For the first time an insider scrutinises the facts and science around allegations of chemical weapons used by the Syrian regime, in particular the investigation into the tragic incident in Douma in April 2018.
Inspector A joined the UN-affiliated Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the first group of inspectors in 1997.A chemical engineer with military experience, he soon becoming a foremost Inspection Team Leader conducting inspections around the world. He left in 2005 to continue a career in the chemical industry.He joined the OPCW again in 2016 as part of the "rehire" scheme, aimed at bringing back experienced inspectors. He soon saw signs of the Syrian chemical weapons narrative being politicised. Inspectors started objecting but got nowhere.Along with his UN passport, Inspector A has cheerfully carried British, South African and Australian passports. He wishes people would be honest and do the right thing, even in geopolitics. He knows this is naïve, nonetheless tried in two UN Security Council meetings to get his story across. He failed, gave up and wrote this book.
