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The Syria Scam
An insider look into Chemical Weapons, Geopolitics and the Fog of War.
Something horrid happened in the city of Douma in Syria on 7 April 2018. It was alleged to be an attack with banned chemical weapons, said to have killed more than forty terrifi ed civilians. The US, UK and France responded with punitive missiles and airstrikes.
But what did actually happen? And how does this relate to the other alleged chemical attacks by the Syrian regime?
Inspector A takes us on a journey through his investigations and travels in Syria during the conflict, and the political intrigue that has
caused bitter divisions among Member States at the UN and the OPCW, the world’s chemical weapons watchdog.
About the Author
Inspector A joined the UN-affiliated Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the first group of inspectors in 1997.
A chemical engineer with military experience, he soon became a foremost Inspection Team Leader conducting inspections around the world. He left in 2005 to continue a career in the chemical industry.
He joined the OPCW again in 2016 as part of the “rehire” scheme, aimed at bringing back experienced inspectors. He soon saw signs of the Syrian chemical weapons narrative being politicised. Inspectors started objecting but got nowhere.
Along with his UN passport, Inspector A has cheerfully carried British, South African and Australian passports. He wishes people would be honest and do the right thing, even in geopolitics. He knows this is naïve, nonetheless tried in two UN Security Council meetings to get his story across. He failed, gave up and wrote this book.