They should be using, or someone translating to, different words for the same things, unless there's a conspiracy? I left the OPCW at the end of 2005 to continue a career in chemical industry, and then re-joined as a “rehired” inspector in June 2016. The OPCW was established in 1997 and during its first year of operation Henderson, originally from South Africa, was one of 13 people appointed as its first "P-5 level inspection team leaders".
Ian Henderson was a long-time OPCW employee and has more knowledge of the inner workings of that organization than bellingcat does. I’m a former OPCW inspection team leader, having served for about 12 years. Last May, an unpublished report authored by ballistics expert Ian Henderson, who led the OPCW’s engineer sub-team in Douma, was leaked. While your investigators may have more insider knowledge than I do on the organization, the attempt to smear Henderson’s character is shameful. In May of last year an Engineering Assessment signed by South African OPCW inspector Ian Henderson was leaked to the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media, saying in direct contradiction of the OPCW’s official findings that the chlorine cylinders allegedly dropped upon the scene via aircraft were in fact “manually placed” there. At an ‘Arria-formula’ meeting of the Security Council convened on January 20, 2020 at the request of Russia, Ian Henderson – a former member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – gave testimony which contradicted, or otherwise brought into question, the conclusions of the OPCW detailed in its official report on the use of chemical weapons in the … The Grayzone has viewed the document to confirm its authenticity but is only publishing this extract due to the sensitive nature of the document for UN security operations. Whistleblower Henderson’s testimony was met with anger from US and UK representatives, who accused Russia of ‘politicizing’ the OPCW and UN forum. A former lead investigator from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has spoken out at the United Nations, stating in no uncertain terms that the scientific evidence suggests there was no gas attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018. Britain’s ambassador to the UN, Karen Pierce , took to Twitter and lashed out at Russia saying, “ Today we heard the Russians trying to deny facts that have been established by an independent body, trusted by the international … He notes that the translated science words come out pretty much the same in English - manual, etc. Extract from an OPCW CONOPS document listing Ian Henderson as a member of the FFM in Douma. Ian Henderson claims to have been “Inspections Team Leader” in 2017, twice, and once in 2018 at Barzah. The document appears to be genuine and purports to have been written by Ian Henderson, a man whose connections with the OPCW stretch back more than 20 years.
This contradicts the claim from the OPCW that he was employed at Inspections Team Leader in 2005 but was then “rehired at a lower level in June 2016..” The wording of the DG’s statement is interesting though. My name is Ian Henderson. In it, Henderson raised serious questions about the claim that the attack was carried out by chlorine cylinders dropped from the … Transcript: Testimony by OPCW whistleblower Ian Henderson at the UN Security Council “My name is Ian Henderson. Video and a transcript of former OPCW engineer and dissenter Ian Henderson’s UN testimony appears at the end of this report. Alex also makes a great deal of Ian Henderson having been a ... WikiLeaks also leaked an email chain regarding Henderson’s report showing in no uncertain terms that the OPCW did not regard Henderson as being part of the FFM. There is a reason he is speaking out, and OPCW management needs to explain what is going on here. I joined the OPCW in January 1997 as a trainee inspector in Group A prior to entry into force of the Convention, and was appointed Inspection Team Leader at the end of 1997. So Ian Henderson was maybe an insider agent, helping the Russians, Assad, whoever exactly to pre-seed their loony claims as having the OPCW stamp. Many of the recent claims about "irregularities" in the OPCW's investigation of a suspected chemical attack in Syria revolve around an employee called Ian Henderson. Who is Ian Henderson?