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Chemical attack evidence was manipulated to blame Syrian government, report claims
The US launches an air strike at Syria after claiming the government was behind the Douma attack in April 2018

WEAPONS inspectors deliberately manipulated evidence to frame the Syrian government for a chemical weapons attack in Douma last year, according to a whistleblower.

A panel convened by the Courage Foundation, a trust for the legal defence of whistleblowers and journalists, met with a member of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) team that investigated the site of the alleged attack in April 2018.

It heard “disturbing evidence” of how information was manipulated to favour a “preordained conclusion.”

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