{"id":189419,"date":"2019-06-05T07:24:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T07:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=189419"},"modified":"2019-06-08T05:14:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T05:14:36","slug":"mp-chris-williamson-confronts-uk-government-with-apparent-evidence-of-staged-chemical-attack-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=189419","title":{"rendered":"MP Chris Williamson confronts UK government with apparent evidence of \u2018staged\u2019 chemical attack in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

James White — The Canary June 4, 2019<\/h1>\n
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Hassan Diab shown in Al-Jazeera\u2019s coverage of the alleged chemical attack. Click to see the full-size image<\/p><\/div>\n

MP Chris Williamson has confronted Theresa May\u2019s government with a leaked<\/a><\/strong><\/span> report on the 7 April 2018 alleged<\/strong><\/span><\/a> chemical attack in Douma, Syria. The leaked analysis for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) contradicts<\/strong><\/span><\/a> the official narrative, which claims the Syrian government dropped cylinders from above to gas civilians.<\/span><\/p>\n

During a joint press conference with Donald Trump on 4 June, however, May doubled down<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on the narrative:<\/span><\/p>\n

In Syria, when innocent men, women and children were victims of a barbaric chemical weapons attack, Britain and America \u2013 along with France \u2013 carried out targeted strikes against the regime.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStaged\u201d<\/h2>\n

The report (published by the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media<\/em>) suggests<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that \u201cthe only plausible explanation\u201d was that the cylinders were \u201cmanually placed\u201d at the scene. So Williamson submitted a written question<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to May on 3 June, which read:<\/span><\/p>\n

in light of investigations suggesting that reports of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Government in Douma in April 2018 were staged and with reference to reports that OPCW expert advice was redacted from its final report, whether she has made a reassessment of the decision to bomb targets in Syria in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was criticised last year by the media & some MPs for opposing the govt's decision to bomb targets in Syria.
But we now know inconvenient evidence was redacted from the OPCW's report, so I've asked the PM to comment.
https:\/\/t.co\/AlZQnwuTTF<\/a><\/p>\n

— Chris Williamson (@DerbyChrisW) June 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n