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Ben Norton
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A mainstream media outlet finally acknowledged the leaked OPCW report that challenges the claim that the Syrian gov used chemical weapons in Douma

AFP published this on June 13, *a month after* the report leaked: france24.com/en/20190613-ch…

Leaked on May 13: syriapropagandamedia.org/working-papers…
This AFP news wire shows that the OPCW leadership is apparently much more concerned about controlling internal leaks than about its reputation completely falling apart after a dubious, politically compromised investigation in Douma
france24.com/en/20190613-ch…
Award-winning scientist and MIT professor emeritus Theodore Postol analyzed the leaked OPCW report on Douma and said "The evidence is overwhelming that the gas attacks were staged"
thegrayzone.com/2019/05/25/opc…
via @GrayzoneProject
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Ben Norton
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Let's be clear: The Trump admin sent a drone into what Iran says was its sovereign airspace. The US knew Iran would shoot it down in self-defense—but the US gov also knew the corporate media would obediently portray this as Iranian "escalation," helping justify Trump's aggression
The Trump admin's strategy toward Iran is blatantly aggressive and illegal provocation — but the corporate media is dutifully going along with this, helping to whitewash US aggression, portray Iran as the aggressor, and sell a new war.

The corporate media is a handmaiden to war.
Case study in propaganda: NBC's Today show obediently regurgitates the US military's narrative, with no skepticism.

Iran says the US drone was in its airspace; US military says otherwise. Whose claims make the headline? US of course.

This is state media.
today.com/video/iran-sho…
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Ben Norton
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The Trump admin is recycling the same playbook Bush used for Iraq, trying to falsely link Iran to al-Qaeda to justify a war of aggression.

The reality is Iran has led the fight *against* AQ — while the US and its allies supported AQ in Syria, Yemen, etc.
nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/…
Back in 2017 I reported at The @GrayzoneProject how the Trump administration was working with the neoconservative pro-war think tank FDD to try to falsely link Iran to al-Qaeda (even though, again, Shia-majority Iran has been leading the fight against AQ!)
thegrayzone.com/2017/11/10/tru…
At The @GrayzoneProject in 2017, I also wrote about how Trump was blaming Iran for attacks carried out by al-Qaeda kingpin Osama bin Laden (who had in fact been a longtime CIA ally, fighting in alliance with the US in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union)
thegrayzone.com/2017/11/14/tru…
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Ben Norton
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.@AOC is correct that the US government is running (privatized, for-profit) concentration camps for refugees and immigrants.

What is not being emphasized though is this barbaric policy is *bipartisan*. It was going on under Obama, and expanded under Trump
latimes.com/nation/la-na-i…
In this article from 2016 (under Obama), a Japanese-American who as a child during WWII was held in a US gov. concentration camp drew direct comparisons to the (for-profit) internment camps for immigrants today.

The US has a long, horrific history of this
latimes.com/nation/la-na-i…
Hitler and the Nazi party were big admirers of the US government's institutional racism and apartheid. They borrowed tactics from the US, in fact: The concentration camps were partially inspired by the colonial reservation system against Native Americans
newsmaven.io/indiancountryt…
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After reading @Brian_Whit's latest article on the leaked @OPCW report into #Douma I'd like to draw attention to a particular paragraph which attempts to explain why Ian Henderson's report wasn't included in the final report. @PiersRobinson1 @Tim_Hayward_ medium.com/@Brian_Whit/le…
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There is no doubt about #Assad regime's pattern of chemical weapons. Since 2014, the OPCW assigned responsibility to Assad for multiple sarin & chlorine attacks.

We've noticed there’s an awful lot of Russian #Propaganda out there, so we thought we’d offer some facts:
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BREAKING: rebels in #Douma have used chemical weapons on some of the hostages they kidnapped from in Adra. #Ghota #Syria
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BREAKING: Reports of a massive chemical attack in Douma, Syria. AFP reports that at least 30 civilians have died, more than 1000 people possibly affected.
BREAKING NEWS: Up to 100 dead, many injured following a chemical attack in Douma, Syria.
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