Mayday - Ep 7. Managed Massacres
Intrigue
BBC
4.6 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
“ I have these epiphanies all the time, especially if I had anchovies on my pizza..” Could the White Helmets be involved in staging chemical attacks?
When James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulling the strings. So when his body was found by worshippers on their way to morning prayers, there were a lot questions.
Produced, written and presented by: Chloe Hadjimatheou Editor: Emma Rippon Researcher: Tom Wright Mixed by: Neil Churchill Arabic translation and additional research: Vanessa Bowles, Abdul Kader Habak Turkish researcher: Nevin Sungur Narrative Consultant: John Yorke Original music: Nick Mundy and Bu Kolthoum Production Coordinator - Gemma Ashman
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| 0:35.0 | This episode contains content which some listeners might find distressing. |
| 0:40.0 | So tell me how the whole thing came to your attention. |
| 0:46.2 | I mean it was one of those things where something else popped up on the internet |
| 0:51.0 | about the white helmets and this time you know it's Roger |
| 0:54.3 | Waters band member of Pink Floyd sliding them off in front of a huge crowd in a |
| 1:00.0 | Barcelona stadium. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm going to tell you this, I don't know why. |
| 1:05.4 | There was some fellow and he wanted to come on stage and make a speech about what he believes was a chemical attack by Bashar Assad. |
| 1:15.0 | Hang on me. |
| 1:17.0 | Let me please. |
| 1:18.0 | I personally think the organization that he supports to represent and who he supports, the white |
| 1:26.1 | helmets, are a fake organization. |
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