In today’s show we bring you a wide range of stories from Australia and around the world, leading with the latest developments on the Syrian conflict.
In a shocking development, the lead UN investigator into war crimes in Syria, Carla Del Ponte, has announced that the Syrian rebels most likely had used sarin gas and that there was no evidence whatsoever that the Syrian government was responsible for any chemical attacks. In an interview with Swiss radio, she is quoted as follows:
According to the testimonies we have gathered, the rebels have used chemical weapons, making use of sarin gas
We still have to deepen our investigation, verify and confirm (the findings) through new witness testimony, but according to what we have established so far, it is at the moment opponents of the regime who are using sarin gas.
Del Ponte reaffirms these views in a subsequent interview with the BBC:
We take a look the latest attacks on the Australian Vaccination Network by the Australian Medical Association, a new hit-piece in the Scientific American on conspiracy theorists and a recent interview with Julian Assange.
In the 2nd hour we bring you a highly original and controversial presentation by radical libertarian feminist Karen Straughan.
