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SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - Trump lifts sanctions on top Al Qaeda recruiters, financiers days before 9/11 anniversary Fri Sep 4 10:00:42 2026

Above: Abdullah Muhaysini blesses a Saudi teen on his way to conducting a suicide bombing in Syria’s West Aleppo

As the US prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Trump has removed top Al Qaeda figures from the US list of designated terrorists. Among those he delisted was Abdullah Muhaysini, a Saudi cleric who recruited child fighters and teen suicide bombers to wreak havoc across Syria. The administration of President Donald Trump has removed the names of some of the world’s most notorious commanders, recruiters and financiers for the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda from its list of specially designated terrorists. Among those relieved of US sanctions this August was Abdullah Muhaysini , a Salafi-jihadi cleric from Saudi Arabia who participated in videotaped massacres of captive soldiers and recruited droves of foreign youth to carry out…Open

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SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - OPCW admits it suppressed key dissenter in Douma chemical cover-up Sun May 24 21:20:49 2026

In its defeat at an international tribunal, the OPCW has acknowledged that it shunned an inspector who challenged the Douma chemical cover-up. OPCW whistleblower Dr. Brendan Whelan details the closing chapter of his bid for justice.

This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The wheels of justice turn slowly but grind exceedingly fine, they say. A recent ruling from the Geneva-based Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation (ILOAT) ordered my former employer the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to reverse its decision to sanction me for alleged breaches of confidentiality and to pay damages. After six years of legal wrangling, the time-worn adage has rung true. But it isn’t an absolute win or a victory in the true sense. My success at the ILOAT was a correction to a single wrongdoing in the context of a much larger continuing deception being perpetrated…Open

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Source	https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/opcw-admits-it-suppressed-key-dissenter
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