war on terror
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Schools in the UK Are Now Asking Muslim Children to Fill Out “Counter-Extremism” Tests By Ananya Rao-Middleton
It has been described as a ‘counter-extremism’ survey, consisting of undeniably loaded questions aimed at discerning the religious, ethical and even patriotic beliefs of the children taking part. Worse still, it is evident that this survey is undoubtedly intended for Muslim children primarily, who will continue to undergo interrogation of this kind as part of… Continue reading
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The Anglo-American Empire’s War of Conquest. The War on the Islamic State (ISIL) is a Lie By Larry Chin
The “war on the Islamic State” is a lie. It is the same fetid Big Lie that is the “war on terrorism”, reheated and updated with new, bloodier special effects, new propaganda, a familiar but revised cast of demonic villains and a new military attack calendar. Continue reading
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UK journalists could be labeled ‘terrorists’ for attempting to uphold public interest
British journalists who publish politically motivated content could be labeled terrorists if UK authorities deem the material to be a threat to public safety, according to Britain’s counter-terrorism watchdog. Continue reading
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French anti-terrorism law tramples fundamental democratic rights By Kumaran Ira
On Wednesday July 9, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve presented the bill at a ministerial cabinet meeting. It is to be discussed in the parliament at the end of this month. The bill would allow the Interior Ministry to impose travel bans on individuals, including minors, to keep them from traveling to Syria or other countries… Continue reading
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UK police make one million stop and searches of young people By Robert Stevens
A report by the House of Commons All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children has revealed that more than one million police stop and searches were carried out on children and young people under the age of 18 in England and Wales over the last five years…Figures also uncovered that only about 10 percent of more than… Continue reading
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Liquid (Bomb Plot) Lies Revisited By Craig Murray
Now the terror industry has moved to ramp up this entirely false fear with worldwide headlines about a new threat of bombs on planes. The BBC and Sky both link this to the great “liquid bomb plot” of 2006. Everybody remembers that massive story that dominated the headlines for weeks. It was described by the… Continue reading
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U.S. Funds “Terror Studies” to Dissect and Neutralize Social Movements By Glen Ford
The U.S. Department of Defense is immersed in studies about…people like you. The Pentagon wants to know why folks who don’t themselves engage in violence to overthrow the prevailing order become, what the military calls, “supporters of political violence.” And by that they mean, everyone who opposes U.S military policy in the world, or the… Continue reading
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A Matter of Principle: The True Aims of the Terror War By Chris Floyd
The moral insanity of the Terror War continues to spawn more violence, more extremism, more repression, more injustice, and the total subversion of the “Western values,” all of which it is ostensibly designed to defend. Continue reading
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Re-shaping the Taliban Leadership? Sustaining ‘America’s War on Terrorism’ By Umberto Pascali
Is this a way to send back to Afghanistan five top Taliban leaders who have been “re-conditioned” and “turned” in Guantanamo and are now working for the US? Is this a move against the “unloyal” President Karzai & his successors? The Taliban leadership has been, reportedly, decimated by the drones assassinations. It is not difficult… Continue reading
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The criminalisation of political opposition in America By Patrick Martin
“While the current rash of anti-democratic measures largely targets non-citizens, mainly of Middle-Eastern descent, they constitute a fundamental attack on the basic rights of the entire population. These attacks will be extended to American citizens, especially those who oppose the government’s policies, sooner rather than later.” Continue reading
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Britain: Anti-terror legislation used to pursue whistleblower By Ben Trent
Anti-terror legislation has been used to pursue a whistleblower, who revealed details of the relationship between Britain’s tax authorities, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HRMC), and top companies accused of tax avoidance. In March, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by Labour MP Margaret Hodge, revealed further details in the case of… Continue reading
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Did the U.S. Deploy Snipers Against Peaceful Occupy Protesters?
Was the Government Prepared to Deploy Snipers If the Occupy Protests Gained Momentum? Snipers are commonly used as “false flag” terrorists to disrupt peaceful protests. The FBI treated the peaceful protesters at the Occupy protests as terrorists. Continue reading
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Video: Boston Marathon Bomb Simulators Exposed
The exposé uses footage of controlled bomb simulations and on-the-scene eyewitness testimony from Boston to suggest that the explosions appear to have originated from pyrotechnic instruments or props resembling trash cans. The purported “bombs” in fact consisted of mortars and flammable powder that generate a more-or-less benign explosion devoid of any shrapnel, a hypothesis that… Continue reading
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Boston Marathon Bombing Timeline
The following timeline of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and injured many more provides a platform to better understand how the event was publicly presented by corporate and alternative news media. The chronological assemblage of coverage is not comprehensive of all reports published on the incident but is an ongoing project… Continue reading
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The Obama Regime’s Fabricated “Terror Conspiracy” in Defense of the Police State By Prof. James Petras
Representative democracies and autocratic dictatorships respond to profound internal crises in very distinctive ways: the former attempts to reason with citizens, explaining the causes, consequences and alternatives; dictatorships attempt to terrorize, intimidate and distract the public by evoking bogus external threats, to perpetuate and justify rule by police state methods and avoid facing up to… Continue reading
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Snowden’s Cry for Help Is a Cry for America By Pam Martens
In July 2002, less than a year after Congress passed the USA Patriot Act, Nancy Chang, then Senior Litigation Attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, published a prophetic and comprehensive book about the legislation titled: Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-terrorism Measures Threaten our Civil Liberties. Continue reading
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BFP Book Review: “The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism’ by Trevor Aaronson”
How the FBI creates and facilitates phony terrorist plots so that the bureau can then claim victory in the war on terror. Continue reading
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The Lies Of Democracy and the Language Of Deceit By Colin Todhunter
In an increasingly media-driven age, language is everything and is often used by officialdom to tyrannise meaning. With the deaths of millions on its hands since 1945, the US has become the world’s number one terror state. By the 1980s, former CIA man John Stockwell had put the figure at six million. Continue reading
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