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13 Apr, 5 tweets, 3 min read
It's been real, king. ✊🏼
We'll always have that time when -- just as OPCW's Syria cover-up was exposed -- Bellingcat quietly deleted a claim that it "partners" w/ OPCW, & @EliotHiggins tried to claim that the "partner" thing was a simply a lowly "copy and paste" error. 🤔
We'll also always have that time when Bellingcat was given an unsent, fraudulent OPCW letter, & then Eliot and gang tried to accuse me of concealing a letter that I couldn't have possibly received (oh and that also contained demonstrably false claims).
Then we'll ALSO have that time when after Eliot & gang got caught publishing a fraudulent letter aimed at smearing an OPCW whistleblower (thegrayzone.com/2020/10/28/dra…), I then caught them letting a hidden, external author write their scam material. (thegrayzone.com/2021/03/24/aut…)
⬅️ That one is my personal favorite, TBH.

Also because instead of responding to the fact that they were caught having a hidden, external author write their fraudulent hit piece material, Eliot's only response is to admit that the fraud is a "dead horse":

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13 Apr
Nothing to see here folks. The “evidence” collected by UK-US funded, Al Qaeda-allied “White Helmets” in an Al-Qaeda-controlled province didn’t have the packing tape altered, so rest assured we can trust it. If you dare doubt the AQ chain of custody, just look at our nice graphic:
There are two OPCW probes of Saraqib. First was by FFM; second was by IIT.

New IIT report uses "the findings of the FFM as a starting point" & "analysed the information received from the FFM." (pic 1)

Where did OPCW get "all samples" from? The White Helmets "(SCD). (pic 2-3)
Apologies to Al Qaeda & @EliotHiggins, but I defer to OPCW here: "The OPCW would never get involved in testing samples that our own inspectors don’t gather in the field, because we need to maintain chain of custody of samples from the field to the lab to ensure their integrity."
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12 Apr
The organization that censored its own investigation and scientists in the April 2018 Douma probe wants us to pretend that it has any credibility to weigh in on others, and isn't being directed by the exact same imperatives behind the unaddressed Douma cover-up:
Unsurprisingly, @OPCW misrepresents its report: "IIT concludes that units of the Syrian Arab Air Force used chemical weapons in Saraqib." No, IIT -- just like w/ Douma -- uses the cowardly "reasonable grounds" qualifier. Why? They want to suggest guilt without having to prove it.
As dissenting OPCW insiders wrote about last IIT report: "Perhaps to the credit of IIT members who argued against more definitive, stronger language in their report, what the IIT produced was the desired Western opinion about what could have happened..." thegrayzone.com/2020/04/28/opc…
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9 Apr
😂. This is not a joke: orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-pri…
Wow: BBC's @chloehadj, who produced a podcast whitewashing the UK state-funded White Helmets & the OPCW cover-up scandal, is nominated for an "Orwell Prize" too: orwellfoundation.com/journalist/chl…

On her Orwellian "reporting", see:
(thegrayzone.com/2020/11/30/que…)
&
(thegrayzone.com/2021/04/07/bbc…)
It's only fitting that @Bellingcat & @chloehadj get nominated for an "Orwell": after Bellingcat published false claims about the OPCW's Douma cover-up, Chloe recycled the same falsehoods. They also share UK state ties. Orwell would indeed be impressed. thegrayzone.com/2021/03/24/aut…
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9 Apr
Members of @FDD -- a de-facto Israeli agent -- call on US to coerce states into targeting Russia & Syria at OPCW, based on dubious or discredited chemical weapons allegations.

Of course they omit OPCW's Syria-cover up scandal.(thenation.com/article/world/…) (thegrayzone.com/category/opcw-…)
FDD neocons call on Biden to bully states into expelling Syria from OPCW.

There's a good precedent for this bullying: in 2002, US ousted OPCW chief Jose Busani for impeding the Iraq war. Bolton threatened Bustani personally & OPCW's budget. thegrayzone.com/2020/10/18/ex-…
The compromise of the OPCW is so tragically cynical. It's been exploited regime change & poisoning a landmark area of US-Russia cooperation: the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons & Syria joining the OPCW. US & allies decided that the dirty war is more important than peace.
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7 Apr
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria.

NATO states & disinformation actors pretend that they care about the dead civilians in Douma, all while supporting the doctoring & suppression of the OPCW findings that exposed the truth: it was staged.
An example is @N_Waters89 of NATO troll farm Bellingcat. While pretending to care about the dead civilians in Douma, he's participated in a UK state-tied disinformation campaign against the OPCW whistleblowers who conducted the actual investigation:
Rather than being allowed to posture as investigators concerned about the facts & the loss of life, these NATO troll farm agents should be asked to explain their documented fraud in attacking the whistleblowers & whitewashing the OPCW cover-up. (thegrayzone.com/2021/03/24/aut…)
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3 Apr
ASPI, Australian think tank funded by weapons makers & states including the US, just put out a hilarious report attacking @TheGrayzoneNews' Xinjiang coverage.

ASPI doesn't challenge a single fact. It instead tallies Chinese diplomats retweeting us. 🧐(aspi.org.au/report/strange…)
I urge you to read it. It's amazing it. It includes stuff like this: OMG, look we made a graphic showing that a WHO staffer gave a Grayzone article a retweet!!!!!!! 😱
ASPI, the think tank behind this report, is funded by totally objective & good faith sources like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, US, UK, NATO, Australia, and Israel. It is literally a troll farm paid to manufacture public support for war and hegemony:
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