At the @Europarl_EN 15/04/2021 meeting of @EP_Defence, the chair @NathalieLoiseau smeared as 'fake news' questions from @wallacemick and @ClareDalyME re the @opcw's controversial #Douma investigation @Ce_Moll @Nic_Koenig @danielfiott. @NathalieLoiseau 'fake news' claim is false:-
1) In fact UK journalist @ClarkeMicah first reported in 2019 the fact that the original interim report had been secretly doctored to suggest Syrian gov. guilt without the knowledge of the Douma inspectors:- hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2019/11/new-se…
2) The @couragefound in 2019, which heard testimony from an OPCW person, reported serious procedural and scientific irregularities relating to manipulation of chemistry, toxicology, ballistics and witness testimony:- couragefound.org/2019/10/opcw-p…
3) This panel was followed up by an open letter signed by eminent experts calling for transparency at the @opcw and for the concerns of its own inspectors to be heard. couragefound.org/wp-content/upl…
4) Subsequent leaks and further testimony from OPCW scientists have confirmed further serious procedural and scientific flaws with the OPCW's #Douma investigation. Of particular note was the suppression of a NATO toxicology report ruling out chlorine as cause of death
5) Also significant was the sidelining of an engineering assessment that effectively ruled out the likelihood of this cylinder having been dropped from a Syrian Air Force helicopter (the damage in the ceiling is not consistent with having been caused by the cylinder)
5) And which also noted the impossibility of this cylinder having broken through a ceiling to then change direction by 90 degrees to travel across a bedroom and land on a bed
6) Another significant irregularity occurred when Chief of Cabinet @RobertF40396660 allowed a US delegation, in violation of the CWC, to brief the Douma investigators, telling them that the Syrian government was responsible for the alleged attack.counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/the…
7) All of these issues are substantive and real, not 'fake news', and recently a open letter signed by 28 international experts and opinion leaders has called, yet again, on the @opcw to address the concerns of OPCW scientists reporting fraud and cover-up: berlingroup21.org
8) Signatory @TulsiGabbard has issued a very clear statement on US media regarding the issue:- video.foxnews.com/v/623986700100… @aaronjmate @rogerwaters @SusanSarandon @McCormack_Tara
9) Whilst Admiral Lord West in the UK has also questioned the @opcw's Douma investigation:- dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9… @PeterCronau @ClarkeMicah
10) Until @NathalieLoiseau and others in positions of power stop engaging in childish smearing, and instead address well-founded concerns raised for more than two year now, the truth behind these deaths will remain obfuscated, covered up. @Ce_Moll @Nic_Koenig @danielfiott
11) @NathalieLoiseau and her colleagues might do well to reflect upon what it means to help cover up a potential warcrime, and to also consider why this *senior* OPCW senior official [not a Douma FFM team member] stated this about the @opcw and its Syria FFMs:- @Tim_Hayward_
12) #CSP25 It is time for this issue to be resolved and a new proposal, from Hans von Sponeck, Prof. Richard Falk and Jose Bustani (first DG of the @opcw) should now be adopted. @rogerwaters @SusanSarandon @johnbradysf @johnpilger @caitoz @ClarkeMicah berlingroup21.org/bg21-proposal
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