Thread by @PiersRobinson1

@bellingcat & @N_Waters89 continue attempts to smear @OPCW whistleblowers & all those raising questions about the investigation of the alleged chemical weapon attack in Douma/Syria 2018 and, most seriously, suppress the truth about this event. @ClarkeMicah @2ndNewMoon

1) Previously @bellingcat were caught publishing a false letter aimed at discrediting former OPCW inspector Brendan Whelan:- thegrayzone.com/2020/10/28/dra… @aaronjmate @ClarkeMicah

2) With respect to the Douma incident itself, remarkably, @bellingcat were caught deleting a tweet that evidenced manipulation of a cylinder allegedly dropped from a Syrian Air Force helicopter, at Location 2:-

3) This cylinder has become a source of controversy because it is now known that @opcw inspectors questioned whether the damage seen on the cylinder and the roof were compatible.

4) Attempting to smear scientists is nothing new for @bellingcat, here we see their founder Eliot Higgins attacking US Professor Ted Postol. @2ndNewMoon @Tim_Hayward_

5) One of the most serious aspects of the Douma controversy, which @bellingcat and their partners @CIJAOnline would appear to be keen to suppress and keep from public discussion, concerns the 43 victims at Douma.

6) It is now established from a leaked toxicology assessment that these victims were not killed by chlorine gas at Location 2 whilst no traces of nerve agent were ever found. This finding was removed from the final @opcw report: wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc…

7) It is also now apparent from the leaked original report that contradictory witness testimony has also been edited out of the @opcw's final Douma report. wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc…. This includes apparently false witness reports of nerve agent symptoms:-

8) Whilst information about the manipulation of bodies at location 2 throughout the night, clearly noted in the leaked original interim report, has also been buried come the @opcw's final report

9) Also removed from the final OPCW report was witness testimony referring to up to 300 deceased being buried in a mass grave. More info regarding these and related issues will be published soon.

10) Others, including the @BBC's @Dalatrm claim, based on research, that the hospital scenes associated with the events at Location 2 were staged:-

11) Interestingly, these shots show a photographer (man in red) present at both the staged hospital scenes and at Location 2:-

12) Suppressed information re false witness claims, mass graves and the fact that NATO toxicologists ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of death, ring alarm bells for anyone wanting to find out the truth. And there are many more issues as set out here:- berlingroup21.org/background

13) And yet @bellingcat and @CIJAonline appear determined to smear anyone asking questions with crude disinformation and false allegations of 'war crime denialism' @Tim_Hayward_ @aaronjmate.

14) Meanwhile, for those seeking the truth about Douma, a calm, sober, and eminently reasonable request for transparency and accountability at the @opcw, to allow all the Douma inspectors to be heard, remains: couragefound.org/2021/03/statem…