James Le Mesurier
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| Born | 25 May 1971 Singapore |
| Died | 11 November 2019 Istanbul, Turkey |
Cause of death | falling |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | Sandhurst |
| Spouse | Emma Winberg |
A UK spook involved in various NATO interventions, including sin Syria where he started the White Helmets and the Mayday Rescue Foundation. He was found dead in Istanbul in November 2019, which was labelled a suicide, in spite of the evidence. | |
James Gustaf Edward Le Mesurier OBE was a UK “security” specialist and "ex" British military intelligence officer[1] who founded the White Helmets and the Mayday Rescue Foundation. He was found dead, aged 48,[2] in November 2019, reportedly after a fall.[2][3] The circumstances of his death are unclear.[4].
Career
Le Mesurier worked in various NATO intervention theatres including Bosnia and Kosovo, as well as Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine. He has also been placed in a series of high-profile posts at the United Nations, European Union, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.[5][6][7]
White Helmets
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In 2013 James Le Mesurier founded Syria's White Helmets.[8]
Mayday Rescue Foundation
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- Full article: Mayday Rescue Foundation
Le Mesurier also founded the Mayday Rescue Foundation.
Reporting
During his lifetime, the commercially-controlled media had little to say about Le Mesurier, although he spoke to Al Jazeera in 2015.[9] Since 2017, he attracted the attention of various alternative media outlets including 21st Century Wire[10] and Off-Guardian[11]
Exposure
On 8 November 2019, Maria Zakharova, Press spokesperson for the Russian Federation accused White Helmets founder, James Le Mesurier, of being an MI6 agent with links to Al-Qaeda.[12] The UK ambassador to the UN, Karen Pierce termed this statement "categorically untrue."[13]
Wikipedia
In July 2018, a Wikipedia user created a forward from "James Le Mesurier" to their page on the White Helmets, but James Le Mesurier never had a dedicated page during his lifetime. However, at 11:51 on the day of his death, Wikipedia User mvolz created a stub page which was expanded by 120 subsequent edits that same day. Frequent editors included Wikimedia UK's Communications Coordinator, John Lubbock, 'Philip Cross' and 'Gaia Octavia Agrippa'. [14] On 2 December, 'Philip Cross' cited Ben Nimmo in the section on "Russian and Syrian disinformation campaign".[15]
Death
On 11 November 2019, the body of James Le Mesurier was discovered near his home in Istanbul. Turkey has launched an investigation into his death. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a director of the Doctors Under Fire campaign group and a friend of Le Mesurier, said:
- "It's absolutely tragic. He was one of the few people who have made a humanitarian footprint in Syria."[16]
The Anadolu Agency reported that, according to his wife, Emma Hedvig Christina Winberg, Le Mesurier was thinking about suicide the weeks before he died and had recently started to take psychiatric medications due to stress.[17]
On 10 December 2019, Ibrahim Ayral reported that British 'spy' Le Mesurier was likely running away from someone before his death[18]
Bashar al-Assad stated that Le Mesurier was assassinated by western intelligence agencies.[19]
References
- ↑ "About Those Chlorine Gas Attacks in Syria"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/james-le-mesurier-death-white-helmets-istanbul-fall-syria-spy-russia-a9198071.html
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50375869
- ↑ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/mysterious-death-of-white-helmets-co-founder-spotlights-toxic-propaganda#:~:text=The%20body%20of%20former%20British,upper%20floor%20of%20his%20apartment
- ↑ "Syria’s White Helmets: War by Way of Deception – Part I"
- ↑ "Syria’s White Helmets: War by Way of Deception – Part II"
- ↑ "Syria conflict: The Nobel Peace Prize-nominated White Helmets pulling survivors from the destruction of war"
- ↑ "FORGET OSCAR: GIVE THE WHITE HELMETS THE LENI RIEFENSTAHL AWARD FOR BEST WAR PROPAGANDA FILM"
- ↑ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/qa-syria-white-helmets-150819142324132.html
- ↑ http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/08/01/james-le-mesurier-the-british-mercenary-who-founded-the-white-helmets/
- ↑ https://off-guardian.org/2018/04/17/who-is-james-le-mesurier/
- ↑ "Zakharova: Moscow urges London to clarify whether founder of 'White Helmets' had connections to Al-Qaeda""
- ↑ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10334633/james-le-mesurier-murder-russian-spy/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Le_Mesurier&action=history
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Le_Mesurier&type=revision&diff=928916695&oldid=928916119
- ↑ "James Le Mesurier, White Helmets co-founder, discovered dead in Turkey"
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20191113162318/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/le-mesurier-thought-of-suicide-before-his-death-wife/1643112
- ↑ https://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2019/12/10/british-spy-le-mesurier-was-likely-running-away-from-someone-before-his-death
- ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/james-le-mesurier-death-white-helmets-syria-russia-propaganda-a9204896.html