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The slimy, war-mongering New York Times caught in yet another lie. How does anyone take them seriously?

Aaron Maté

NYT's @carlottagall [on Twitter] has written an article promoting chemical weapons allegations against the recently ousted Assad government. It contains one of the sloppiest lies I've ever seen on this topic. Citing a Syrian military defector, Brig. Gen. Zaher al-Saket, Gall writes that the August 2013 chemical attack in Ghouta "was prepared and fired from the Sharyat air base." This is such a transparent falsehood, I can't believe it was printed. Homs is about 150 kilometers from Ghouta. It is physically impossible for the sarin rockets that hit Ghouta to have been launched from Homs. As the NYT itself had to admit in December 2013 -- contradicting the Obama admin at the time - "the rockets were most likely fired by multiple launchers and had a range of about three kilometers." This would implicate sectarian insurgents, who controlled areas within that range. Now the NYT, in its bid to spread Iraq WMD-level propaganda today, has stretched the attack zone out from three kilometers all the way to 150 kilometers, where they can find a Syrian military air base. Unfortunately their new location happens to be completely incompatible with reality.

https://xcancel.com/aaronjmate/status/1913306398391259400#m

#Syria#OPCW#AaronMaté
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Richard Martin-Nielsen

Of War and Peace, and Chemistry
Imee Su Martinez and Günter Povoden in ACS #ChemicalHealthAndSafety
"Education on new knowledge and dissemination, hand-in-hand with developing a “chemical conscience” in our chemical practitioners, will minimize the risks and will aid in upholding the Convention."
pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/a
#ChemicalDisarmament #ScienceAdvice #ChemicalWeapons #ScienceAndTechnology #ChemicalWeaponsConvention
#ImeeSuMartinez #GunterPovoden #OPCW

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Richard Martin-Nielsen

#G7 foreign ministers’ statement includes a key sentence on #Syria and #ChemicalWeapons:

“We welcomed the commitment by the Syrian interim government to work with the OPCW in eliminating all remaining chemical weapons.”

g7.canada.ca/en/news-and-media

g7.canada.caJoint statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Charlevoix
#OPCW#CanadaOPCW#CanadaFP
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Richard Martin-Nielsen

@opcw looking for #SocialMedia personnel:

There are two positions open:
- short term appointment through the summer: jobs.opcw.org/job/job-digital-
- fixed term professional position from this autumn: jobs.opcw.org/job/job-digital-

Both are interesting in a good small team.

There is a lot going on at the #OPCW and you could help the Organisation communicate this to a wide public.

jobs.opcw.orgOrganisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - Digital Communications Assistant (GS-5) Short-term Appointment
#GetFediHired#DisarmamentJobs#SocialMediaJobs
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Richard Martin-Nielsen

While there are reasons to be more optimistic about the situation in Syria today, the lack of progress on #Russia’s compliance with the #ChemicalWeaponsConvention is troubling.

Read #Canada’s full national statement delivered by Ambassador #HughAdsett at #OPCW’s #EC108: opcw.org/sites/default/files/d #CanPoli #CanadaFP #CanadaOPCW #ChemicalWeapons

📷 : @opcw

Ambassador Hugh Adsett of Canada speaks at the 108th session of the OPCW’s Executive Council. He sits behind the Canada nameplate in the Ieper Room at OPCW HQ, and his Dutch colleague listens beside him.
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Richard Martin-Nielsen

#Syria’s caretaker Foreign Minister visited @opcw HQ today and addressed #ExecutiveCouncil #EC108
In his address, Minister al-Shaibani emphasised that: “[…] the new Syrian Government is present here, today, and it is determined to reconstruct the future of the new Syria based on transparency, justice, and cooperation with the international community.”  #ChemicalWeaponsConvention #OPCW #CanadaOPCW

opcw.org/media-centre/news/202

OPCWSyria’s caretaker Foreign Minister addresses OPCW’s Executive CouncilIn a landmark visit to OPCW’s Headquarters in The Hague, caretaker Foreign Minister al-Shaibani reaffirmed the commitment of the new Syrian authorities to cooperate with the OPCW to eliminate the chemical weapons programme of the former Syrian regime
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Richard Martin-Nielsen

@krieger22 In 2018 the #ConferenceOfStatesParties passed a decision: Addressing the Threat from Chemical Weapons Use (C‑SS‑4/DEC.3)

Para 20 reads (in part):
Decides that the Director-General, if requested by a State Party investigating a possible chemical weapons use on its territory, can provide technical expertise to identify those who were perpetrators, organisers, sponsors or otherwise involved in the use of chemicals as weapons[…];
#OPCW #ChemicalWeapons
opcw.org/sites/default/files/d

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Richard Martin-Nielsen

@krieger22 This #TAV for #Ukraine was in line with para 38 (e) of article VIII:

The Technical Secretariat shall: […]

(e) Provide technical assistance and technical evaluation to States Parties in the implementation of the provisions of this Convention, including evaluation of scheduled and unscheduled chemicals.

#ChemicalWeaponsConvention #OPCW
opcw.org/chemical-weapons-conv

OPCWArticle VIII – The OrganizationThe Organization
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Richard Martin-Nielsen

@krieger22 There are a few different bases in the #ChemicalWeaponsConvention and in decisions of the #PolicyMakingOrgans of the #OPCW for attribution work by the OPCW.
The #InvestigationAndIdentificationTeam #IIT spent a chunk of their first report describing their mandate and procedures. That is somewhat specific to the #Syria case and the decision of states parties from summer 2018. opcw.org/sites/default/files/d

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Richard Martin-Nielsen

“Pasaulinė cheminių ginklų priežiūros institucija penktadienį pranešė, kad devyniuose mėginiuose, kuriuos jai perdavė #Ukraina iš karo su #Rusija fronto linijos, rado draudžiamų CS dujų, naudojamų malšinant riaušes.” #ChiminiuGinklas #ChemicalWeaponsConvention #OPCW #RiotControlAgents
tv3.lt/naujiena/uzsienis/opcw-

tv3.lt · OPCW: Ukrainos mėginiuose rasta draudžiamų dujųBy Naujienų portalas tv3.lt
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Richard Martin-Nielsen

#Reuters coverage of #TAV report: “The world's chemical weapons watchdog on Friday said it had once again found traces of tear gas on the frontline with #Russia in #Ukraine's central-east #Dnipropetrovsk region.
The use of riot control agents such as tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the #ChemicalWeaponsConvention, the non-proliferation treaty overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (#OPCW).”
#RiotControlAgents #TearGas
reuters.com/world/europe/new-t

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Richard Martin-Nielsen

This is not the first time that the @opcw has confirmed that grenades containing #RiotControlAgents have been used on the battlefield in #Ukraine. Russia's repeated and ongoing violations of the #ChemicalWeaponsConvention are alarming.
#OPCW Member States must hold #Russia to account.
#canpoli #CanadaFP #CanadaOPCW
opcw.org/media-centre/news/202

OPCWOPCW issues report on second Technical Assistance Visit to Ukraine following three incidents of alleged use of toxic chemicals as a weaponOPCW report confirms presence of toxic chemical 2-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, known as CS, related to three alleged incidents that took place along confrontation lines in Dnipropetrovsk region in October 2024
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kravietz 🦇

#OPCW (Organisation for Prevention of Chemical Weapons) published a report of investigations into three reports of alleged use of chemical weapons by #Russia in #Ukraine - the number was limited to places OPCW could safely visit to conduct independent investigation. In short, all findings were confirmed and yes, Russia did indeed use chemical weapons on the front line.

https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2025/02/opcw-issues-report-second-technical-assistance-visit-ukraine-following

OPCWOPCW issues report on second Technical Assistance Visit to Ukraine following three incidents of alleged use of toxic chemicals as a weaponOPCW report confirms presence of toxic chemical 2-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, known as CS, related to three alleged incidents that took place along confrontation lines in Dnipropetrovsk region in October 2024
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Richard Martin-Nielsen

Press release: “#OPCW report confirms presence of toxic chemical 2-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, known as CS, related to three alleged incidents that took place along confrontation lines in Dnipropetrovsk region in October 2024.” #RiotControlAgents #ChemicalWeaponsConvention #Russia #Ukraine

opcw.org/media-centre/news/202
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OPCWOPCW issues report on second Technical Assistance Visit to Ukraine following three incidents of alleged use of toxic chemicals as a weaponOPCW report confirms presence of toxic chemical 2-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, known as CS, related to three alleged incidents that took place along confrontation lines in Dnipropetrovsk region in October 2024
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