{"id":199290,"date":"2019-12-15T08:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T08:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199290"},"modified":"2019-12-17T07:26:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T07:26:54","slug":"new-leaks-provide-further-evidence-that-opcw-suppressed-altered-findings-on-douma-chemical-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199290","title":{"rendered":"New leaks provide further evidence that OPCW suppressed & altered findings on Douma \u2018chemical attack\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

RT \u2013 Dec 15, 2019<\/h1>\n
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White Helmets “rescue workers” wash down a purported victim of a Syrian government chemical weapons attack in Douma. This photo accompanied the BBC report on the findings of the OPCW investigation into the Douma ‘attack’. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

A new cache of internal documents reveal that members of the OPCW team tasked with probing the Douma \u201cchemical attack\u201d protested the organization\u2019s final report on the incident, which they said misrepresented their conclusions.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a memo addressed to OPCW Director General Fernando Arias, one scientist who participated in the OPCW\u2019s fact finding mission (FFM) wrote that there are \u201cabout 20 inspectors who have expressed concern\u201d<\/em> over how the OPCW presented its findings on the alleged Syrian chemical attack. According to the memorandum, the organization\u2019s final report does not reflect the FFM\u2019s findings, presented in their interim report, which is also part of the new document dump.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new documents, released<\/a><\/strong><\/span> by WikiLeaks, are the latest evidence undermining the OPCW\u2019s final report on the Syrian attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

The April 2018 incident reportedly killed dozens of Syrian civilians, and was used by the United States and several NATO allies to justify airstrikes against Syrian military targets. The OPCW was later sent to the site to investigate, and the organization\u2019s final report gave credibility to the accusation that Damascus had used chemical weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

The memo goes on to state that the final report \u201cdoes not reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to Douma.\u201d<\/em> In fact, the team on the ground in Douma was apparently excluded from drafting the final report \u2013 only one member of the fact finding mission, a paramedic, directly contributed. The final document was instead authored by a separate group that had operated from \u201cCountry X,\u201d<\/em> believed to be Turkey.<\/span><\/p>\n

The consensus within the FFM team was that there were indications of serious inconsistencies in findings… the conclusions appear to have been turned completely in the opposite direction<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The team\u2019s findings, outlined in their preliminary report, illustrate some of these inconsistencies. For example, the team expressed uncertainty about the origin of the cylinders which were allegedly used to release chlorine. Washington and its allies claim that the cylinders were dropped from the sky, pointing to Damascus as the culprit.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the original interim report said that there was no strong evidence to support this theory. In fact, a follow-up investigation into the matter concluded that it was more likely that the cylinders \u201cwere manually placed\u2026 rather than being delivered from aircraft.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The documents support allegations made by whistleblowers \u2013 and corroborated by previous leaks \u2013 that the OPCW excluded and manipulated key findings in its final report on the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n

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