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Home | Friday 28th November 2008 | Issue 657

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AGENDA BENDER

The Observer have withdrawn their infamous 'eco-terrorism' article (for our take on it see SchNEWS 655).

Despite appearing in one of the more left-leaning broadsheets, this load of scare-mongering nonsense about the rising threat of terrorism by environmental campaigners included the claim that eco-activists "believe that reducing the Earth's population by four-fifths will help protect the planet." It was largely based on mis-information from the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit (NETCU), and seemed aimed at getting them more funding.

www.wombles.org.uk/article2008112246.php

Keywords: netcu


 

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