One of the biggest stories of 2019 was undoubtedly the OPCW's Syria scandal, a cover-up

inside the world's top chemical weapons watchdog that was used to justify U.S.-led military

strikes on Syria.

Leaked documents and testimony show there were serious doubts inside the OPCW about the

allegation that the Syrian government committed a chemical weapons attack in the city of Duma

in April 2018.

Inspectors who were on the ground in Duma complained that their findings were distorted

and excluded.

According to one OPCW whistleblower,

who spoke to the British journalist Jonathan Steele, this censorship was done under direct

U.S. government pressure. According to a new batch of documents released by WikiLeaks,

a top OPCW official ordered the removal of a critical document from the organization's secure registry.

The document was a detailed engineering study that cast major doubt on the allegation that the Syrian government dropped gas cylinders on Duma.

Another leak document shows the OPCW consulted with toxicologists to determine whether symptoms observed and victims at the scene were consistent with exposure to chlorine.

According to minutes of that meeting, quote, the experts were conclusive in their statements that there was no correlation between symptoms and chlorine exposure.

But these key findings and many others were kept from the public when the OPCW released

its final report.

Ignoring its own data and experts, the OPCW concluded that there were, quote, reasonable

grounds that the use of a toxic chemical as a weapon took place.

This toxic chemical contained reactive chlorine."

But even now, as the suppressed findings come out via brave whistleblowers and WikiLeaks,

they are still being kept from the public.

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