Thread by @PiersRobinson1

Dear @INakamitsu and @BWoodward_UN, once again the @opcw Director General has smeared his own inspectors and refused to address key questions regarding the controversial #Douma investigation. The questions remain:-

1) Why was the original interim secretly altered, without the knowledge of the Douma team, and then an attempt made to publish an inaccurate and 'spun' report? See @ClarkeMicah report on this hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2019/11/new-se…

2) Why was the key conclusion by 4 NATO toxicologists that the 43 deceased at Douma were not killed by chlorine at Location 2 expunged from the Final FFM Report? Consultation minutes are here wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc… @CL4Syr @MichaKobs

3) It concluded that chlorine gas could not have caused these civilians to drop dead on the spot, gathering in piles.

4) Why did the OPCW Final Report expunge engineering assessments which made clear this cylinder did not cause this damage to a concrete roof and steel reinforcement bars?

5) It does not require advanced studies to understand that the cylinder head should show signs of the steel bar which supposedly stopped it, whilst the bending of the other steel bars through greater than 90 degrees cannot be explained by the cylinder impact.

6) It is equally easy to understand that the second cylinder at Location 4 could *not* have performed the remarkable sideways bounce to then end up on a bed

7) and equally easy for any competent reader to understand that the Final Douma report does not provide an explanation for this bounce:

8) Furthermore, new and disturbing information continues to emerge. Witness reports referring to burial of up to 300 civilians in a mass grave is expunged from the final report. This number is completely inexplicable through reference to the alleged chlorine gas attack.

9) Exactly who was responsible for burying the deceased is obfuscated in the Final FFM Report:-

10) Whilst elsewhere there are contradictory claims being made to mainstream media regarding who buried the deceased

11) It has also now become clear that 'Country X' witnesses (arranged via the White Helmets) reported symptoms associated with nerve agent poisoning even though no traces of sarin were ever found

12) Also, the final FFM report has buried in its annexes information about the 're-positioning' of bodies throughout the night of 7-8 April 2018 and also obfuscated uncorroborated claims regarding civilians being killed in basements:-

13) A comprehensive list of the procedural and scientific flaws relating to the OPCW Douma investigation can be read here:- berlingroup21.org/background

14) And the recent call from 28 leading international experts and leaders can be read here:- berlingroup21.org

15) But instead of addressing these questions, or answering calls for the dissenting inspectors to be properly heard, the @opcw DG has now refused this request on the grounds he has no authority! @aaronjmate

16) And he has even referenced another UN report from 2018 in order to defend the Final FFM Douma Report. In fact, this earlier UN report raises the same issues, noted above, about chlorine supposedly having been the cause of death; documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…

17) Note also that the latest UNCRC Commission report does *not* include Douma in its list of 'established' chemical attacks. Clearly the OPCW DG is not inline with the UNHRC Syria Commission. @2ndNewMoon @Tim_Hayward_ @McCormack_Tara

18) It should be a source of embarrassment to the UK that its diplomats can only respond to polite questions with smears and then blocks. And that crude smear/defamation campaigns have been initiated against people trying to establish the truth. @wallacemick @ClareDalyMEP

19) And, if the UK government is confident in the OPCW, it should have no concerns about allowing what is an eminently reasonable request that all the Douma inspectors are allowed to review the *facts* berlingroup21.org/bg21-proposal

20) Establishing the truth requires objective, rigorous and transparent investigation. However the @opcw and its key backers UK, US and France [who bombed Syria in response to Douma even before the OPCW arrived], have continually opposed transparency and rigour.

21) @INakamitsu, @BWoodward_UN, It is time for this cover up at the @opcw to finally come to an end. @johnpilger @LissaKJohnson @TulsiGabbard @ClarkeMicah @SusanSarandon @rogerwaters @ggreenwald @johnbradysf @HeikeHaensel @SevimDagdelen @wallacemick @ClareDalyMEP @snarwani

@BWoodward_UN @INakamitsu also I suggest you read the original interim report:- wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc…