Thread by @PiersRobinson1

10) Equally significant was the failure to find any evidence of sarin nerve agent nor even conclusive proof that chlorine gas had been released at location 2 where the deceased were found, piled on top of one another:- berlingroup21.org/background

11) We now know that a toxicology assessment via NATO chemical weapons experts, erased from the final @opcw report, had concluded that the deceased were not poisoned by chlorine wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc…

12) We also know from the leaked original interim report that witness testimony, again obfuscated in the final @opcw #Douma report, showed contradictory and contrasting claims about what had happened:- couragefound.org/2021/03/additi…

13) It has now been confirmed that the Western-backed #WhiteHelmets were a key source for the FFM Douma investigation and also that the late James le Mesurier and WH leader Raed Saleh had been involved in supplying witnesses to OPCW FFM investigations. @LenP91535865 @samibarrek

14) Many of these so-called *Country X* witnesses were present at Location 2 and, as can be seen in the suppressed original interim report, reported symptoms consistent with a nerve agent such as Sarin even though we now know no sarin was ever found see tweet 10 above

15) Careful reconstruction of visual imagery by Stephen MacIntyre shows how bodies at Location 2 were re-arranged during the course of the night of April 7:- climateaudit.org/2018/04/24/dou… @ClimateAudit

16) Whilst at the time the BBC’s Riam Dalati complained in public about the manipulation of bodies for 'PR' purposes:

17) @Dalatrm has also publicly stated that, based upon six months of research with White Helmets and activists, that the hospital scenes at Douma were staged.

https://twitter.com/Dalatrm/status/1095677403198906369?s=20

18) Critically, an individual photographed at the hospital scene is also captured in a single frame, at Location 2 where the deceased were found:-

https://twitter.com/PiersRobinson1/status/1273888878164934656?s=20

19) In sum, toxicological and chemical assessments that rule out chlorine or sarin nerve agent as cause of death, manipulation of the bodies, staging at the hospital, and reliance upon WH-linked witnesses, inevitably raises serious questions: couragefound.org/2019/10/analyt…

20) But all of the critical issues have been systematically suppressed in what is now a remarkable series of acts of censorship and stonewalling by senior OPCW management and Western governments:-

21) As reported originally by @ClarkeMicah/Mail on Sunday, the original interim report which identified many of these issues, was secretly altered and then an attempt made to publish it behind the back of the Douma Inspectors hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2019/11/new-se…

22)This led to the first internal protest at the OPCW when the act of subterfuge was accidently discovered by one of the Douma team: wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc…

23) As originally reported by @steelejourno, shortly after this, in violation of the Chemical Weapon Convention, a US delegation was allowed to brief the Douma FFM team and put to them their view that the Syrian government had carried out the attack:-

24) As concerns amongst inspectors increased that the Douma investigation was being manipulated, two senior OPCW scientists made repeated attempts to alert senior management. These were all met with silence and stonewalling. berlingroup21.org/background

25) And as @aaronjmate reports here, their concerns were supported by other senior OPCW officials. Despite this, the very simply request for all the Douma FFM team to meet and discuss the investigation have been refused. thegrayzone.com/2020/12/07/opc…

26) After the OPCW final Douma report was issued in March 2019, US-led states parties blocked a request that all the Douma inspectors could be heard and refused a similar motion in December 2019.

27) 2020 saw two UNSC Arria formula meetings set up by the Russian Federation and then, at an October UNSC meeting, first @opcw director general Ambassador Bustani was blocked by the US and its allies from speaking on the Douma issue:-