@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
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:-
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…
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One key factor behind the #PaulMason operation to shut down critical voices is the @opcw whistleblower scandal and the alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria. ukcolumn.org/article/the-wh… @KitKlarenberg @aaronjmate @MaxBlumenthal x.com/TheGrayzoneNew…
1) When UK academics & independent journalists (@VanessaBeeley) questioned claims about the alleged Douma chemical attack in Syria, 2018, a smear campaign was initiated. ukcolumn.org/article/attack…
2) Then, when @opcw whistleblower scientists emerged in 2019/20 to vindicate the academics, this campaign intensified and extended to attempts to discredit the scientists themselves: berlingroup21.org/front-matter-a…
For all those champing at the bit for war against #Iran, I suppose this all needs spelling out: 1) Afghanistan 2001, US-backed 'opposition groups' overthrow the Taliban leading to two decades of war: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/human-co…x.com/PiersRobinson1…
2) Iraq 2003, US abandons Blair's 'subtle' approach suggestions and moves straight to the full-scale invasion option, again leading to years of war and conflict. intellectdiscover.com/content/journa…
3) Come 2011, NATO's 'humanitarian intervention' in Libya enables the overthrow of the government, leading to years of chaos and violence. thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-un…
Western war propaganda works by projecting its own criminality onto external 'threats' in order to demonise them. We see this time and time again – for example, with Maduro, Putin, Assad, Saddam, and Gaddafi. researchgate.net/publication/36…' x.com/SecRubio/statu…
1) In reality, it is our own governments that are responsible for the bulk of warmongering and criminality. The current series of wars are traceable to 9/11, itself a false flag operation with the culprits hiding in plain sight: @KevinRyan911 @ic911justiceic911.org/books-and-seri…
2) The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a flagrant violation of international law with millions killed, injured or displaced. The principal deception revolved around the fabricated WMD allegations. academic.oup.com/psq/article/12…
Problematic @netflix doc. because the topics promoted lie largely within the sphere of legit. controversy (Hallin), @ggreenwald. Achieved via deceptive editing (@aaronjmate) that pushes the Syria CW issue into the sphere of deviance. Unfortunate ... 🧵 x.com/aaronjmate/sta…x.com/ggreenwald/sta…
1) because there is overwhelming evidence, beyond Hersh's reporting @laurapoitras, that points to the truth about Ghouta 2013. e.g. there was no discernible motive for the Syrian government to initiate the attack. Even the UK's JIC admitted this: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c2d41…
2) The attack occurred within days of a joint @opcw-UK mission arriving in Damascus and which had been initiated at the request of the *Syrian government* following the 19 March 2013 Khan al Asal nerve agent attack on its soldiers. @ukcolumn ukcolumn.org/article/the-ev…
1) There is, in additional to Hersh's reporting, overwhelming evidence the event was instigated by opposition groups working in tandem with Western, Turkish and Israeli intelligence. For an overview, a good place to start is here @ukcolumnukcolumn.org/article/the-ev…
British official inquiries exist to cover up the truth. As the airwaves fill with state-sanctioned propaganda, check out @timtron2020's articles in @PropagandaFocus about the Salisbury/Novichok deception.#skripals @ukcolumn @CraigMurrayOrg @21WIREpropagandainfocus.com/how-did-the-sk…