Michael Selby-Green
@MSelbyGreen
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Media and Communications specialist. Previously investigative journalism: The Sunday Times, The Independent & Declassified UK. selbygreen(at)https://t.co/wgZh7ejb0t
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Joined June 2013
BP extracted Iraqi oil worth £15bn after British invasion My latest for @declassifiedUK👇 https://t.co/yeLj0EvGwE
declassifieduk.org
Despite UK ministers denying the war was about oil, the flagship British company reaped a bonanza upon its return to Iraq after the 2003 invasion, Declassified has found.
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NEW -- Britain supplying depleted uranium rounds to Ukraine By @pmillerinfo British tanks gifted to Ukraine will come equipped with controversial depleted uranium rounds, it has emerged. https://t.co/y4PriNiZnr
declassifieduk.org
Exclusive: British tanks gifted to Ukraine will come equipped with controversial depleted uranium rounds, it has emerged.
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'How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline,' Seymour Hersh with his debut on Substack https://t.co/ppd6Q8FZb5
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My interview w/ Evo Morales at his house deep in the Amazon rainforest. It’s a story about Bolivia, but it’s also a window into how global imperialism works and how it can be defeated. The people of Bolivia showed another, more human, world is possible. https://t.co/aLpQNxKNg3
declassifieduk.org
The President of Bolivia from 2006-19 invites Declassified to his house deep in the Amazon rainforest for an exclusive interview – on the UK role in the coup that overthrew him, how he reversed 500...
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Mike Pompeo summoned by Spanish court to explain Assange assassination plot https://t.co/SlrtY03pKH
morningstaronline.co.uk
FORMER US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been summoned by a Spanish court to explain an alleged CIA plot to assassinate Julian Assange in London. He has been asked to appear in connection with a...
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Revealed: The UK supported the coup in Bolivia to gain access to its ‘white gold’ --My latest for @declassifieduk based on new Foreign Office documents we obtained outlining activities of the UK embassy in La Paz before / after the coup of November 2019. https://t.co/owIs84eNPg
dailymaverick.co.za
After a coup in the South American country of Bolivia in November 2019, democratically elected president Evo Morales was forced to flee. Foreign Office documents obtained by Declassified show Britain...
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Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat participated in covert UK Foreign Office-funded programs to "weaken Russia," leaked docs reveal https://t.co/R7bpqP91xP via @TheGrayzoneNews
thegrayzone.com
New leaked documents show Reuters' and the BBC's involvement in covert UK FCO programs to effect "attitudinal change" and "weaken the Russian state's influence," alongside intel contractors and...
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The International Criminal Court has dropped a probe into alleged UK war crimes in Iraq. Take a look at my investigation with @declassifiedUK which shows the Royal Military Police failed to properly investigate serious incidents in the conflict. https://t.co/z4KOGrdfVU
dailymaverick.co.za
The British army’s choice of unqualified junior officers to lead its police investigations unit during and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq contributed to soldiers escaping accountability for abuses,...
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My Resignation From The Intercept The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles. https://t.co/dZrlYGfEBf
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My investigation for @declassifiedUK today uncovers a CIA-backed kill-capture paramilitary squad (RRT) behind night raids against terror suspects in #Kenya Some targets are arrested. Some were extraordinarily rendered. Many are killed... https://t.co/A9psLk5m3P
dailymaverick.co.za
A covert Kenyan paramilitary team armed and trained by the US and supported by UK intelligence is behind renditions and controversial killings of terror suspects in night-time raids, Declassified UK...
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BREAKING: The UK Ministry of Defence has blacklisted Declassified UK. It is the latest attempt by Whitehall to censor the media and the NUJ calls on Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to “intervene”. By @NortonTaylor
https://t.co/MFFlVWO8Mv
dailymaverick.co.za
The British Ministry of Defence has blacklisted Declassified UK, a media organisation producing in-depth, critical journalism on UK foreign and security policies. It is the latest attempt by Whiteh...
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The SIB should have sent their “A-team” to Iraq but instead dispatched officers who were “completely unqualified” to lead serious investigations in a theatre of war, a former senior SIB officer told @declassifiedUK
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The British army has largely escaped accountability for abuses conducted during the invasion and occupation of Iraq. @DeclassifiedUK can reveal a major reason why. Watch @MSelbyGreen explain his investigation. Read it here - https://t.co/WQmiBeV8JU
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EXCLUSIVE: The British army’s choice of unqualified junior officers to lead its police investigations unit in Iraq contributed to soldiers escaping accountability for abuses, former members of the unit have told Declassified UK. https://t.co/p2VK6Kcgxa
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The British army sent unqualified junior officers to lead its police investigations unit in Iraq, contributing to soldiers escaping accountability for abuses, I’ve been told. Read the full investigation for @declassifiedUK
dailymaverick.co.za
The British army’s choice of unqualified junior officers to lead its police investigations unit during and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq contributed to soldiers escaping accountability for abuses,...
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** Major investigation coming tomorrow. How British soldiers in Iraq "got away with murder". Watch and read in the morning. https://t.co/YaOKLPeubK
declassifieduk.org
Declassified UK is the leading media organisation uncovering UK foreign policy, military and intelligence agencies real role in the world.
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Declassified UK: New UK laws could criminalise journalism
dailymaverick.co.za
The British government is pushing ahead with “espionage legislation” that could criminalise the release of public information and impose even stricter controls on the UK media as part of an “epidemic...
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"We’re talking about a policy of co-operating with torture and rendition that goes very high up... And obviously that’s where every government starts drawing lines, and they don’t want to investigate," the UN official said. Adding, "We're creating absolute power."
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UK government is breaking international law with its refusal to hold a judge led inquiry into British involvement in torture and rendition after 9/ 11, a UN special expert has warned in a private “intervention” letter to the UK foreign secretary https://t.co/xFNPvzoIm6
independent.co.uk
‘Here, we’re talking about a policy of co-operating with torture and rendition and that goes very high up. It’s impossible that it was not green-lighted or at least tolerated by top officials'
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How the UK security services neutralised the @Guardian after the Snowden affair By me and @markcurtis30
https://t.co/1oO6tb3XZf
dailymaverick.co.za
The Guardian, Britain’s leading liberal newspaper with a global reputation for independent and critical journalism, has been successfully targeted by security agencies to neutralise its adversarial...
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