Just as Witnesses Expose Staged Chemical Attack—US Freezes Funding for White Helmets

By Matt Agorist

 The White Helmets, a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated organization that  has been painted as a selfless “humanitarian group” by the media, but  caught multiple times aiding terrorists, has just reportedly had their  funds frozen by the United States. 

The move comes just after witnesses  of the alleged chemical attack in Douma told reporters at The Hague that  the White Helmets video used as a pretext for a US-led strike on Syria was, in fact, staged. 

On Thursday, CBS reported  that the State Department has put the group’s support “under active  review.” 

Prior to freezing the funds, the US has provided approximately  one-third of the groups overall funding. This move serves as a  significant blow to the alleged humanitarian group. “This is a very worrisome development,” said an official from the  White Helmets. “Ultimately, this will negatively impact the humanitarian  workers ability to save lives.” 

As CBS reports, an internal State Department document said that its  Near East Bureau needed confirmation from the administration to green  light funding for the White Helmets in Syria by April 15th or the  department would initiate “shut-down procedures on a rolling basis.” This green light never came. 

The timing of the funds freeze is important to note as it comes amid  major controversy after witnesses in Douma have allegedly caught the  White Helmets in a lie—selling a fake attack to trick the US into  striking their enemies in Syria. 

As TFTP reported last month, witnesses have come forward and described how they were given free food to participate in the filming of a fake attack. After  this report, witnesses were flown to the Hague to testify against the  White Helmets at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical  Weapons (OPCW). 

In a press conference following the hearing, hospital staff and one  of the children who claims to have been given free food to participate  in a staged video said there was never an attack. The video was the only publicly available “evidence” cited by the  West which they used to justify launching a coordinated attack on Syria  by the UK, France, and the United States. 

If the report from CBS is true, and the US actually froze funding to  the White Helmets, this could indicate a significant move from inside  Washington to halt funds flowing to terrorists and their supporters. Although the White Helmets and their supporters claim the group is  responsible for saving 70,000 lives, to those paying attention to Syria,  the truth appears to be quite the opposite. 

A Twitter post from last year by user ‘Walid’ appears to show the  famed White Helmets taking care of injured Al-Qaeda fighters who were  recently wounded on the Syrian battlefront. This is just one of many in a  series of videos, which has served as evidence that the White Helmets  are not what they appear.   

While helping injured people, regardless of what ‘side’ they are  fighting for is noble, it is important to point out that the white  helmets reportedly never help those injured by ISIS. Countless Syrian  citizens have come forward to expose the group’s utter lack of care for  injured men, women, and children alike — while helping only those who  are friendly to the resistance. 

The first such scandalous revelation came about when a video was  uploaded to social media demonstrating the WH staging an attack  reportedly carried out by Syrian government forces. When the group  discovered their video flub, they quickly stated they were simply  carrying out a mannequin challenge. Few bought their explanation, yet their documentary later went on to win an Oscar. 

The group also came under fire  in June of 2017 when video surfaced that showed members of the White  Helmets assisting in disposing of the dead bodies of Syrian soldiers.  

The US-backed “aid workers” were seen celebrating their kill whilst  holding the heads of the dead.   

As it stands, the White Helmets are also funded by the U.K., as well  as many other international entities. That may be the reason they always  worked in rebel-held areas of the greater Syrian conflict. The White  Helmets serve as a de facto propaganda wing of the West to sway public  opinion into supporting regime change in Syria. 

As proof, one only has to look to the story of Omran Daqneesh, a  Syrian boy reportedly pulled from the rubble of a bombed out building.  

Just like Dair, Daqneesh’s image was broadcast around the world and used  as a propaganda tool against Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. The truth was later revealed by The Free Thought Project and others  that it is very likely the opposition itself destroyed the very building  in which Daqneesh was residing, then used his image to promote the myth  he was attacked by Syrian forces. As TFTP reported: 

“But it was a lie — from mass media’s  parroted claims the boy had escaped an airstrike within an inch of his  life, to bandages eventually wrapped around Omran’s head — virtually  none of the narrative stemming from the starkly persistent image bore  the weight of truth.”

According to The New York Times, Mr. Daqneesh told the real story  of what happened immediately following the bombing. He never supported  the opposition and appeared on Syrian state-run media to proclaim his  support for Assad. He described how the White Helmets used his son as a  propaganda tool without his permission. 

”They took Omran, got him to  the ambulance, where they filmed him,” Mr. Daqneesh said. “It was  against my will. I was still upstairs in the house.”Mr. Daqneesh said he  was pressured by opposition activists after Omran was released from the  hospital to “talk against the Syrian regime and the state,” adding that  he had been offered money to do so, which he refused.” 

When they are not being caught on camera participating in terrorism,  the White Helmets are allegedly recruiting support from Hollywood using  funding from Saudi Arabia. 

Last month, the Free Thought Project reported  that Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters stopped a concert in Barcelona to  warn the crowd about pro-war propaganda that is coming from a group in  Syria known as the White Helmets. After that, Waters published emails  showing how the group was attempting to recruit him for PR purposes. 

The emails showed that Saudi-British billionaire Hani Farsi invited  him to a lavish fundraiser that he was holding on behalf of the White  Helmet affiliated group “The Syria Campaign.” It appears that the White Helmets propaganda campaign is finally  beginning to break apart thanks to those who are willing to go to Syria  and find the truth. Hopefully, this helps to expose more of the  atrocities currently being sold to Americans as “humanitarian aid.” 

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