ibrahim
Marah Imad EL Cheikh Ibrahim
Loutos Imad EL Cheikh Ibrahim
Inaam Imad EL Cheikh Ibrahim
Bachar Imad EL Cheikh Ibrahim
Ahmad Imad EL Cheikh Ibrahim
Jaaafar Imad EL Cheikh Ibrahim
Badra Youssef Fatima
HANBOUCHIEH
NAME/FATHER'S NAME/FAMILY NAME
Taher Salamé Mariam
Nadra Massoud Mariam (his wife)
Lamia Mehrez Chehadé( Ahmad Mariam's wife)
Intisar Ahmad Mariam
Narjess Ahmad Mariam
Asrar Ahmad Mariam
Jaafar Adam Ismael
Yasse Cheeban Mariam
AGE
42
27
9
11
7
35
32
13
5
2
80
65
57
24
70
58
15
19
45
17
10
25
9
23
12
38
17
12
3
13
49
45
26
21
18
17
16
13
5
8
85
SITUATION
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Martyr
Kidnapped
Martyr
Martyr
Missing
Kidnapped
Martyr
Kidnapped
Kidnappée
Kidnapped
Martyr
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Martyr
Missing
Kidnapped
Missing
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Martyr
N° children
AGE
80
70
60
32
29
27
2
38
SITUATION
Martyr
Kidnapped
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
N° child
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
NAME OF THE VICTIMS ‐KILLED, ABDUCTED OR DISAPPEARED, OF THE INVASION OF 11 ALAWITE VILLAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LATTAKIAH BY JOBHAT AL NOSRA THE 4/08/2013 9 Salloum Salamé Mariam
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
Dalale Morched Darwich (his wife)
Hamza Salloum Mariam
Yazan Haydar Haydar
Ibrahim Salamé Mariam
Wajiha Chakwahé (his wife)
Wahib Cheeban Mariam
Karima Chakwahi (his wife)
Aadel Wahib Mariam
Faten Wahib Mariam
Wadad Wahib Mariam
Wael Wahib Mariam
Helene Chakwahi ( Wael Mariam's wife)
Duaa Wael Mariam
Alaa Wael Mariam
Refaat Massoud Mariam
Khayzaran yassine (his wife)
Ayman Refaat Mariam
Lina Kadro (his wife)
Ahamad Ayman Mariam
Farah Ayman Mariam
Marah Ayman Mariam
Mohammad Ayman Mariam
Dalaa Ayman Mariam
Wissam Ali Traybouch( Fayyad Mariam's wife)
Ghaydak Fayyad Mariam
Haydar Fayyad Mariam
Hala Fayyad Mariam
Marah Fayyad Mariam
Khodor Mazen Traybouche
Fadia Hassan Yassine( Baasem Mariam's wife)
Houssein Bassem Mariam
Fourat Bassem Mariam
Mayss Bassem Mariam
Charif Mourched Darwich
Mounira Salim (his wife)
Mounzer Charif Darwich
Hala el Cheikh Ahmad enceinte (his wife)
Dina Mounzer Darwich
Bana Mounzer Darwich
Chame Mounzer Darwich
Mounif Charif Darwich
Dawlat wahid Fodda (his wife)
Rawan Mounif Darwich
Barakat Ali Darwich
Hassana Abdel Karim Issa (his wife)
Ali Barakat Darwich
Abdel Karim Barakat Darwich
Aabir Barakat Darwich
Haifa Abdel Karim Issa
Ali Morched Darwich
50
Martyr
46
17
11
75
70
50
45
30
26
25
20
26
baby
baby
75
55
37
35
baby
baby
baby
baby
baby
35
baby
baby
baby
baby
baby
30
baby
baby
baby
80
70
36
34
baby
baby
baby
50
45
20
50
45
baby
baby
baby
30
90
Kidnapped
Martyr
Kidnapped
Martyr
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Martyr
Missing
Martyr
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Martyr
Martyr
Missing
Martyr
Martyr
Missing
Martyr
Martyr
Martyr
Martyr
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Kidnapped
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Martyr
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Martyr
Martyr
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17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
NAME OF THE VICTIMS ‐KILLED, ABDUCTED OR DISAPPEARED, OF THE INVASION OF 11 ALAWITE VILLAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LATTAKIAH BY JOBHAT AL NOSRA THE 4/08/2013 60
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VILLAGE:
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VILLAGE:
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Manne Cheblé (his wife)
Mohammad Ali Darwich
Yazan Ali Darwich
Fatmé Ali Darwich
Rime Housein Mohammad Ali Darwich
Fadel Chkouhi
Wazifa Chkouhi (his wife)
Afaf Fadel Chkouhi
Kanana Fadel Chkouhi
Moustafa Fadel Chkouhi
Hani Tamer Chkouhi
Wisal Naser Chkouh (his wife)
Tamer Hani Chkouhi
Taym Hani Chkouhi
Nazira areifo Mere de Hani Chkouhi
BREMSA
NAME/FATHER'S NAME/FAMILY NAME
Salman youssef Fatimé Abou Bassam
samira Ghalia (his wife)
Bassem Salman Fatimé
Rawda Yassine (his wife)
Loukman Bassem Fatimé
Nibal Bassem Fatimé
Sylvia Bassem Fatimé
Mohammad Youssef Fatimé
Nadi Khalil Fatimé
Bouchra Soukour (his wife)
Haydar Nadi Fatimé
Hamza Nadi Fatimé
Hala Nadi Fatimé
Darine Hawat
Ballouta
NAME/FATHER'S NAME/FAMILY NAME
Wafiq Ismael Ibrahim
Nouhad Ali Dib (his wife)
Ghaydak Wafik Ibrahim
Mokdad Wafiq Ibrahim
Chadi Wafik Ibrahim
Amanie Wafik Ibrahim
Amane Wafik Ibrahim
Nazem Badih Selim
Rihab Ahmad El Tazza (his wife)
Aalaa Nazem Selim
Rima Nazem Selim
Racha Nazem Selim
Badih Salem Selim
Jasem Badih Selim
Kasser Badih Selim
Sandass Khanissa
Limar Ramez Selim
Salem ramez Selim
Chamess Ramez Selim
Sali Ramez Selim
Aazab Karim Selim
Aafraa Diab (his wife)
60
30
19
23
20
80
50
25
27
24
45
40
3
1
90
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
AGE
75
50
35
32
9
8
6
70
29
27
baby
baby
baby
baby
SITUATION
Martyr
Kidnapped
Martyr
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Martyr
Martyr
Missing
Martyr
Martyr
Martyr
Missing
N° child
AGE
50
47
10
14
28
24
23
39
35
baby
baby
baby
90
41
45
30
baby
baby
baby
baby
36
30
SITUATION
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Kidnapped
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
N° child
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39
40
41
42
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49
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NAME OF THE VICTIMS ‐KILLED, ABDUCTED OR DISAPPEARED, OF THE INVASION OF 11 ALAWITE VILLAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LATTAKIAH BY JOBHAT AL NOSRA THE 4/08/2013 23
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VILLAGE:
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Tim Aazab Selim
Karim Selim Abou Majdat
Aziza Saleh Dib( his wife)
Saada Khalil Mansour (his second wife)
Samir Naadim Selim
Basima el Tazza (his wife)
Haydar Samir Selim
Batoul Samir Selim
Safaa Samir Selim
Razan Samir Selim
Rahaf Samir Selim
Nassiba Salem Selim
wissal Charif Darwich
Thuraya Dergham Selim
Awatef Mounif Maarouf
Lougein Talal Selim
Wajad Talal Selim
Jawa Talal Selim
Hanine Talal Selim
Rima Talal Selim
Fawzié Ali Dib
Houssein Ayman Ibrahim
Zahraa Ayman Ibrahim
Mariam Ayman Ibrahim
Kamel Youssef Ibrahim
Ismael Youssef Ibrahim
Moufida mohammad Ibrahim
Jamil Salman Yassine
Nadima Mohammad Selim
Ghadir Badr Dib
Hassna Refaat Mariam
Amjad Ghadir Dib
Zeina Ghadir Dib
Ziad Ghadir Dib
Khadija Safi Dib
Chadi Nassr Selim
Friend of Bachir Dib
Sakina Bachir Dib
Nadro Salman Yasine
Idia Aziz Yasine
Moustafa Habib Dib
Badra Bdour
Sleiman Ibrahim dib
BAROUDA
NAME/FATHER'S NAME/FAMILY NAME
Cheikh Badr El Dine Wahab Ghazal
Mounir Saleh cheblé
Wadad Mounir Cheblé
Chami Ali Darwich
Safwan Hassan Cheblé
Issam Hassan Cheblé
Wassim Abdallah Cheblé
Sleiman Saleh Cheblé
Lawand Mawhoub Yassine
Mohammad Imad Fatima
baby
75
60
70
55
45
14
70
50
35
15
baby
baby
baby
baby
45
3
8
5
90
85
45
40
70
68
AGE
60
40
16
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
51
52
Kidnapped
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Missing
Missing
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SITUATION
Kidnapped
Missing
Missing
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Missing
Martyr
Martyr
Missing
Martyr
Martyr
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54
55
56
57
58
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60
N° child
NAME OF THE VICTIMS ‐KILLED, ABDUCTED OR DISAPPEARED, OF THE INVASION OF 11 ALAWITE VILLAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LATTAKIAH BY JOBHAT AL NOSRA THE 4/08/2013 11
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VILLAGE:
N°
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VILLAGE:
N°
Fadi Youssef Ibrahim
Ghassan Mohammad El Koussaybe
Narjess Ahmad El Koussaybe
Batoul Ghassan El Koussaybe
Wakar Ghassan El Koussaybe
Sandass Ghassan El Koussaybe
Ahmad Assaad El Koussaybe
Hamama Khalil El Koussaybe (his wife)
Fater ahmad El Koussaybe
Ibrahim ahmad El Koussaybe
Mohammad Maksoud El Koussaybe
Yahya Mphammad El Koussaybe
Aziza el Nawa
Sleiman El Koussaybe
Aziza Dib (his wife)
Youssra Sleiman El Koussaybe
Ghaleb Sleiman El Koussaybe
Rouayda Youssef El Koussaybe
Racha Youssef El Koussaybe
Ali Assaad El Koussaybe
Nader Ali El Koussaybe
Adnan Taher Fatima
Kanana Chkouhi (his wife)
Zeina Adnan Fatima
Houssein Adnan Fatima
Younes Fatima
Amira Omran (his wife)
Dalal Younes Fatima
Ranim El Jouri
Leila Mohammad Khalil
Friend of Youssef Fatima
Hatem Taysir Cheblé
Sara Ghazi Baddour
Safaa Ghazi Baddour
Samila Ibrahim Baddour
KHARRATA
NAME/FATHER'S NAME/FAMILY NAME
Abdel Karim Chaaban Chehadé
Ahmad Chaaban Chehadé
Bilal Ahmad Chehadé
amjad Bilal Chehadé
Hanaa Bilal Chehadé
Aghid Bilal Chehadé
Ali Rafik Chehadé
OBINE
NAME/FATHER'S NAME/FAMILY NAME
Jemaa Darwich
Zahida Darwich
Kamel Ghalia
Younes Ghalia
Fatmé Saleh
ABOU MALKA
NAME/FATHER'S NAME/FAMILY NAME
1 Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan
50
48
15
14
13
75
70
37
35
45
39
6
4
70
60
30
30
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Martyr
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
Martyr
Missing
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62
63
64
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AGE
SITUATION
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Martyr
N° child
AGE
SITUATION
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
Missing
N° child
AGE
SITUATION
Missing
N° child
NAME OF THE VICTIMS ‐KILLED, ABDUCTED OR DISAPPEARED, OF THE INVASION OF 11 ALAWITE VILLAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LATTAKIAH BY JOBHAT AL NOSRA THE 4/08/2013 2 Mohammad Kamel Kadro
3 Assaad Kadro
4 Nayfé Haydar
Martyr
Martyr
Martyr
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NOTE
This list is uncomplete. There are more than 400 victims but we need more time