They are not fighting ISIS, they are helping assad murder his own citizens. I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt, but you appear to
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Tell me about your interpreter. Someone you know and trust, and brought with you?
No, there were several, one from Just Russia, two contractors, but also the other witness mostly spoke English and so would have told me.
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What do you mean? It's a serious question: How much control did you have over the situation, vs how much was in the hands of others?
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There was the official tour, but we were free to do our own thing, I spoke to cleaners, hotel staff, shop keepers who spoke English.
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Right. Who arranged your accommodations?
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A Just Russia
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A Russian political party arranged your accommodations. Did you really expect the hotel staff to talk straight?
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It wasn't just at the Hotel, it was in shops, I smoke, so people I met I smoking areas, security guards, etc.
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These random people - did you approach them or did they approach you? Did you speak in English or with an interpreter?
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I approached them, in English, if they didn't speak English I just shrugged and moved on.
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The fact that your visit was known beforehand casts question over the validity of what you heard/saw. Gave time to stage the "right" things
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It couldn't have been staged, too large an area, too many people and we were free to go off piste, maybe feed 1 or 2 but they don't need to
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Where did the contractors come from? And who is this "other witness"?
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Full list of other witnesses are in my report last page.
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Your tweet contained 4 pages. The last page says it's page 4 of 5.
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Ok, these people were there, but I don't see how that validates the interpreters
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I am confident you could send a troop of UN inspectors in and they would report the same findings. Our visit wasn't a scientific one.
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How about OSCE?
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