Friday, October 24, 2014

Do Syrian rebel groups ever have to substantiate their claims?

"“During the last three days, we have been hit by over 120 barrel bombs,” said Ahmed Abu Talal, a rebel belonging to the Islamic Front group".  Is there any claim that they make get verified? If they were to say that nuclear weapons were dropped on them (and I believe that one rebel group made that claim every in the war), would that get verified or printed as is?  I mean, it could be 5000 barrels but how was the number reached?