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  • Sense of failure: the scale of teenage self-harm
    3 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    – Study shows one in five girls has wounded herself ’Must-have’ culture brings feelings of inadequacy
    by Mark Honigsbaum
    Far more British teenagers than previously thought are inflicting injuries on themselves because of feelings of failure and social inadequacy, according to research by mental health experts.
    A survey published today by The Priory, which specialises in treating mental health problems and addictions, finds that as many as one in five girls between the ages of 15-17 has (…)

  • Twist To Terror Suspects Row As Logs Show 80 CIA Planes Visited UK
    1 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Twist To Terror Suspects Row As Logs Show 80 CIA Planes Visited UK Stephen Grey and Luke Harding in Berlin Thursday December 1, 2005
    The transatlantic row over the secret transfer of terror suspects by the Bush administration took a new twist yesterday when it emerged that more than 300 flights operated by the CIA had landed at European airports. According to flight logs seen by the Guardian, Britain was second only to Germany as a transit hub for the CIA, which stands accused of (…)

  • BBC broadcast ’fake’ news reports
    27 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A Spinwatch investigation has revealed that journalists working for the Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) have been commissioned to provide news reports to the BBC. The BBC has been using these reports as if they were genuine news. In fact, the SSVC is entirely funded by the Ministry of Defence as a propaganda operation, which according to its own website makes a ’considerable contribution’ to the ’morale’ of the armed forces.
    In the US, Washington has been rocked by the scandal (…)

  • Castlereagh collusion confirmed : the British government tried to suppress it...
    24 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by LAURA FRIEL
    Collusion: Gerry Adams details among hundreds leaked
    The British government tried to suppress it. British sources briefed the media it was a "non story". The PSNI refused to comment and the then British NIO Minister Ian Pearson insisted, "There were no indications the material had fallen into the hands of paramilitaries."
    Over a year after secret files containing the personal details of up to 400 republicans and nationalists were stolen from offices used by covert (…)

  • SHAMELESS BBC: WHEN MISINFORMATION MEANS WAR CRIMES
    22 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Exclusive interview with Karen Parker, Chief Counsel of the Association of Humanitarian Lawyers By Gabriele Zamparini (*)
    The BBC News website, in a special page “Q&A: White phosphorus” and under the title “The BBC News website looks at the facts behind the row.” reads:
    What are the international conventions?
    Washington is not a signatory to any treaty restricting the use of white phosphorus against civilians.
    White phosphorus is covered by Protocol III of the 1980 (…)

  • British-trained police in Iraq ’killed prisoners with drills’
    22 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Francis Elliott, Raymond Whitaker and Kim Sengupta
    British-trained police operating in Basra have tortured at least two civilians to death with electric drills, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.
    John Reid, the Secretary of State for Defence, admits that he knows of "alleged deaths in custody" and other "serious prisoner abuse" at al-Jamiyat police station, which was reopened by Britain after the war.
    Militia-dominated police, who were recruited by Britain, are believed to have (…)

  • The Power of Nightmares - Rise of Neo Conservatism (BBC series)
    19 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    I found these interesting even if you don’t particularly like some views of the BBC. For those that have not really gotten into the actual history of the neo conservative movement, it does give some insight. Just hope the links work.
    "The Power of Nightmares." All three hours of this provocative BBC series are available. The series chronicles the parallel rise of neo-conservatism and Islamo-terrorism. It concludes that the terrorist threat is greatly exaggerated and concocted the Bush (…)

  • Civilization, genocide style
    19 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    “I think it would be a good idea” - Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought about Western civilization by: Gabriele Zamparini on: 19th Nov, 05
    Ann Clwyd is the Prime Minister Blair’s Human Rights Envoy in Iraq. On November 15th, 2005, interviewed by Jeremy Paxman at BBC 2 Newsnight, she said:
    “We have been trying to train the Iraqis in human rights. We’ve set up conferences for the Iraqis on human rights with all the NGOs. We’ve been trying our very best to get human rights into the (…)

  • The BBC’s Big White (Phosphorus) Lie
    18 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by William Bowles • Friday, 18 November 2005 Finally, the ‘white phosphorus’ obscenity made it into the BBC’s main news, at least for a couple of days before being relegated into the Beeb’s dustbin of ‘allegations’ which of course, at least according the BBC, is where the story belongs. Of course, ‘making it into the news’ is a bit of a misnomer as it took the BBC nearly two weeks for the story to actually ‘break’ into its mainstream news coverage, no doubt because it was us non-entities, (…)

  • Israeli envoy to U.K. questioned in money-laundering probe
    17 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
    Israeli Ambassador to Britain Zvi Hefetz was questioned Friday by the police international investigations unit over suspicions he was involved in money laundering of the Bank Hapoalim accounts of businessman Vladimir Gusinsky.
    Hefetz recently acted as Gusinsky’s agent in Israel.
    Police began an investigation into the affair about six months ago, after suspicions were raised that the bank’s Hayarkon branch in Tel Aviv had allegedly been involved in (…)