Thread by @VanessaBeeley

1. #WhiteHelmets basics! 1. 'NGO' #Fake financed by majority of regime change govts UK/US-led. 2. 'Impartial' #Fake Muslim Brotherhood, sectarian group as admitted by James Le Mesurier himself. 3. 'Paramedics' #Fake procedures hve been severely criticised by experts

2. #WhiteHelmets basics! 4. 'Humanitarians' #Fake participated in & mopped up terrorist executions of #Syrian civilians & #SAA POWs in violation of all Geneva Convention rules of war. 5. 'Unarmed' #Fake see dozens of images of WH carrying arms recently (not in past as claimed)

3. #WhiteHelmets basics! 6. 'No terrorist connections' #Fake over 65 WH identitified having ties to hardcore extremist & terrorist groups, hundreds more to "moderate" extremists. Leadership demonstrate allegiance to Nusra Front etc. WH praised 3 times by Nusra Front #AlQaeda.

4. #WhiteHelmets basics! 7. 'Evidence found in abandoned WH centers was "planted" #Fake Al Jazeera documentary 'A day in the life of #Aleppo WH' produced Aug 2016 exposed Nusra Front flags & ISIS logo BEFORE center was abandoned.

5. #WhiteHelmets basics! 8. 'Save all mankind" #Fake WH are sectarian, called for "extermination" of Shia Muslim community in #Kafarya #Foua, participated in abduction of children fm #Rashideen suicide bomb massacre April 2017 according to survivor testimony.

6. #WhiteHelmets basics! 9. "All who expose WH are Kremlin stooges" #Fake Russia only began reporting on WH in 2016, 2 years after researchers @elleprovocateur @Mare_Indicum @ricksterling99 & others had begun to dig into their nefarious origins.

7. #WhiteHelmets basics! 10. 'Volunteers' #Fake WH juniors receive $ 150 per month, 3 times what #SAA defenders of #Syria are paid. 11. 'Mayday Rescue is an NGO' #Fake MR is directly financed by UK FCO also via CSSF & acts as interface btwn UK Govt & WH. #JamesLeMesurier ex MI5.

8. #WhiteHelmets basics! 11. 'Few bad apples hve committed human rights abuses' #Fake 'sacking' an operative who has participated in war crimes, executions, torture, murder, child abduction - NOT ACCEPTABLE. UK Govt must be held accountable & independent enquiry essential.

9. #WhiteHelmets basics! 12. 'Under attack fm HTS (Al Qaeda rebrand) #Idlib #Fake Abu Jaber has praised WH as "hidden mujahideen of #Syrian revolution" 13. 'Under threat fm Syr Govt' #Fake if WH accept Amnesty & Reconciliation as any armed group member, eg Saed Al Masri E #Ghouta

10. #WhiteHelmets basics! 14. 'Videos & photos produced to discredit WH' #Fake most video evidence that exposes WH comes fm WH or associated "rebel" EU-financed media channels such as AMC (Aleppo Media Centre), Syrian people also accuse WH of war crimes & widespread abuse

11. #WhiteHelmets basics! 15. 'WH document war crimes' #Fake WH only produce 'evidence' of alleged 'Syrian govt' 'war crimes' eg chemical attacks. #Douma 100% discredited by #OPCW report - WH need to explain bodies, rearrangement of corpses & use as propaganda as in Sarmin 2015

12. #WhiteHelmets basics! 16. 'WH document war crimes' #Fake Last Men in Aleppo deliberately rewrote history, erasing existence of Nusra Front, Nour Al Din Zinki, ISIS etc & never 'documented' beheading of 12yrold Abdullah Issa 200m fm Al Ansari WH center featured in LMIA.

13. #WhiteHelmets basics! 17. 'UK FCO monitors WH activity' #Fake UK FCO relies entirely upon WH & (ex MI5 founded) Mayday Rescue to provide accounts/stats. UK FCO attends AGM of alleged #Syria 'NGO' - WH are entirely an intel construct managed by UK/US deep state.

14. #WhiteHelmets basics! 18. 'WH are Syrian Civil Defence' #Fake REAL Syria Civil Defence are only SCD recognised by ICDO (intl civil defence org) in Geneva. WH have tried & failed to get endorsement fm UN. UNDP does NOT train wth them in #Syria only with RSCD.

15. #WhiteHelmets basics! 19. 'WH save civilians in areas under control of terrorist groups' #Fake WH flee wth terrorist groups & do nothing to help civilians exit via humanitarian corridors during liberation campaigns. Civilians accuse WH of war crimes during occupation.

16. #WhiteHelmets basics! 20. 'WH are Syrian' #Fake civilians hve told me 'many foreigners among WH'. Established in Turkey/Jordan despite claims of grass roots origins #Syria. Estd entirely wth foreign financing, controlled by UK/US. NOT recognised by vast majority of Syrians.

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