Roger Waters exposes White Helmets
At a Barcelona concert on April 13, Roger Waters, the British rock musician and Pink Floyd co-founder, denounced the Syrian White Helmets. The 74-year old musician called them “a fake organization that exists only to create propaganda for jihadists and terrorists.” Speaking from the stage, Waters warned fans that the claims about chemical weapons attacks made by the White Helmets are aimed at triggering western military intervention, which, he said, would be “a mistake of monumental proportions.” Waters told American journalist Max Blumenthal that he was approached in 2016 by The Syria Campaign, a PR firm which represents the White Helmets. Just days before his recent Barcelona concert, Waters was lobbied again to endorse the White Helmets.
But unlike actor George Clooney and singer Justin Timberlake, celebrities who were taken in by the propaganda campaign, Waters, a prominent advocate of BDS against the Israeli occupation of Palestine, took the time to do some research. The White Helmets were founded in Turkey by James Le Mesurier, a “former” British MI5 officer. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has proudly stated that they have received upwards of $55 million from the U.K. government. Blumenthal states in his article that they’ve also received $23 million from the Office of Transition Initiatives of the U.S. Agency for International Development, plus millions from the anti-Assad Qatar monarchy. Waters has provided Blumenthal with e-mail documentation of the attempt by the White Helmets to recruit him. You can check out the video here:
