Ghouta 4th Anniversary
Trafalgar Square, London. Sat19 Aug 2017
A man argues with Syrians marking the 4th anniversary of the war crime
at Ghouta, when Assad's forces used sarin gas
He tells them that shouldn't be protesting here because they are not
British. A PCSO intervenes
A Syrian tells him he is a racist , but the PCSO hangs back. Clearly
there was a strong case for arrest but instead
the PCSO tries to calm down the Syrians who continue to argue with
the man making racist objections
He also tells the Syrians that Trafalgar Square isn't a place for
protests, but for entertainment, in complete ignorance
of the history of the square and the many protests that still take
place here
Eventually the PCSO leads the man away but he is not arrested
and the protest against 'Chemical Assad' continues
Unbeleivably the PCSO returns and tries to warn the Syrians about
disturbing the peace, but they quite correctly object
Assad's rockets carrying 1,000kg of deadly nerve gas Sarin kllled
1477 people, almost entirely civilians and injured over 10,000 on the outskirts
of Damascus. USA and other Western nations condemned the attacks but failed
to take any effective action.
A placard asks 'Where is the World?'. Assad was allowed to get away
with wholesale murder using illegal weapons
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