Ian Pannell is the BBC reporter who “broke the Aleppo school bombing story“.
Pannell’s accounts of the event contain a number of inconsistencies and raise a number of queries, some of which are presented below. See links below each graphic for full references and further discussion.
- For a related presentation of inconsistencies in accounts of the alleged Aleppo school bombing by Dr Saleyha Ahsan see here.
- For a You Tube presentation on some of the issues surrounding BBC Panorama ‘Saving Syria’s Children’ and related BBC News reports see here.
- For further information on the charity Hand in Hand for Syria see here, here and here.
- For full background on all these matters see the home page of this blog.
- See also Further questions surrounding Ian Pannell’s Syria coverage

https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/conflicting-accounts-of-time-of-napalm-bomb/ http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/related_material/Arms_SyriaIncendiary_Nov13_Final_0.pdf (p12) http://www.vdc-sy.info/pdf/reports/1382274490-English.pdf (p4) https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/more-puzzles-about-bbcs-saving-syrias-children-documentary/ https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/bbc-response-to-second-letter-of-complaint/ http://bit.ly/1TnJeH4 (0:35) http://bit.ly/1VFbszY (0:45) http://bit.ly/1SayCNI http://www.suriyegercekleri.com/2013/08/27/suriyede-fosfor-bombasi-kullanildi-haberinin-yalan-oldugu-bilimsel-olarak-kanitlandi/ (translation: http://bit.ly/2sXSrOi)

https://vimeo.com/140567469 (31:01) http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/religionandethicsreport/new-document/5120070 (audio from 02:38) 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-C9PDOSp7g&feature=youtu.be&t=22m18s

https://audioboom.com/boos/1573472-the-aftermath-of-an-incendiary-bomb-dropped-onto-a-school-playground-in-northern-syria (0:50) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24288698 https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/bbc-response-to-second-letter-of-complaint/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/an-english-doctor-in-syria-pity-the-children-the-horror-i-saw-8847628.html

https://audioboom.com/boos/1573472-the-aftermath-of-an-incendiary-bomb-dropped-onto-a-school-playground-in-northern-syria (4:46) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24288698 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-23892594 (2:37) https://vimeo.com/140567469 (36:00 – 36:43) https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/bbc-response-to-second-letter-of-complaint/ https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/#fought

https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/bbc-response-to-second-letter-of-complaint/ https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/bbc-editorial-complaints-final-report-19-may-2014/ (p2 of download) https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/demotix-victims-also-identified-at-the-hand-in-hand-hospital/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-23892594 (03:17) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24288698 http://bit.ly/1Sz2lA2 http://bit.ly/1VJK9Ed https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/atareb-hospital-fundraising-page-deleted/ https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/#Atareb

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.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24288698 http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/religionandethicsreport/new-document/5120070 (from 04:00) https://bbcpanoramasavingsyriaschildren.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/hand-in-hand-for-syria-hospital-staff-member-poses-with-cornucopia-of-armaments/
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