After months of silence. Carl Campeau is speaking exclusively to the CBC.The CBC being Canada's premiere propaganda corporation. Much like the BBC. Keeps official narratives in order. Misleads Canadians. Typical stuffExclusive: How Carl Campeau, abducted in Syria, escaped al-Qaeda's clutchesYou can read the whole article at your leisure. There is a video included there if you just want the sound bite. Carl Campeau I read the article. And find it lacking... the devil is in the details and there are some details I find troublesome So, let me be honest. I do not believe the narrative surrounding the disappearance or escape of Carl Campeau. Was he witting or unwitting? I don’t know. I would think for the narrative to be more effective Mr Campeau would have to be unwitting. On the other hand, who knows?He was at Golan. And the ‘rebels’ at Golan are intrinsically tied to Israel. A fact that has been covered endlessly here at the blog in any number of posts.... If you are unfamiliar with this saga....1. UN Staff at Golan Missing- The story changes including this headline‘UN adviser missing on Israel-Syria border is a Canadian’2-Carl Campeau- Canadian Legal Advisor to UN kidnapped 8 months ago; Freed Everything italicized in bold, below, is quoted from the latest CBC article
“Campeau was in Syria as a legal adviser to a UN mission observing the ceasefire between Israel and Syria. He was on his way from the border to Damascus, when he came across what appeared to be a group of six or seven gunmen on the road robbing a family in a car.
“He was on his way from the border”? Vague. What border? Notice that is missing? Since we already know from earlier reporting he had been in Israel before his kidnapping. What border was he on his way from? Was he at the Quneitra Crossing? And if he was kidnapped at that point was he actually in Syria? I wonder why it is the CBC chose to report in this manner. On his way from the border to Damascus....Then this:
“Campeau was kept, occasionally blindfolded, in a cramped room in a villa a short distance from the main road.”
The main road. What main road? The main road at the Golan Crossing? Was he in Israel? Or was he in Syria? It’s not clear.
Campeau says the kidnappers initially demanded a $7-million dollar ransom.
"Rebels' demand ransom. Ransom for weapons purchase is not anything new.....Hmmmmmm.......The narrative continues:
“One morning, he discovered his captors had left his door unlocked. He walked out to find that their weapons were sitting outside his room unattended”
Then one day, as luck would have it, or not? You are certainly supposed to believe this is a mix of luck and bravery? - After holding Campeau for 8 long months- the captors leave his door unlocked and he walks away.. Clearly, the captors released Campeau. After 8 months of locking him up, every day, or so the story goes, to just leave his door unlocked and him unattended tells me he is being released.
“He grabbed a red scarf often worn by locals in the area, put it on his head......
" He grabbed a red scarf worn by the locals" What locals? He claims he was held by rebels the entire time in a villa.Did he beat some random 'local' up and steal a scarf from their head? This doesn't make sense. What makes more sense is he put a rebel bandana on his head, which he would have had easy access to. A red one, in this case, ensuring no rebel/mercs would fire at him. I find this claim, grabbing a red scarf worn by locals, problematic and not credible. The rebels wear very specific colours because they are important identifiers. The scarf colour significance has been discussed at the blog, previously... But I will link and quote with a picture from two different articles, both addressing the scarf colours as a sort of uniform for the 'rebels'/ hired mercs.Article one
“It was striking for the level of coordination it displayed among numerous units which, lacking uniforms, donned bandannas in bright pinks, reds and oranges to identify their loyalties and reduce the risk of "friendly fire".
He holds his gun behind his neck. The red bandana on his head to signify to others what brigade he’s in. His jacket stuffed with bullet magazines and homemade grenades. He’s 18 years old and claims like many of the FSA fighters to be on Jihad.
The bandannas are rebel/merc uniform. The can identify one another with the colours and reduce their chances of being shot. Therefore when Mr Campeau donned the rebel colour of red, he would have been identified as a friendly to all the other rebels. Reducing his chance of being killed greatly. That all said, no one should believe for one minute the nonsense about this being a bandanna worn by the 'locals' in SyriaCampeau’s story continues
...... and started a dangerous walk through the fields, hiding in irrigation channels, until he found the Syrian army”“That took three hours, he said. It took many more hours for him to feel safe — he was first interrogated by army officials before they handed him over to the foreign ministry”
After he walked away from the villa, that could have been located in Israel for all we really know, he walked for 3 hours..... through fields, hiding in irrigation ditches.Recall Carl Campeau had been in Israel, but, allegedly on his way to DamascusKeep in mind the story of his kidnapping is his alone. We have him in a villa. Near the main road of a border crossing. Now he has escaped. Walking away from the villa where he was held in captivity, locked up daily for eight months... He dons a red bandana- worn by the merc/rebels to identify one another and he walks for 3 hours through fields and irrigation ditches.Sounds very much like the Quneitra crossing Smoke billows during clashes between Syrian rebels and regime forces near the Quneitra crossing.Image from this article-Was Carl Campeau really held in Syria? -Or was he held in Israel? -Was ransom paid for Carl Campeau? Ransom that would allow for the purchase of weapons on the black market but allow the payee to remain hidden. -Why did Carl Campeau claim the red bandanna was one worn by locals? That seems highly misleading?Or perhaps he believed this? I don't know? -Is Carl Campeau witting or unwitting? I guess we will never really know. But, I will end this post as it beganI simply do not believe the narrative as put forth. But, have no doubt this is going to be the official state sanctioned narrative.
