Events at Canary Wharf

[Wokeman]

ICM computer group (specialists in business continuity and disaster recovery) put out the following press release on 11/07/05. It speaks of a security lock down at Canary Wharf on 7/7. This backs up a New Zealand Herald piece about two Asian men being shot on same day in the same location. ICM also built the computer database for West Yorkshire Police.

http://www.survive.com/news/viewnews.cfm?newsID=977

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10334992

The Wharf is acknowledged as one of 5 primary targets, following the 'incidents' in London the Wharf went on high alert checking every vehicle in and out of the area.

The 'ring of steel¹ around London includes a number of cordon points, this sees traffic stopped at the Tower Hill entry point this in turn backs-up to the Limehouse link and entry to Canary Wharf.

With confirmed attacks on the Tube the Jubilee line onto Canary Wharf and the DLR may have been targets (the last IRA bomb was at South Quay DLR station).

A number of businesses commented that a lock-down ensued in response to a report about a 'police sniper¹ on the roof of a building in the wharf 'looking for a confirmed threat'.

[kbo234]

There must be a large number of workers at Canary Wharf who will be aware of at least rumours of what went on outside their offices on 7/7. We should think about how we might hunt down harder information that could confirm that these shootings actually took place.

[TonyGosling]

'Police shot bombers' reports New Zealander
5:00AM Saturday Jul 09, 2005

London bombings

A New Zealander working for Reuters in London says two colleagues witnessed the unconfirmed shooting by police of two apparent suicide bombers outside the HSBC tower at Canary Wharf in London.

The New Zealander, who did not want to be named, said the killing of the two men wearing bombs happened at 10.30am on Thursday (London time).

Following the shooting, the 8000 workers in the 44-storey tower were told to stay away from windows and remain in the building for at least six hours, the New Zealand man said.

He was not prepared to give the names of his two English colleagues, who he said witnessed the shooting from a building across the road from the tower.

Reports of attacks carried out by suicide bombers have been rife in London.

Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported an unconfirmed incident of police shooting a bomber outside the HSBC tower.

Canadian Brendan Spinks, who works on the 18th floor of the tower, said he saw a "massive rush of policemen" outside the building after London was rocked by the bombings.


here's the article for the record
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10334 992

http://www.radio4all.net:8080/files/tony@tlio.org.uk/2149-1-dialect200 90425.mp3

[kbo234]

I came across one person who was working in Canaray Wharf on 7/7 but he said he had not heard anything about this 'incident'.

There must be thousands of people out there to be asked the same questions though.

There's at least one London taxi driver who regularly posts on this site.

......who might be the best placed person to try and find out more about this?

[numeral]

Has it occurred to anyone that the rumour that suicide bombers were shot at Canary Wharf was very successful in inserting the suicide bomber meme into public consciousness?

Do you really want to serve as a useful idiot and proclaim that there were suicide bombers?

OK, only apparent suicide bombers. What do they look like?

[Pugwash]

[numeral]

[kbo234]