Thread by @PiersRobinson1

@thomasphipps, you seem to suffer from a rather limited vocabulary .... 'useful idiot', 'war crime denier' when talking about the alleged Douma attack. Perhaps you would like to, on behalf of the UK government, answer the following questions:- @OPCW @DanyaChaikel @SaretaAshraph

https://twitter.com/thomasphipps/status/1397289892263211015

1) Why was the key conclusion by 4 NATO chem. weapon experts that the 43 deceased at Douma were not killed by chlorine gas at Location 2 censored in the Final OPCW report? You can read the minutes from the consultation here:- wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc…

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

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

4) It does not require advanced studies to understand that the cylinder head should show signs of the steel rebar which stopped it, whilst the bending of the other rebars through greater than 90 degrees cannot be explained by the cylinder impact. Think about what you are seeing.

5) Why was the original interim report reference to the Syrian Civil Defence (a.k.a. White Helmets) burying the 43 victims removed come the final report?

6) And why was witness testimony referring to burial of up to 300 civilians in a mass grave also edited out of the final report? This number is 6 times higher than the reported deaths and on a scale completely inexplicable through reference to the alleged chlorine gas attack.

7) And can the UK government explain why the Telegraph reported that Jaish al Islam buried the bodies whilst the head of the white helmets told the BBC that 'we' buried the bodies?

9) And can you explain why 'Country X' witnesses (arranged via the White Helmets and indeed including SCD) reported nerve agent symptoms when no traces of nerve agent were ever found:-

10) And why was information regarding the 're-positioning of bodies throughout the night of 7/8th April clearly reported in the original interim report but then buried in an annex come the final report?

11) A fuller listing of procedural and scientific flaws relating to the @opce Douma investigation can be read here:- berlingroup21.org/background

12) If you cannot answer these questions, perhaps you should think again before accusing journalists such as @aaronjmate of 'denying war crimes', and perhaps instead start to assist in the search for the truth. @Tim_Hayward_

13) At the very least, it might be worth checking back with lawyers in the Foreign Office with respect to what you have presumably been ordered to do i.e. smear/defame honest journalists and academics trying to get to the bottom of a potential major war crime.