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[–] jimmydoreisalefty 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Take a look at these articles, it does present a different view on the events, listed some newest to oldest (some dates 3/27/2023 thru 5/19/2019:

Aaron Maté

Aaron Maté is a journalist and producer. He hosts Pushback with Aaron Maté on The Grayzone. In 2019, Maté was awarded the Izzy Award (named after I.F. Stone) for outstanding achievement in independent media for his coverage of Russiagate in The Nation magazine. Previously, he was a host/producer for The Real News and Democracy Now!.


Burying key evidence, new OPCW report covers up Douma’s unsolved deaths

https://thegrayzone.com/2023/03/27/burying-key-evidence-new-opcw-report-covers-up-doumas-unsolved-deaths/


Aaron Mate at UN: OPCW cover-up denies justice to Syria victims

https://thegrayzone.com/2023/03/24/aaron-mate-un-opcw-justice-syria/


In Douma cover-up, OPCW’s new smoking gun backfires

https://thegrayzone.com/2023/02/03/opcw-smoking-gun-backfires/


Chain of corruption: how the White Helmets compromised OPCW investigations in Syria

https://thegrayzone.com/2022/09/09/syrian-white-helmets-opcw/


Corrupting science: In Syria probe, OPCW erased experts’ inconvenient findings

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/22/corrupting-science-in-syria-probe-opcw-erased-experts-inconvenient-findings/


Syrian insurgents guilty of ‘red line’ 2013 sarin chemical attack, study finds

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/26/syrian-insurgents-guilty-of-red-line-2013-sarin-chemical-attack-study-finds/


At UN, Aaron Maté debunks OPCW’s Syria lies and confronts US, UK on cover-up

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/18/at-un-aaron-mate-debunks-opcws-syria-lies-and-confronts-us-uk-on-cover-up/


Leaked OPCW report suggests Syria gas attack was ‘staged,’ MIT scientist says

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/25/opcw-syria-gas-attack-staged-theodore-postol/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aaron Mate, so the same guy who is "standing with her" now. And the barrage of links you just posted are all to the same site, "grayzone". Very much not a propaganda site.

[–] jimmydoreisalefty -3 points 11 months ago

"Propagaganda" compared to what? Corporate media?

I would stop falling for the name calling and see for yourself.

He is a known journalist that has done many articles on the matter, with interviews as well, explaining his view.