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The Spring/Summer 2008 TERROR!! season officially open for business
Stef Zucconi
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Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:15 EDT
©UnknownFrancis Walsingham - the spiritual Godfather of British Intelligence and a man whose methods and career have absolutely no relevance to events today; absolutely none... zilch... zero... nada... niente... [The 7/7] trial is being used as a device to promote and publicise the official narrative in such a way that it will not be open to direct challenge or scrutiny. This prosecution has, in many ways, the air of a show trial about it. Some people might even have the cheek to claim that it will be an adequate alternative to an independent inquiry into 7/7
Today saw the most gob-smacking example of what is going down before our eyes...
WTF!!? And no-one with mainstream media access is going to comment on this?!!
I keep meaning to write a post about the latest bout of TERROR!! mania which is the sweeping the UK
But the problem is that there is so much going on at the moment that even someone like me, with a little more time currently on his hands than most, can't keep up with it all.
Which, I suspect, is the idea.
In the space of a few days we've had at least three high profile terror trials start or end...
-- A group of radical FantaMentolists who allegedly conspired to destroy airliners with fizzy drinks - a feat so ludicrously unfeasible you could do a lot more damage to people by forcing them to drink that crap rather than trying to make it explode
©UnknownNow in zingy, aspartame-enhanced H202 flavor!! -- The alleged 7/7 co-conspirators who allegedly carried out meticulous reconnaissance for the alleged 7/7 bombers. A reconnaissance mission fiendishly disguised as a day trip to several popular London tourist attractions which weren't actually attacked on 7/7 but which looked 'strikingly similar' to the trains/ tunnels bombed on 7/7
©Unknown"Look! It's round! Tunnels are round..." -- Co-conspirators who assisted a plot to slaughter hundreds of London night-clubbers - foiled only by the fact that their 'bomb' was useless and the difficulties presented when trying to park a blazing Mercedes inside a night club whilst you are also on fire.
Plus all sorts of supporting material slipped into the press and television schedules. The BBC, for example, is kicking off its latest expose on all things Terror this evening and the home secretary announced this weekend that there are literally thousands of bearded people under surveillance under suspicion of visiting museums, shopping for condiments or drinking cola.
And when reading up on this stuff it is very easy to get bogged down in the detail and lost in a bewildering sea of foreign sounding names and alleged organisations and plots; all cross-referenced to each other in one big amorphous mass of confusing bulls***.
Most people, even those sceptical of the establishment, will simply give up and conclude that there is apparently so much material that there really must be some basis to the existing War on Terror paradigm
Which, as I've said, I suspect to be the idea
If you do read up on this stuff it is clear that, for fair reasons or foul, MI5/MI6's hands are all over these alleged plots in the form of various shady characters who seem to be the driving force behind many of these plots but are rarely caught. When they do occasionally get caught they're allowed to escape, sports fisherman style, with almost comical ease.
And yet, in spite of the ludicrous and dubious nature of many of the charges and allegations, all this cack is parroted uncritically by mainstream journalists.
How on Earth, short of maxing out on botox, can anyone report this nonsense and actually have the brass nuts to describe it as 'chilling' whilst keeping a straight face baffles me completely.
Though maybe I'm being a little hard on the establishment here.
Imagine being a member of the security forces tasked with finding one of the half dozen or so remaining British Muslim FantaMentolists who still think that Osama bin Bogeyman...
a) Wasn't employed by the CIA
b) Isn't connected to the Bush family
c) Is still alive
Not an easy task by any means.
With such restrictive criteria you'd have to be a little less selective when it comes to finding evidence which supports any actual serious capacity and intent to blow people up.
The 7/7 trial which started last week has already turned out to be a particularly shameful exercise in spin. There has been a lot of material relating to the 7/7 attacks released in the controlled, courtroom environment which many people, myself included, have been waiting for since the attacks happened
The curious thing is that much of this material and the interpretations of its significance being parroted by the press have nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of the accused. I find it very unlikely that the defence, even if it were so inclined, will even attempt to challenge this material when it has the opportunity to do so. The defence team is going to be focused on distancing its clients from 7/7, not questioning what actually happened on that day
Which means that this trial is being used as a device to promote and publicise the official narrative in such a way that it will not be open to direct challenge or scrutiny. This prosecution has, in many ways, the air of a show trial about it. Some people might even have the cheek to claim that it will be an adequate alternative to an independent inquiry into 7/7
Today saw the most gob-smacking example of what is going down before our eyes...
The Spring/Summer 2008 TERROR!! season officially open for business
Stef Zucconi
Famous for 15 Megapixels
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:15 EDT
©UnknownFrancis Walsingham - the spiritual Godfather of British Intelligence and a man whose methods and career have absolutely no relevance to events today; absolutely none... zilch... zero... nada... niente... [The 7/7] trial is being used as a device to promote and publicise the official narrative in such a way that it will not be open to direct challenge or scrutiny. This prosecution has, in many ways, the air of a show trial about it. Some people might even have the cheek to claim that it will be an adequate alternative to an independent inquiry into 7/7Today saw the most gob-smacking example of what is going down before our eyes...
"The bombers scattered identity and bank cards around the Tube carriages they targeted before placing their rucksacks on the floor and setting off the explosives inside them, jurors heard."
" It is, in the opinion of Mr Todd, noteworthy that at each scene, some personal materials and documents, such as ID cards, were found relating to the bombers. Although they were damaged to some extent, they did not show the damage that would be expected if they were on the body of the bomber or in the rucksack, suggesting that in each case they had been deliberately separated by some distance from the actual explosion."
" It is, in the opinion of Mr Todd, noteworthy that at each scene, some personal materials and documents, such as ID cards, were found relating to the bombers. Although they were damaged to some extent, they did not show the damage that would be expected if they were on the body of the bomber or in the rucksack, suggesting that in each case they had been deliberately separated by some distance from the actual explosion."
WTF!!? And no-one with mainstream media access is going to comment on this?!!
I keep meaning to write a post about the latest bout of TERROR!! mania which is the sweeping the UK
But the problem is that there is so much going on at the moment that even someone like me, with a little more time currently on his hands than most, can't keep up with it all.
Which, I suspect, is the idea.
In the space of a few days we've had at least three high profile terror trials start or end...
-- A group of radical FantaMentolists who allegedly conspired to destroy airliners with fizzy drinks - a feat so ludicrously unfeasible you could do a lot more damage to people by forcing them to drink that crap rather than trying to make it explode
©UnknownNow in zingy, aspartame-enhanced H202 flavor!! -- The alleged 7/7 co-conspirators who allegedly carried out meticulous reconnaissance for the alleged 7/7 bombers. A reconnaissance mission fiendishly disguised as a day trip to several popular London tourist attractions which weren't actually attacked on 7/7 but which looked 'strikingly similar' to the trains/ tunnels bombed on 7/7
©Unknown"Look! It's round! Tunnels are round..." -- Co-conspirators who assisted a plot to slaughter hundreds of London night-clubbers - foiled only by the fact that their 'bomb' was useless and the difficulties presented when trying to park a blazing Mercedes inside a night club whilst you are also on fire.Plus all sorts of supporting material slipped into the press and television schedules. The BBC, for example, is kicking off its latest expose on all things Terror this evening and the home secretary announced this weekend that there are literally thousands of bearded people under surveillance under suspicion of visiting museums, shopping for condiments or drinking cola.
And when reading up on this stuff it is very easy to get bogged down in the detail and lost in a bewildering sea of foreign sounding names and alleged organisations and plots; all cross-referenced to each other in one big amorphous mass of confusing bulls***.
Most people, even those sceptical of the establishment, will simply give up and conclude that there is apparently so much material that there really must be some basis to the existing War on Terror paradigm
Which, as I've said, I suspect to be the idea
If you do read up on this stuff it is clear that, for fair reasons or foul, MI5/MI6's hands are all over these alleged plots in the form of various shady characters who seem to be the driving force behind many of these plots but are rarely caught. When they do occasionally get caught they're allowed to escape, sports fisherman style, with almost comical ease.
And yet, in spite of the ludicrous and dubious nature of many of the charges and allegations, all this cack is parroted uncritically by mainstream journalists.
How on Earth, short of maxing out on botox, can anyone report this nonsense and actually have the brass nuts to describe it as 'chilling' whilst keeping a straight face baffles me completely.
Though maybe I'm being a little hard on the establishment here.
Imagine being a member of the security forces tasked with finding one of the half dozen or so remaining British Muslim FantaMentolists who still think that Osama bin Bogeyman...
a) Wasn't employed by the CIA
b) Isn't connected to the Bush family
c) Is still alive
Not an easy task by any means.
With such restrictive criteria you'd have to be a little less selective when it comes to finding evidence which supports any actual serious capacity and intent to blow people up.
The 7/7 trial which started last week has already turned out to be a particularly shameful exercise in spin. There has been a lot of material relating to the 7/7 attacks released in the controlled, courtroom environment which many people, myself included, have been waiting for since the attacks happened
The curious thing is that much of this material and the interpretations of its significance being parroted by the press have nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of the accused. I find it very unlikely that the defence, even if it were so inclined, will even attempt to challenge this material when it has the opportunity to do so. The defence team is going to be focused on distancing its clients from 7/7, not questioning what actually happened on that day
Which means that this trial is being used as a device to promote and publicise the official narrative in such a way that it will not be open to direct challenge or scrutiny. This prosecution has, in many ways, the air of a show trial about it. Some people might even have the cheek to claim that it will be an adequate alternative to an independent inquiry into 7/7
Today saw the most gob-smacking example of what is going down before our eyes...
"The bombers scattered identity and bank cards around the Tube carriages they targeted before placing their rucksacks on the floor and setting off the explosives inside them, jurors heard."
" It is, in the opinion of Mr Todd, noteworthy that at each scene, some personal materials and documents, such as ID cards, were found relating to the bombers. Although they were damaged to some extent, they did not show the damage that would be expected if they were on the body of the bomber or in the rucksack, suggesting that in each case they had been deliberately separated by some distance from the actual explosion."
WTF!!? And no-one with mainstream media access is going to comment on this?!! " It is, in the opinion of Mr Todd, noteworthy that at each scene, some personal materials and documents, such as ID cards, were found relating to the bombers. Although they were damaged to some extent, they did not show the damage that would be expected if they were on the body of the bomber or in the rucksack, suggesting that in each case they had been deliberately separated by some distance from the actual explosion."