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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:
 
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]]."<ref>''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50375869 "James Le Mesurier, White Helmets co-founder, discovered dead in Turkey"]''</ref>
 
:"It's absolutely tragic. He was one of the few people who have made a humanitarian footprint in [[Syria]]."<ref>''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50375869 "James Le Mesurier, White Helmets co-founder, discovered dead in Turkey"]''</ref>
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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 disorder reported the [[Anadolu Agency]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20191113162318/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/le-mesurier-thought-of-suicide-before-his-death-wife/1643112</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 20:33, 14 November 2019

Person.png James Le Mesurier Facebook Twitter ZoominfoRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(soldier, spook)
James Le Mesurier.jpeg
Bornca. 1971
DiedNovember 2019 (Age 48)
Istanbul, Turkey
Cause of death
falling
Alma materSandhurst
Founder ofMayday Rescue Foundation, White Helmets
Victim ofpremature death
Interest of"Philip Cross"

James Le Mesurier 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]

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.[4][5][6]

White Helmets

Full article: White Helmets

In 2013 James Le Mesurier founded Syria's White Helmets.[7]

Mayday Rescue Foundation

Full article: Stub class article Mayday Rescue Foundation

Le Mesurier also founded the Mayday Rescue Foundation.

James Le Mesurier in Istanbul.

Reporting

The commercially-controlled media had little to say about Le Mesurier, although he spoke to Al Jazeera in 2015.[8] Since 2017, he has attracted the attention of various alternative media outlets including 21st Century Wire[9] and Off-Guardian[10]

Exposure

The 8 November 2019 tweet by Maria Zakharova

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.[11]

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."[12]

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 disorder reported the Anadolu Agency.[13]


 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:British 'spy' Le Mesurier was likely running away from someone before his deatharticle10 December 2019 16:24:00Ibrahim AyralA look at some of the irregularities regarding Le Mesurier's fatal fall. The author suggests he may have tried to jump across the street from the roof of his house in order to evade pursuit.
Document:Journey To Aleppo Part I: Exposing The Truth Buried Under NATO PropagandaArticle20 September 2016Vanessa BeeleyThe Syrian people are suffering under the ‘moderate rebels’ and ‘opposition forces’ backed by the US, NATO member states and their allies in the Gulf states and Israel. Yet their suffering is largely ignored in the mainstream media unless it furthers the agenda dictated by the US State Department.
Document:Narrative Managers In Overdrive After Death Of White Helmets Founderblog post12 November 2019Caitlin JohnstoneThere is an immense narrative management campaign dedicated to controlling what people think about what’s happening in Syria. Whoever controls the narrative controls the world. Official Narrative control comes before any other priority the empire might have: before resources, before land, before even war itself. It’s up to us to see through their lies and bring an end to the lie factory.
Document:The Sad Death of James Le Mesurierblog post12 November 2019Craig MurrayJames Le Mesurier’s usefulness to Western security services, Israel and their Gulf allies came to an end when the jihadist headchoppers to whom Le Mesurier had been providing logistic support and invaluable propaganda, lost their last secure footing in Syria.
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