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And all the sons of Congressmen!
And the two adorable 100 Proof Bush daughters! (Ginna and
Tonic)
"As
democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more
and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some
great and glorious day the plain folks of the land
will reach their heart's desire at last and
the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
- H.L. Mencken
“That
we are to stand by the president, right or wrong is not only
unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American
public.”
-Theodore
Roosevelt
"Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own
merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no
kind of outrage - - - -torture, imprisonment without trial,
assassination, the bombing of civilians - - - - which does not
change its moral color when it is committed by our side. The
nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by
his own side, he has remarkable capacity for not even hearing about
them."
-George Orwell
America’s Enemies!
There are three entities who represent the most
dangerous enemies to American liberties since George III.
They are:
1.
The Neocons or Likudists who owe their personal allegiance to another
country and now completely control our foreign policy. They lied and
deceived us into the Iraq war and are demanding that more and more
American soldiers die to preserve their own country and ideals.
2.
The Christian Evangelical right who is trying to force the United States
into becoming a theocracy under their rule. They know in their
hearts that they alone can restructure a secular humanist America
into their idea of Heaven on Earth.
3.
George W. Bush who is the worst president in the history of the United
States and who is directly responsible for the huge death tolls in
Iraq, is determined to rule the United States until God puts a stop
to him and is even more determined to force the American people into
becoming obedient, Christian and self-sacrificing lemmings.
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The Voice of the
White House
July
10, 2005: “The “terrorist” attacks in London recently reek
like a dead mackerel in the moonlight. It is a topic We Do Not
Discuss in the Monkey Palace for very obvious reasons. Bush and
Blair are suffering from meltdown. If Blair is booted out as PM,
Bush would lose his most powerful ally so suddenly, another “terrorist”
attack, coincidentally, just as the two liars are holding an “important”
conference in Scotland (far away from any possible injury) and both
rushed to the microphones to reaffirm their determination to pursue
the “war on terrorism.” As it is doubtful in the extreme that
the honest and competent British authorities (at least not the Blair
gang) would ever do such a vicious act for political gain, the
suspicions here inside the Beltway is that the Porter Goss band of
trained attack dwarves have struck again. Here is some additional
input for your readers to chew on:
*
There was NO CHATTER detected by MI5 or MI6 preceding the blasts.
The present working hypothesis is that this means the perps were
British homeboys, but it could equally plausibly be because the
perps were CIA. Reasons:
*
High explosive is extraordinarily difficult to obtain in the UK by
members of the public without
"connections."
There is no mining and blasting. Military installations are under
impenetrable security since the IRA campaigns of years past. The
source had to be either an IRA connection (they have stockpiles of
explosive) which is highly unlikely - the IRA does not involve
itself with other people's issues - or a government/military
connection. We may rule out the UK government/military - it is a
highly socially cohesive country and no official would condone such
an action. This leaves a foreign government/military. If it was one
of the usual suspects (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria) there would almost
certainly have been detectable chatter. That leaves an unusual
suspect, highly expert at undetectable communications, and acting
alone - namely, the CIA.
*
Concealment and import of the explosive: The British have
bomb-sniffing dogs in all airports and the Chunnel trains. How do
you get around that? Answer -the diplomatic bag of a
"friendly" country - the USA. It is carried by a special
courier with the highest of top secret clearances, bypasses all
standard checks both leaving the USA and entering Britain, and goes
direct to the Embassy by Embassy vehicle. A confidential package in
"the bag" for the CIA station head would not be checked by
ANYONE in the USA, in British
security, or in the Embassy, before being delivered to him
personally.
*
WHY THE SMALL SIZE of the bombs already remarked upon? Because the
diplomatic courier cannot carry huge amounts of weight chained to
his wrist. Four packages of 10 lbs. each for the CIA station head,
or eight packages of 5 lbs., over the course of a couple of weeks,
is feasible. More would be difficult.
*
The people of London demonstrated in their millions against the Iraq
war before it began. It is also one of the most tolerant countries
towards Muslims in Europe - much more so than Germany or France.
Blair is widely hated for his involvement in Iraq, like Bush in the
USA. Attacking the British people for the sins of their hated leader
makes no sense for Muslim radicals, unless you ARE that leader - or
his ally.
The Israeli Embassy was warned of the
London bomb attacks, and then the story was retracted.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=122098120&p=yzzx987xx
Israel says Scotland Yard was warned of possible attack
07/07/2005 - 11:50:51
British
police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before today’s
explosions they had received warnings of possible terror attacks in
the city, a senior Israeli official said.
Israel
was holding an economic conference near the scene of one of the
explosions. Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was supposed
to attend, but the attacks occurred before he arrived.
Just
before the blasts, Scotland Yard called the security officer at the
Israeli Embassy and said warnings of possible attacks had been
received, the official said. He did not say whether British police
made any link to the economic conference.
The
Israeli ambassador to London said the embassy under state of
emergency, with no one allowed to enter or leave.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=85346
Report: Israel Was Warned
Ahead of First Blast
13:30 Jul 07, '05 / 30 Sivan 5765
(IsraelNN.com)
Army Radio quoting unconfirmed reliable sources reported a short
time ago that Scotland Yard had intelligence warnings of the attacks
a short time before they occurred.
The
Israeli Embassy in London was notified in advance, resulting in
Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remaining in his hotel room
rather than make his way to the hotel adjacent to the site of the
first explosion, a Liverpool Street train station, where he was to
address and economic summit.
At
present, train and bus service in London have been suspended
following the series of attacks. No terrorist organization has
claimed responsibility at this time.
Israeli
officials stress the advanced Scotland Yard warning does not in any
way indicate Israel was the target in the series of apparent terror
attacks.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161769,00.html
Israeli Minister Denies
Scotland Yard Warning
Thursday, July 07, 2005
JERUSALEM
— Israel was not warned about possible terror attacks in London
before a series of blasts ripped through the city, Foreign Minister
Silvan Shalom (search) said Thursday.
A
Foreign Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, had
said earlier that British police warned the Israeli Embassy in
London of possible terror attacks minutes before the first
explosion.
"There
was no early information about terrorist attacks," Shalom told
Israel Army Radio later. "After the first explosion an order
was given that no one move until things become clear. "
Israel
was holding an economic conference in a hotel over the London subway
stop where one of the blasts occurred. Israeli Finance Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu (search) was supposed to attend the conference,
but "after the first explosion our finance minister received a
request not to go anywhere," Shalom said.
He
said he wasn't aware of any Israeli casualties.
The
Israeli Embassy was in a state of emergency after the explosions in
London, with no one allowed to enter or leave, said the Israeli
ambassador to London, Zvi Hefet (search).
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=122106240&p=yzzyx68zx
Israel not warned about
blasts - foreign minister
07/07/2005 - 12:37:23
Israel
was not warned about possible terror attacks in London before at
least six blasts ripped through the city, Foreign Minister Silvan
Shalom said today.
A
Foreign Ministry official had said earlier that British police
warned the Israeli Embassy in London of possible terror attacks
minutes before the first explosion.
“There
was no early information about terrorist attacks,” Shalom told
Israel Army Radio. “After the first explosion an order was given
that no one move until things become clear.”
Israel
was holding an economic conference in a hotel over the underground
stop where one of the blasts occurred. Israeli Finance Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu was supposed to attend the conference, but
“after the first explosion our finance minister received a request
not to go anywhere,” Shalom said.
He
said he wasn’t aware of any Israeli casualties.
Shalom
speculated that attackers might have taken advantage of the fact
that police resources were diverted to a meeting of Western leaders.
The
Israeli ambassador to London, Zvi Hefetz, said today that the
embassy was in a state of emergency following the explosions in
London, with no one allowed to enter or leave.
Danny
Biran, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official, said all phone lines to
the embassy were down.
The
ministry has set up a situation room to deal with hundreds of phone
calls from concerned relatives. Thousands of Israelis are living in
London or visiting the city at this time, Biran said.
Amir
Gilad, a Netanyahu aide, told Israel Radio that Netanyahu’s
entourage was receiving updates all morning from British security
officials, and “we have also asked to change our plans.”
Netanyahu
had been scheduled to stay in London until Sunday, but that could
change, Gilad said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5124181,00.html
Netanyahu Changed Plans Due to Warning
July 7, 2005 12:16 PM
By AMY TEIBEL
Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM
(AP) - British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes
before Thursday's explosions that they had received warnings of
possible terror attacks in the city, a senior Israeli official said.
Israeli
Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had planned to attend an
economic conference in a hotel over the subway stop where one of the
blasts occurred, and the warning prompted him to stay in his hotel
room instead, government officials said.
Foreign
Minister Silvan Shalom said he wasn't aware of any Israeli
casualties.
Just
before the blasts, Scotland Yard called the security officer at the
Israeli Embassy to say they had received warnings of possible
attacks, the official said. He did not say whether British police
made any link to the economic conference.
The
official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the nature of
his position.
The
Israeli Embassy was in a state of emergency after the explosions in
London, with no one allowed to enter or leave, said the Israeli
ambassador to London, Zvi Hefet.
All
phone lines to the embassy were down, said Danny Biran, an Israeli
Foreign Ministry official.
The
ministry set up a situation room to deal with hundreds of phone
calls from concerned relatives. Thousands of Israelis are living in
London or visiting the city at this time, Biran said.
Amir
Gilad, a Netanyahu aide, told Israel Radio that Netanyahu's
entourage was receiving updates all morning from British security
officials, and ``we have also asked to change our plans.''
Netanyahu
had been scheduled to stay in London until Sunday, but that could
change, Gilad said.
http://www.wtvq.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WTVQ/MGArticle/TVQ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783713979&path=
Terrorism expert says at least one person tipped off to
London attacks
Tom Kenny
Action News 36
Jul 7, 18:25 PM EDT
Terrorism
expert Tommy Preston of Preston Global in Frankfort, Kentucky, said
sources in the intelligence community reported that at least one
person in London, England was warned of Thursday morning's terrorist
attacks moments before the initial blast. Preston, citing
sources in the intelligence community, said former Israeli Prime
Minister and current Finance Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was in
London this morning for an economic forum. "Just before
the first blast, Netanyahu got a call from the Israeli Embassy
telling him to stay in his hotel room. The hotel is located
next to the subway station where the first attack occurred and he
did stay put and shortly after that, there was the explosion,"
Preston said.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1215b096-d789-11d9-9f43-00000e2511c8.html
MI5 downgrades terror threat
to UK businesses
By Jimmy Burns
Published: June 7 2005 21:59 | Last updated: June 7 2005 21:59
The
security service, MI5, has advised British businesses that the
threat from international terrorism in the UK is lower than at any
time since the September 11 terror attacks on the US.
In
an advisory note to leading businesses in recent days, the terrorist
threat has been downgraded from its second highest level “severe
general” to a lower category of “substantial”.
Under
a system agreed by the security service two years ago, businesses
receive written risk assessments and regular briefings on terrorist
threats. These are not made public.
Government
policy is to share intelligence more broadly only if it receives
reliable information of an imminent attack. “The threat from
international terrorism to the UK remains real and serious,” the
Home Office said on Tuesday night.
Ministers
have generally preferred not to follow the US, where the government
has issued public terrorism alerts. The latest advice to businesses
is based on data gathered by a secretive government intelligence
committee, the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, based in central
London.
However,
UK security experts insist more detailed intelligence messages still
coming through leave no room for complacency.
Paul
Eskrit, a security adviser to the Corporation of London, said alert
levels remained high in the City and around certain government
buildings up until the general election amid fears the event might
spark of a major terrorist attack as occurred in March last year in
Spain.
“The
downgrading does not offer a great deal of comfort . . . I for one
am not going to advise that we relax our security systems,” he
said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4654289.stm
Bomb scare leads to city
gridlock
Tuesday, 5 July, 2005, 20:23 GMT 21:23 UK
The
centre of Sheffield came to a standstill during rush hour traffic on
Tuesday after a suspect bag was found outside official buildings.
Army
bomb disposal units were called to Bridge Street after a package was
found near Home Office buildings and the police headquarters in the
city.
A
100m cordon was put around the site with main bus routes and roads
closed.
Police
said the city was "gridlocked" for two hours with
diversions in place. The bag turned out to be a empty.
A
spokesman said two controlled explosions were carried out at the
scene which was also near the city's magistrates court.
Tube bombs 'almost
simultaneous'
Saturday, 9 July, 2005, 13:44 GMT 14:44 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4666591.stm
The
three bombs on London underground trains "exploded almost
simultaneously", say police.
Scotland
Yard Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick said the attacks
took place within 50 seconds of each other.
Technical
data from London Underground disproved the earlier wider range of
timings between explosions.
http://www.stewwebb.com/London%20Terrorist%20Attack%20Bush%20and%20Blair%20the%20Culprits.htm
PE-2
Terrorist Cell Fox News reported MI-5 British agents warned Israeli
Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remain in his hotel room 30
minutes prior to the London attacks.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1120702712712
In
the aftermath of the attacks, The Prime Minister's Office instructed
Israeli officials not to give interviews to the foreign media.
After
9/11, Israel made some effort on international TV to impress upon
the world that global terror and terror against Israelis were a
common cause.
On
Thursday, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and Finance Minister
Binyamin Netanhayu conveyed similar messages, but only to the
Hebrew-language media.
In
the international arena this time the message was the following:
"It's not a story with anything to do with Israel. It's a story
of international terrorism in Britain and therefore we should be
quiet," according to a government source.
The
source indicated that part of the reason for such circumspection
stemmed from the high level of "speculation" concerning
the attacks. He specifically referred to a report that came out soon
after Thursday's bombings that Israel had received advance warning
of the attacks, pointing to the "danger that this kind of
report can bring to Israel."
The
Foreign Ministry, and Israeli embassy officials at the highest
levels, totally rejected the report.
What
one source did note, however, was that Finance Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu received a call from British police soon after the first
explosion, but before the full extent of the attacks was known,
because it had occurred by the site of a conference at which he was
to speak and for which he was about to depart. After the call from
the police to his security staff, Netanyahu stayed put.
One
Jewish official suggested that the "conspiracy theory"
about Israel's prior warning lasted all day, despite immediate
official denials, because a dispute still rages about whether
Israeli officials tipped off British intelligence before the Israeli
Embassy was bombed in 1994.
Others
made a connection with the empty 9/11 rumor that Jews had received a
warning to vacate the World Trade Center before the hijacked
airplanes hit.
MI5 downgrades terror threat
to UK businesses
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1215b096-d789-11d9-9f43-00000e2511c8.html
By Jimmy Burns
Published: June 7 2005 21:59 | Last updated: June 7 2005 21:59
The
security service, MI5, has advised British businesses that the
threat from international terrorism in the UK is lower than at any
time since the September 11 terror attacks on the US.
In
an advisory note to leading businesses in recent days, the terrorist
threat has been downgraded from its second highest level “severe
general” to a lower category of “substantial”.
Under
a system agreed by the security service two years ago, businesses
receive written risk assessments and regular briefings on terrorist
threats. These are not made public.
Government
policy is to share intelligence more broadly only if it receives
reliable information of an imminent attack. “The threat from
international terrorism to the UK remains real and serious,” the
Home Office said on Tuesday night.
Ministers
have generally preferred not to follow the US, where the government
has issued public terrorism alerts. The latest advice to businesses
is based on data gathered by a secretive government intelligence
committee, the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, based in central
London.
However,
UK security experts insist more detailed intelligence messages still
coming through leave no room for complacency.
Paul
Eskrit, a security adviser to the Corporation of London, said alert
levels remained high in the City and around certain government
buildings up until the general election amid fears the event might
spark of a major terrorist attack as occurred in March last year in
Spain.
“The
downgrading does not offer a great deal of comfort . . . I for one
am not going to advise that we relax our security systems,” he
said.
Bomb scare leads to city
gridlock
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4654289.stm
Tuesday, 5 July, 2005, 20:23 GMT 21:23 UK
The
centre of Sheffield came to a standstill during rush hour traffic on
Tuesday after a suspect bag was found outside official buildings.
Army
bomb disposal units were called to Bridge Street after a package was
found near Home Office buildings and the police headquarters in the
city.
A
100m cordon was put around the site with main bus routes and roads
closed.
Police
said the city was "gridlocked" for two hours with
diversions in place. The bag turned out to be a empty.
A
spokesman said two controlled explosions were carried out at the
scene which was also near the city's magistrates court.
AL QAEDA WEBSITE TRACKS BACK
TO ... MARYLAND???
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/alqmaryland.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0%2c16132%2c1524813%2c00.html
The
statement, under the name of the Secret Organisation of the al-Qaida
Jihad in Europe, said: "The heroic mujahideen have carried out
a blessed raid in London. Britain is now burning with fear, terror
and panic in its northern, southern, eastern and western
quarters."
It
was posted on an Arabic website, al-qal3ah.com, which is registered
by Qalaah Qalaah in Abu Dhabi and hosted by a server in Houston,
Texas.
The
server in Houston has intriguing connections. Everyone´s Internet
was founded by brothers Robert and Roy Marsh in 1998 and by 2002 had
an income of more than $30m (now about £17m).
Renowned
for his charitable work, Roy Marsh counts among his friends
President George Bush´s former sister-in-law, Sharon Bush, and the
president´s navy secretary.
Everyone´s
Internet, which also hosts a number of pornographic sites, states:
"We support the uncensored flow of information and ideas over
the internet and do not actively monitor subscriber activity under
normal circumstances."
However,
the company has responded to requests to take down objectionable
material and insists it cooperates with US law enforcement agencies.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2005/090705bombingexercises.htm
On
a BBC Radio 5 interview that aired on the evening of the 7th, the
host interviewed Peter Power, Managing Director of Visor
Consultants, which bills itself as a ´crisis management´ advice
company, better known to you and I as a PR firm.
Peter
Power was a former Scotland Yard official, working at one time with
the Anti Terrorist Branch.
Power
told the host that at the exact same time that the London bombings
were taking place, his company was running a 1,000 person strong
exercise which drilled the London Underground being bombed at the
exact same locations, at the exact same times, as happened in real
life.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8496293/
But
MSNBC TV translator Jacob Keryakes, who said that a copy of the
message was later posted on a secular Web site, noted that the claim
of responsibility contained an error in one of the Quranic verses it
cited. That suggests that the claim may be phony, he said.
"This
is not something al-Qaida would do," he said
How
did this guy know on the 7th of July that there had been,
"multiple, simultaneous explosions"?
Rules of conflict for a world
war
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1120702711778&p=1074657885918
Efraim Halevi, THE JERUSALEM POST Jul. 7, 2005
The
multiple, simultaneous explosions that took place today on the
London transportation system were the work of perpetrators who had
an operational capacity of considerable scope. They have come a long
way since the two attacks of the year 1998 against the American
embassies in Nairobi and Dar-Es-Salaam, and the aircraft actions of
September 11, 2001.
There
was careful planning, intelligence gathering, and a sophisticated
choice of timing as well as near-perfect execution.
Underground bombs exploded
within seconds: police
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050709/323/fn0pw.html
Saturday July 9, 10:15 PM
LONDON
(AFP) - The three bombs placed in packed London Underground trains
exploded seconds apart, police said, revealing a chillingly precise
attack by suspected Al-Qaeda fanatics.
"It
would appear now that all three bombs on the London Underground
system actually exploded within seconds of each other,"
Commander Brian Paddick of the London Metropolitan Police said.
"In
fact, the three bombs exploded almost simultaneously," he told
a news conference.
CHRONOLOGY-Thursday's bomb
blasts in London
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07249735.htm
07 Jul 2005 19:51:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds
two confirmed killed on bus)
LONDON,
July 7 (Reuters) - Four bomb blasts within an hour killed at least
37 people during rush hour in London on Thursday morning, in attacks
that Britain's government said bore the hallmarks of the Islamic
militant al Qaeda network.
Following
is a GMT timeline of where and when the bombs went off.
0751
- Explosion on underground train around 100 yards (metres) from
Liverpool Street station. Train was going from Aldgate to Liverpool
Street on the circle line.
7
confirmed fatalities.
0756
- Explosion hits train on the Piccadilly deep underground line
between King's Cross station and Russell Square.
21
confirmed fatalities.
0817
- Explosion on circle line train going into Edgware Road underground
station in the direction of Paddington station. Blew a hole through
a wall and hit another train, and possibly a third.
7
confirmed fatalities.
0847
- Explosion rips through a No. 30 double-decker bus near Tavistock
Place.
2
confirmed fatalities. “
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