Dr Saleyha Ahsan: contradictions in accounts of alleged incendiary bomb attack

Contradictions in accounts of the alleged Urm Al-Kubra incendiary bomb attack notably occur between various testimonies provided by Dr Saleyha Ahsan and between Dr Ahsan’s testimonies and those of others present at Atareb Hospital, Aleppo on 26 August 2013.

Some of the most striking and perplexing instances are presented below. See links in the captions for full references.

• For a related presentation of inconsistencies in accounts of the alleged Aleppo school bombing by BBC International Correspondent Ian Pannell see here.
• For more on Dr Ahsan’s involvement in the 2013 BBC Panorama special ‘Saving Syria’s Children’ and her personal relationship with an army officer who runs large-scale, highly sophisticated injury simulation training exercises, see this presentation for Frome Stop War. 

http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/09/04/triage-and-terror/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/an-english-doctor-in-syria-pity-the-children–the-horror-i-saw-8847628.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/an-english-doctor-in-syria-pity-the-children–the-horror-i-saw-8847628.html https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/new-inconsistent-napalm-bomb-account-goes-viral/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/an-english-doctor-in-syria-pity-the-children–the-horror-i-saw-8847628.html http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/religionandethicsreport/new-document/5120070 (audio from 02:38)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140310120840/http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/features_2_3982/romford_doctor_recalls_horrors_of_a_syrian_hospital_1_2872721
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-C9PDOSp7g&feature=youtu.be&t=22m18s https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/baby-and-his-father/

http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/09/04/triage-and-terror/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/an-english-doctor-in-syria-pity-the-children–the-horror-i-saw-8847628.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/an-english-doctor-in-syria-pity-the-children–the-horror-i-saw-8847628.html http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2013/09/30/saleyha-ahsan-no-child-is-safe-in-syria-today/

https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/#Halab http://taigs.com/BBC_Panorama_2013_Saving_Syrias_Children.mp4 (from 30:38) http://www.thephoenixfoundation.org.uk/about/a-final-note-from-dr-saleyha-ahsan/

https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/#VDC https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/bbc-response-to-first-letter-of-complaint-2-december-2013/ https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/related_material/Arms_SyriaIncendiary_Nov13_Final_0.pdf (p15)

https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/#VDC http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/11/surviving-syria-s-incendiary-bomb-attacks.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20150628093456/http://www.bma.org.uk/news-views-analysis/work/2013/november/syrias-children-need-an-end-to-this-conflict https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/siham-kanbariqambari/

https://web.archive.org/web/20150628093456/http://www.bma.org.uk/news-views-analysis/work/2013/november/syrias-children-need-an-end-to-this-conflict https://www.drrolahallam.com/blog/treat-her-like-your-daugher

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10286580/British-doctor-tells-of-the-agonising-injuries-of-child-victims-of-Syrian-incendiary-bomb.html https://www.facebook.com/563047693795034/photos/a.568593899907080.1073741828.563047693795034/585557038210766/?type=1&theater

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10286580/British-doctor-tells-of-the-agonising-injuries-of-child-victims-of-Syrian-incendiary-bomb.html http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/religionandethicsreport/new-document/5120070 (audio from 04:00)

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Researching the 2013 BBC Panorama documentary Saving Syria's Children and associated BBC News reports.

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