New reporting on US bombings of Syrian civilians & how they were concealed. Story claims CIA officials objected, which may be true, but is hard to square with massive toll of their dirty war in Syria. NYT reporting on that will likely take decades. nytimes.com/2021/12/12/us/…
Look how easy it is for the US to massacre civilians. How many more don't we know about?
"...the [US] task force claimed the ferries were carrying enemy fighters, and he watched on [HD] video as it hit multiple boats, killing at least 30 civilians, whose bodies drifted away."
US culpability for killing civilians in its anti-ISIS campaign is far worse than NYT exposes. ISIS grew out of US invasion of Iraq; US then sat back as ISIS spread through Syria -- as leverage for the US goal of regime change, as Kerry privately admitted:
So US destroys Iraq, causing ISIS's creation; US then lets ISIS spread through Syria, hoping that will help oust Assad; & when ISIS starts attacking the West & Syria regime change is de-prioritized, US then slaughters civilians in its anti-ISIS campaign. mate.substack.com/p/to-keep-troo…
Incredible -- the US unit behind deadly airstrikes on Syrian civilian airstrikes deliberately avoided filming its bombings to prevent an evidentiary record:
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Today in Mexico City I was honored to receive an international journalism award from the Club de Periodistas de Mexico City, for my coverage of Russiagate in The Nation. Grateful to receive this in the company of so many brave journalists.
I want to dedicate this award to the memories of scholar Stephen F. Cohen and journalist Robert Parry of @Consortiumnews, two brave people who challenged Russiagate and the new Cold War, and inspired me greatly.
Shoutout to my @TheGrayzoneNews colleagues @MaxBlumenthal@anyaparampil@BenjaminNorton for their support & their inspirational work exposing actual foreign interference, US coups/dirty wars/sanctions worldwide especially here in Latin America.
If there is no evidence of a chemical attack in Douma, as OPCW scientists found before being censored, how did the victims die?
We don't know. But from new leaks, we do know that OPCW shunned forensic pathology, which could have helped solve the murders. thegrayzone.com/2021/12/06/cor…
There isn't only no evidence of a chemical attack; there's also ample evidence of a cover-up of the OPCW team that determined that. Plus ample open-source evidence of staging in Douma.
Those who whitewash the OPCW cover-up are ultimately whitewashing a massacre.
Even if you choose to ignore the leaks showing no evidence of a chemical attack & an extensive cover-up, no one disputes that the Douma hospital scene was staged.
New: In a Syria chemical weapons probe, the OPCW shunned the investigative area of forensic pathology and censored a call to pursue it, leaks obtained by @TheGrayzoneNews reveal.
This is the second installment in a new series on the corruption of science in the OPCW's Douma probe. Part 1 is here: thegrayzone.com/2021/11/22/cor…
Forensic pathology — the study of the cause and manner of death — could have helped solve how dozens of civilians in Douma lost their lives. Instead, senior OPCW officials thwarted it and suppressed an internal recommendation that it be pursued.
I PayPal’ed a friend but committed the grave sin of typing the name of a Baddie Country™️. So now it’s under review until I explain why I typed such a heinous word as “Syria.”
I am lucky. I’ll be able to complete my transaction once I explain to PayPal’s watchdogs. Syrians actually living under barbaric US sanctions who want to buy medicine, or take international exams, or basically do any kind of transaction have no such recourse.
OPCW chief Arias has made false statements about the inspectors who challenged his org's Syria cover-up. He's also given fake excuses to avoid addressing the scientific fraud involved.
(thegrayzone.com/2021/07/02/pre…)
(thegrayzone.com/2021/07/11/why…)
Contrast the new term for Arias to how the OPCW treated the last Director General who actually challenged a US-led deception: when Jose Bustani stood up to the Bush admin on Iraq, they threatened him, bugged his office, & engineered his ouster:
Nearly 20 years after his ouster, Bustani tried to speak at the UN in defense of the OPCW whistleblowers. The US and allies responded by blocking his testimony: thegrayzone.com/2020/10/05/ex-…
Happy Anniversary to @lukeharding1968, @KathViner, and the Guardian. The day you decided to confirm to the world that you have zero journalism standards.
To save face as Steele implodes, @lukeharding1968 now claims that Mueller "noted that there were multiple contacts in 2016 between Russian spies and Trump aides."
In July, Luke claimed to have obtained “secret Kremlin papers” showing Putin personally authorizing a campaign to install Trump. It was such a transparent scam — likely tracing back to Christopher Steele — that even MSNBC ignored it. mate.substack.com/p/luke-harding…