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© AFP 2021 / Amer Almohibany Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, take a selfie with their certificates after taking part in a training session in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta area, east of the capital Damascus, on November 22, 2016 Being aware of fraud allegations against the White Helmets' international cashbox, the Mayday Rescue Foundation, the Dutch government opted to keep it on the hush-hush, the newspaper de Volkskrant reported on 7 May. What's behind the supposed cover-up attempt and what else are European governments hiding? The Mayday Rescue Foundation...

Being aware of fraud allegations against the White Helmets’ international cashbox, the Mayday Rescue Foundation, the Dutch government opted to keep it on the hush-hush, the newspaper de Volkskrant reported on 7 May. What’s behind the supposed cover-up attempt and what else are European governments hiding? The Mayday Rescue Foundation was registered in the Netherlands in 2014 as a not-for-profit entity by James Le Mesurier, a former British Army officer. Since its inception, Mayday has provided support to the Syria Civil Defence, commonly known as the White Helmets, a controversial group...

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White Helmets Corruption Scandal Deepens: Dutch Gov’t Investigated Parent Org for Fraud, but Covered It Up May 9, 2021 © Photo: Grayzone The Netherlands investigated fraud by the Mayday Rescue Foundation, which funded the Syrian White Helmets with over $120 million in Western government contracts. But top Dutch officials covered up the corruption. By Ben NORTON The decade-long dirty war on Syria proved to be a cash cow for some of the most prominent US and UK regime-change operatives. Western government contractors got hundreds of millions of dollars to run schemes to desta...

Emma Winberg woke in the middle of the night, exhausted and overwrought by the events of the day before. Dawn was nearing and the call to prayer would soon echo across Istanbul. Her husband, James Le Mesurier, brought her a sleeping pill. As she drifted off, she could see him standing in the darkness by the window of their rooftop apartment, smoking a cigarette and watching over her. She slept for only an hour or so — but an hour was all it took. The constant ringing of the doorbell jarred her into consciousness. It was about 6.30am. Groggy from the pill, she called for James to answer the ...