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Dear Mr Fraser

I would be grateful for a reply to my email of 24 September.

My opinion that the munitions in your broadcast appear to have fuses is shared by the author of the Telegraph article of 20 May 2015 (Report 3) who writes that this section of footage “shows an airman crouching inside a Syrian military helicopter, chatting to his neighbour as he lights the fuse of a barrel bomb”.

As I observe at footnote [2] of the attached PDF, a graphic attributed to the website of “respected weapons blogger” Brown Moses entitled “What is a barrel bomb?”states that “Early designs used fuse wicks”. This would seem a very strong indication that your footage shows an early design of barrel bomb and is therefore not “recent” as the Channel 4 News website continues to claim or “new” as you state below.

You write “I can assure you we take feedback seriously”. I trust you will demonstrate this by responding to my concerns now.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Stuart