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'''Eliot Ward Higgins''' (who also wrote under the pseudonym Brown Moses), is a British citizen known as the founder of [[Bellingcat]] and his investigations of the [[Syrian Civil War]], the [[2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine]], the downing of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] and the [[poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal]].
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==Career==
 
==Career==
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In Oct 2012, Eliot Higgins was laid off from his job as an administrator at a nonprofit providing housing for asylum seekers.
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In Oct [[2012]], Eliot Higgins was laid off from his job as an administrator at a [[nonprofit]] providing housing for asylum seekers, then a company that manufactured pipes, then a company that manufactured lingerie.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bellingcat-russia-putin-ukraine-60-minutes-2022-08-21/</ref><ref>https://www.slow-journalism.com/long-reads/bellingcat-how-one-mans-digital-sleuthing-hobby-exposed-the-salisbury-poisoners</ref><ref>https://reason.com/volokh/2021/03/15/the-former-lingerie-salesman-who-has-putins-knickers-in-a-twist/</ref>
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In Aug [[2013]], Eliot Higgins noticed Twitter reports of a possible chemical-weapons attack in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus.
  
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In Aug 2013, Eliot Higgins noticed Twitter reports of a possible chemical-weapons attack in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus.
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In Nov 2013, Eliot Higgins "''confirmed''" that Syria had used [[chemical weapons]]<ref>''[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/25/rocket-man-2 "Rocket Man: How an unemployed blogger confirmed that Syria had used chemical weapons"]''</ref>, without noticing that it was '''not''' the Syrian government that carried out the attacks<ref>''[http://consortiumnews.com/2013/12/29/nyt-backs-off-its-syria-sarin-analysis/ "NYT Backs Off Its Syria-Sarin Analysis"]''</ref>.
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[[Cryptome]] wrote at the time:<ref>https://cryptome.org/2013/12/higgins-vandyke-ssg-hersh.htm - the last link of that e-mail is this -> https://web.archive.org/web/20191219014233/https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/n24/seymour-m.-hersh/whose-sarin</ref><ref>http://archive.today/2013.12.10-205754/http://leaks.sea.sy/vandyke-leaks/%23KnewRebels</ref><ref>http://archive.today/2014.11.23-172525/http://leaks.sea.sy/vandyke-leaks/</ref>
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{{QB|Prominent English Blogger Eliot Higgins has been linked to American Terrorist [[Matthew Van Dyke]] and suppression of information of [[Jabhat Al-Nusra]] possession of [[Sarin]]. The Van-Dyke Facebook was hacked by the [[Syrian Electronic Army]] and his private [[Twitter]] messages published.}}
  
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In Nov 2013, Eliot Higgins "''confirmed''" that Syria had used chemical weapons<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/25/rocket-man-2  Rocket Man: How an unemployed blogger confirmed that Syria had used chemical weapons]</ref>, without noticing that it was '''not''' the Syrian government that carried out the attacks<ref>[http://consortiumnews.com/2013/12/29/nyt-backs-off-its-syria-sarin-analysis/ NYT Backs Off Its Syria-Sarin Analysis]</ref>.
 
 
==Corporate media coverage==
 
==Corporate media coverage==
 
He has been widely covered by the Western {{ccm}}, generally positively, with ''[[Newsweek]]'', for example, calling him "[[Vladimir Putin|Putin]]'s [[MH17]] Nemesis".
 
He has been widely covered by the Western {{ccm}}, generally positively, with ''[[Newsweek]]'', for example, calling him "[[Vladimir Putin|Putin]]'s [[MH17]] Nemesis".
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==Independent media coverage==
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On 9 October 2018, at a press conference on College Green, Westminster, independent journalist [[Graham Phillips]] questions Eliot Higgins about his [[NATO]], [[CIA]] and [[George Soros]] funding.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=335&v=0oLfNr4JjeI "I meet NATO propagandist Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat! Uncensored!"]''</ref>
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Latest revision as of 11:03, 17 November 2024

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(Blogger)
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BornJanuary 1979
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Founder ofBellingcat
Member ofDisinfoPortal, First Draft/Board and members
Interest ofGraham Phillips
Self-taught founder of Bellingcat.Geopolitical analyst, Weapons analyst

Eliot Ward Higgins (who also wrote under the pseudonym Brown Moses), is a British citizen known as the founder of Bellingcat and his investigations of the Syrian Civil War, the 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.

Career

2022: The importance of Bellingcat, according to its founder"

In Oct 2012, Eliot Higgins was laid off from his job as an administrator at a nonprofit providing housing for asylum seekers, then a company that manufactured pipes, then a company that manufactured lingerie.[1][2][3]

In Aug 2013, Eliot Higgins noticed Twitter reports of a possible chemical-weapons attack in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus.

In Nov 2013, Eliot Higgins "confirmed" that Syria had used chemical weapons[4], without noticing that it was not the Syrian government that carried out the attacks[5].

Cryptome wrote at the time:[6][7][8]

Prominent English Blogger Eliot Higgins has been linked to American Terrorist Matthew Van Dyke and suppression of information of Jabhat Al-Nusra possession of Sarin. The Van-Dyke Facebook was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army and his private Twitter messages published.

Corporate media coverage

He has been widely covered by the Western commercially-controlled media, generally positively, with Newsweek, for example, calling him "Putin's MH17 Nemesis".

Independent media coverage

On 9 October 2018, at a press conference on College Green, Westminster, independent journalist Graham Phillips questions Eliot Higgins about his NATO, CIA and George Soros funding.[9]

Graham Phillips (Oct 9, 2018) - I meet Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat! Uncensored!


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Munich Security Conference/202416 February 202418 February 2024Munich
Bavaria
Germany		Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects

 

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Document:Narrative Managers In Overdrive After Death Of White Helmets Founderblog post12 November 2019Caitlin JohnstoneThere is an immense narrative management campaign dedicated to controlling what people think about what’s happening in Syria. Whoever controls the narrative controls the world. Official Narrative control comes before any other priority the empire might have: before resources, before land, before even war itself. It’s up to us to see through their lies and bring an end to the lie factory.
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bellingcat-russia-putin-ukraine-60-minutes-2022-08-21/
  2. ↑ https://www.slow-journalism.com/long-reads/bellingcat-how-one-mans-digital-sleuthing-hobby-exposed-the-salisbury-poisoners
  3. ↑ https://reason.com/volokh/2021/03/15/the-former-lingerie-salesman-who-has-putins-knickers-in-a-twist/
  4. ↑ "Rocket Man: How an unemployed blogger confirmed that Syria had used chemical weapons"
  5. ↑ "NYT Backs Off Its Syria-Sarin Analysis"
  6. ↑ https://cryptome.org/2013/12/higgins-vandyke-ssg-hersh.htm - the last link of that e-mail is this -> https://web.archive.org/web/20191219014233/https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/n24/seymour-m.-hersh/whose-sarin
  7. ↑ http://archive.today/2013.12.10-205754/http://leaks.sea.sy/vandyke-leaks/%23KnewRebels
  8. ↑ http://archive.today/2014.11.23-172525/http://leaks.sea.sy/vandyke-leaks/
  9. ↑ "I meet NATO propagandist Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat! Uncensored!"
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