James Le Mesurier

James Le Mesurier    (soldier, spook)
Alma mater	Sandhurst
Founder of	Mayday Rescue Foundation, White Helmets
Interest of	"Philip Cross"

James Le Mesurier was a UK “security” specialist and "ex" British military intelligence officer.

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.

On 11 November 2019, the body of James Le Mesurier was discovered near his home in Istanbul and 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."

Career

Le Mesurier has 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.

White Helmets

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

Mayday Rescue Foundation

Full article: Mayday Rescue Foundation

Le Mesurier also founded the Mayday Rescue Foundation.

James Le Mesurier in Istanbul.

Reporting

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

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:British 'spy' Le Mesurier was likely running away from someone before his death	article	10 December 2019 16:24:00	Ibrahim Ayral	A 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 Propaganda	Article	20 September 2016	Vanessa Beeley	The 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 Founder	blog post	12 November 2019	Caitlin Johnstone	There 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 Mesurier	blog post	12 November 2019	Craig Murray	James 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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