GUARDIAN ECO-TERROR JOURNO IS ARMY INTEL. OFFICER

Mark tony at tlio.org.uk
Mon Nov 24 11:30:45 GMT 2008


On Sunday 9th November, the Observer ran a story written by Mark Townsend
(assisted by Nick Denning) on a supposed terrorist threat from a lone
eco-terrorist, associated with Earth-First, entitled "Police warn of
growing threat from eco-terrorists", with the strapline 'fear of deadly
attack by lone maverick as officers alert major firms to danger of green
extremism'
Ref:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/09/eco-terrorism-earth-first-
elf

THE GUARDIAN ECO-TERRORIST JOURNO IS ARMY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER

..EXCLUSIVE!

Comment at: https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/11/412546.html
Curioser and Curiouser

I’m checking for Nick Denning - co-author with
Mark Townsend of yesterday’s hilarous Observer piece on eco -terrorism. He
doesn’t appear to have any previous as a journalist. But what’s this?? A
piece written by Townsend in Afghanistan in August 2007 where he’s
embedded with the Royal Anglian Regiment in Sangin


and sharing a
helicopter ride with NICK DENNING - COMMANDER OF 1 PLATOON A COMPANY in
the Royal Anglian regiment!!! And less than a year later this Denning is
providing intelligence to his mate on The Guardian on eco - terorism!!!
Some explanations from The Guardian reqired on this one methinks! Watch
this space




Also see 
http://ianbone.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/guardian-journalists-police-patsies-
yet-again/
And 
http://ianbone.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/god-bone-youre-a-cunt-the-observer-r
eplies/






The piece is a nonsensical piece of smear-laden supposition and
scaremongering which treats unattributable government briefings as if they
were the truth. Based on no actual evidence apart from a series of
speculations, it makes a tenuous case of dipicting the Earth-First network
as some kind of Al-Qaeda-type network (fantastic journalistic pedigree
shown with utterly convincing turns of phrase such as 'a senior source at
the unit said..' & 'We have found statements'; Townsend has said he got
all his information from NETCU -the National Extremism Tactical
Coordination Unit; read about Schnews' dialogue with Townsend in Derek
Wall's blog and in an email from Roger Cox sent to Townsend, both pasted
below). In mentioning the Climate Camp, it seems this is designed to
increase the bidding by the security services for greater resources
dedicated to disrupting the growing climate-change movement - a classic
tactic of that element within the 'intelligence services' which works in
tandem with financial-business interests.

According to Ian Bone's blog, "It says on the Guardian website you can ask
to interview Mark Townsend, or MARK THE SPOOK, by phoning Diane Heath on
02072399936. Go for it."


*Excellent riposte from Derek Wall:
http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/2008/11/eco-terrorism-scandal-from-o
bserver.html

*Ref: http://members5.boardhost.com/medialens/msg/1227023551.html
Extract from email sent to the Observer on the climate camps/eco-terrorism
smear, posted by Roger Cox, on November 18th 2008:

Dear Mark Townsend,
You wrote: "Police have warned of the growing threat of eco-terrorism
after revealing they are investigating a group which has supporters who
believe that reducing the Earth's population by four-fifths will help to
protect the planet".
Schnews quote that you explained reporting that the group "connected to a
network of UK climate camps" intend to exterminate most of the human race
by saying; “I don’t know - they [NETCU] said they had seen them in blogs”
http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news655.htm


See also:
** NETCU Watch: www.netcu.wordpress.com



















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