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Syria 'death video' of Sheikh al-Bouti poses questions
A video currently circulating on the internet, purporting to show the explosion on 21 March that killed Sheikh Muhammad al-Bouti in a Damascus mosque, raises many questions about the death of a man who was more familiar to Syrian TV viewers than anybody other than President Bashar al-Assad.
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From his movements, seen from behind, he does not appear to be either shooting or stabbing the sheikh with force. He could be sliding or injecting something into him. If so, it is done very calmly and professionally.
What is clear is that as that man moves away, the sheikh is dead or dying.
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From the evidence in the video, it is inconceivable that such a small blast could have caused the death of around 50 other people, as reported by the state media - but also, curiously, by the opposition-linked Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22086230
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From his movements, seen from behind, he does not appear to be either shooting or stabbing the sheikh with force. He could be sliding or injecting something into him. If so, it is done very calmly and professionally.
What is clear is that as that man moves away, the sheikh is dead or dying.
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From the evidence in the video, it is inconceivable that such a small blast could have caused the death of around 50 other people, as reported by the state media - but also, curiously, by the opposition-linked Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22086230
It's not often you see something on the BBC questioning the narrative that both sides have put forward. I haven't seen the video, but if the BBC is willing to be as openly doubtful as this, I think it is a dubious story.
