Perhaps in response to Webster Tarpley's tour of Syria the week before last the BBC has sent its reporter Paul Wood to Homs in Syria. The BBC proudly boasts it is the first to send reporters to the area. You may have heard of Homs, and you should because it where the rebellion against the Syrian government is allegedly the strongest and the bloodiest.
But when I watched the reports filed by Wood I thought they supported the claims of the Syrian government.
The reports show
1. rebels smuggling weapons into Syria via Lebanon
2. rebels sniping at soldiers of the Syrian military
Also shown is a small protest (and it does looks small too) in Homs against the Syrian government. The Syrian Army is nowhere to be seen and so does not drown the protestors in a sea of bullets, as we have been led to believe happens, which is strange considering the protest is in the alleged centre of the rebellion in Homs where hundreds have allegedly been killed. Wood claims the protestors want military intervention but does not show any member of the public or Free Syrian Army saying this and it being translated.
Wood has so far filed three reports. The latest report can be watched at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15898544
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