Seymour Hersh gets it wrong on Turkey
Seymour Hersh’s claims that Turkey is supporting Jabhat al-Nusra are more fantasy than reality.
The latest article of Seymour Hersh, printed in the London Review of Books, is being widely debated in Turkey.
In an article in the same periodical in December, Hersh claimed it was not the Syrian regime but the country's opposition forces that used chemical weapons. That article, too, generated intense reactions and was criticized for not paying heed to the UN's report and other credible evidence. Now, Hersh has added a sensational dimension to those allegations by claiming that the chemical weapons attack was planned by Turkish intelligence and carried out by Jabhat al-Nusra.
Is he on the mark this time? Is he realistic?
Let’s first recall the proven findings of all the intelligence services — minus the Russians — and the UN’s field investigations.
