# Incident I00049: White Helmets: Chemical Weapons * **Summary:** On 7 April 2018, a high number of civilians were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Douma, with evidence pointing towards another chemical attack by the regime, according to the EU. Subsequent to this event, a series of images "prove" that the White Helmets "staged" the chemical attack in Syria. * **incident type**: incident * **Year started:** 2017 * **Countries:** Russia , World * **Found via:** * **Date added:** 2019-03-20 | Technique | Description given for this incident | | --------- | ------------------------- | | [T0010 Cultivate ignorant agents](../generated_pages/techniques/T0010.md) | IT00000139 cultivate, manipulate, exploit useful idiots (Roger Waters; Venessa Beeley...) | | [T0019 Generate information pollution](../generated_pages/techniques/T0019.md) | IT00000137 RT & Sputnik generate information pollution (synthetic media) | | [T0046 Use Search Engine Optimization](../generated_pages/techniques/T0046.md) | IT00000140 SEO optimisation/manipulation ("key words") | DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE - PLEASE ADD NOTES BELOW