White Helmets Whitewash: founder’s death, OPCW scandal lift mask on al-Qaeda’s ally in Syria

Pushback with Aaron Maté [This is a re-upload, see below.] The White Helmets are known around the world for rescuing civilians in Syria. But the recent death of its founder, James Le Mesurier, and an unfolding cover-up at the OPCW of an apparently staged chemical weapons incident, has shed new light on the group’s shadowy role in the Syria proxy war. We speak to The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal, whose reporting has exposed the White Helmets’ ties to jihadists groups and its use as a PR tool for Western military intervention in Syria. Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of The Management of Savagery. [Note: YouTube restricted the original due to graphic footage of White Helmets members assisting with executions in Syria. We have deleted the original & re-uploaded this version without that footage to ensure that it reaches as a wide an audience as possible. Links to the deleted footage: ] Support Pushback at Patreon: Pushback on Twitter: Aaron Maté on Twitter: Pushback on Apple Podcasts: Pushback on Soundcloud: Pushback on Spotify: Pushback on Stitcher: Find transcripts and more at Find more reporting at Support our original journalism at Patreon: Twitter: Facebook: ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at Support our original journalism at Patreon: Twitter: Facebook: Minds: