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brian Validated Poster
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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johnyvoid states
"and i add again theres is no evidence whatsoever that 7/7 was anything other than as it was reported,"
As it was reported with so many conflicting stories that seems odd to say the least.
The eyewitness evidence contradicts the suicide bomber scenario for starters.
Like September 11 there is little of the official story of 7/7 that hangs together and ONLY a genuinely independent inquiry could satisy those who want the truth and not some wishy washy narrative. |
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johnnyvoid Wrecker
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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one short statement by an eye witness quoted without context in a local paper and never repeated, who actually says that he 'can't remember' seeing a bomber and doesnt appear to know what actually happened which is understandable given the trauma of such an event
your right mate case closed ... get a grip |
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insidejob Validated Poster
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: the paranoid Left/Milan Rai/MI5 |
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Is this the Left that supports the MI5 explanation of 7/7? The Left think they're being radical because Rai's anger-about-Iraq theory rubs Blair up the wrong way but it doesn't for the Joint Intelligence Committee. Seems MI5 are ahead of the Left because they're now claiming no Al Qaida involvement.
But it's an explanation that makes no sense unless you believe there are thousands of potentially mad suicide bombers among UK Muslims? But that's cool for the MI5 who want more power to oppress UK Muslims and then, through sleight of hand, bully the rest of the population.
The whole Left/Milan Rai/Rachel North/MI5 theory rests on the idea that devout Muslims are mad and that the 'four bombers' were mad, well-trained, intelligent, resourceful and stupid. That one adds up, doesn't it?
As I've said elsewhere on this site, people believe that suicide bombing in the UK makes sense not because ‘Muslims do it in Palestine and Iraq’ but because they unthinkingly accept silly propaganda. When last did Cherie Blair say that she’s not surprised that Muslims in Yorkshire become suicide bombers? She hasn't, but she did after visiting Palestine. That’s because Palestine is not only thousands of miles from Leeds and Bradford but also because it’s different from Leeds and Bradford.
For Palestinians, suicide bombing is a military tactic used against a well-armed and protected enemy not a religious duty – unless Palestinians have all become Wahabbis without anyone noticing. So, what defences were there on the London Underground that forced the four to become suicide bombers in order to ensure success for the operation? Do travellers get frisked by Mossad-trained ticket collectors armed with Uzis?
Whereas Iraq is simply more evidence of how silly is the Left/Milan Rai/Rachel North/MI5 explanation of the motivation of the bombers. We're meant to believe Umma turned them into bombers - Umma being loyalty to the suffering, global Muslim community, particularly because of the West in Iraq and Chechnia, Bosnia etc. Yet, the four didn’t think it may not be worth blowing themselves up for Iraqi Muslims who were, according to conventional wisdom, mad people busy trying to murder one another because they are not Sunni Muslim or not Shia Muslim or not Kurdish Muslim. And while their hero, Osama - the Umma is so sacred - Bin Laden was encouraging Muslim Iraqis to destroy their own country through civil war. But perhaps the bombers were both mad and stupid.
If people don’t except the MI5 conspiracy theory, it is far more rational to believe that Pakistan secret service did it. The bombers behaved as if they had extensive training. And, three bombers had re-orientation and training at extremist Madrassas, all of which are run by Pakistan intelligence (ISI). And there is an example of the LSE-educated, UK Muslim Al Qaida extremist in Siad Sheik, who is in jail for killing the journalist Daniel Pearl. Except Indian intelligence regard him as an ISI agent because when they had him in jail it was ISI agents who represented him. ISI, of course, works with the CIA, which makes 7/7 a CIA-ISI operation. But that would be paranoid thinking, wouldn’t it?
But it’s not paranoid to believe that thousands of UK Muslims you live next door to, work with and buy from have suddenly become potential, well-trained, mad suicide bombers because they ‘hate Western freedoms’ and don’t like the Western invasion of a country thousands of miles away, is it?
The Left thinks if the public believes that 7/7 happened because of the Iraqi invasion then the scared public will force Blair out of Iraq. 7/7 becomes a useful political stick to beat the Government with. But the public already believes 7/7 happened because of Iraq. And they also believe that devout Muslims are mad and will side with MI5 attempts to oppress UK Muslims. So, now the Left are as paranoid about UK Muslims as MI5.
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johnnyvoid Wrecker
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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inside job, i ignored your pm and im largely ignoring that
except to say you appear to be in no position to pass judgement on the sanity of anyone |
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John White Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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"whats this?" says Johnny Void,
(looking though his info scope with the lens cap still on)
"I see no ships!"
Dont mind me, I'm just laughing my ass off!
Im not sure you could find evidance of your own shoelaces fella
though Im sure you think you have perfected the technique of looking for cracks in an argument
The error, surely, is in believing THAT consitutes proof of anything on your part
And the usual problem of assuming no-one else could be as perceptive as you _________________ Free your Self and Free the World |
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johnnyvoid Wrecker
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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im not the one claiming to have proof of anything |
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Annie 9/11 Truth Organiser
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hi johnnyvoid
I'm wary of getting bogged down, but....
I agree with you that finger pointing about who might be a spook is counter-productive. It's a demotivating activity which plays into the spies' hands, as they adhere to the principle of "divide and conquer". However, it's only natural for people to be concerned and protective.
As far as revealing the names of the old leftwing agents - well I'm afraid I can't help you. It’s all a long time ago and the people who handled them were in a discrete section. And anyway, I'm sure the individuals concerned thought they were doing their duty to their country. However misguided that might now appear with the benefit of hindsight, I've never been in the game of ruining someone's life. Unless, of course, it’s someone who might now be in the position to ruin many other lives. But that’s another story….
As far as your point about the Illuminati issue is concerned, David and I are two amongst many within this movement. We have not sought to assume any leadership role, just to bring our own area of expertise to the table. We would certainly not try to inhibit debate.
People have come to this movement from a wide variety of perspectives and experiences, and that is what makes it so vibrant and rich and questioning. Freedom of expression is supposed to be a fundamental right, provided it doesn't hurt anyone. Having watched, with excruciating frustration, the process of my partner being gagged and slandered, it's the last thing I would ever do to anyone else. And that goes for Icke and Jones and Rai too. If people have issues with their views, they should be able to engage in open debate with them. This is the lifeblood of a functioning democracy.
You say you took up this particular baton after the treatment meted out to Rachel North. As I said, I see no gain to the search for truth in name calling. However, there is a bit of history attached to her. Before the Rai launch, the London 911 Truth Campaign had a social evening, to which all were welcome (as I think you know!). Rachel arrived with her friend Kirsty, but didn't announce her interest in the subject. David did a short speech about his personal knowledge of false flag terrorism, and about 3/4 of the way through, Rachel started butting in. She continued in an increasingly hectoring tone, and ended up standing in front of David, shouting at the rest of us.
The evening was supposed to be about 911, but she took it over with her opinions about 7/7. So it's understandable that a number of supporters were angry about this, and decided to try the same tactics at a meeting where she was giving a speech. And it was interesting that she had briefed the organisers of the Rai launch that we were a bunch of frothing loonies before we arrived.
This is why there is so much concern about her within the 911 Truth Campaign. Of course, I understand that she went through a horrific experience and that she wants to make sense of it if she can. If she had introduced herself properly that night we would all have extended any support we could to her. In fact, I did extend the hand of friendship on this forum after the meeting, but she turned it down at the time. However, if she's willing now, I'm still up for it. I’ve personally gone through something where I’ve almost died, and afterwards you search and search for the whys and hows.
For the record, I agree that the evidence about 7/7 is far less conclusive. 911 is what we need to focus on.
One final point from your posting. Yes, why not a big protest outside Thames House? I think that's a great idea. By the way, an interesting use of the official name of MI5's HQ. I presume that comes from moving in activist circles.
Regards
Annie _________________ All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing - Edmund Burke.
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem Americanam appellant - Tacitus Redactus.
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John White Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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johnnyvoid wrote: | im not the one claiming to have proof of anything |
Really? You seem to be trying to prove you can asses someone elses mental state through words on a screen...and you also are constantly attempting to prove you are an arbiter of what constitutes proof: without proof, obviously
Youve been given plenty to chew on, yet you seem to only want to tackle the breadsticks, not the meal
Anyway, by all means carry on, I really appreciate the laugh, better than telly _________________ Free your Self and Free the World |
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kookomula Validated Poster
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject: 9-11 don't you mean 7/7? |
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1. Conspiracy Theorists target[i] [b]9-11[/b][/i] victims?
The post then goes on to talk about 'Rachel' who was on (correct me if I am wrong) a train that was bombed on 7/7.
I don't post or read about 7/7 but I am pretty sure 'Rachel' came to a 9-11 meeting in London. If it is the same person, she talked quite happily with David Shayler and others and there didn't seem to be any animosity there at all. Where all this has come from I do not know. If it is the same person, she said she had done alot of personal research into 7/7 and didn't believe that there was a conspiracy and that she agreed with the official account. So, she doesn't believe and......
Having been to several meetings and events and met the core group, I find it hard to believe that 'the group' have been harassing her. Whatever is going on needs to stop she has her opinion and she is free to express it.
Not having read any of the blogs etc. I probably shouldn't be writing anything regarding this but it strikes me as been incredibly immature and unnecessary.
Was this posted as 9-11 to get more exposure? (Initially, thanks for altering heading)
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John White Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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Good point: correct the title mods?
And absolutely agreed that harresment of anybody is offensive:we all must strive to be better than what we oppose _________________ Free your Self and Free the World |
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Andrew Johnson Mighty Poster
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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I like this one myself (even though it has absolutely nothing to do with anyone or any threads on this forum, as far as I am aware.)
The crafty clergyman crept into the crypt, crapped and crept out again!
Soz folks, but we need to lighten up here! _________________ Andrew
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kookomula Validated Poster
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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"we all must strive to be better than what we oppose"
you're talking my language Mr White |
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John White Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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And you mine! _________________ Free your Self and Free the World |
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insidejob Validated Poster
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: You can't get away from 7/7 paranoia |
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Apologies for being a bit sarky, Johnnyvoid, I was letting off steam on those ‘I’m no conspiracy nut, I believe the official gobbledygook’ people and you got in the way, so to speak.
But what I want to do is to point out the logic of the official 7/7 explanation. People who believe the explanation may not state the logic but that doesn’t mean it’s not there. The logical consequence of believing the official explanation is that UK Muslims constitute a potential fifth column. We can’t get away from the main 7/7 point: EITHER YOU ARE PARANOID ABOUT MI5 OR YOU ARE PARANOID ABOUT THOUSANDS OF FIFTH COLUMN UK MUSLIMS. There is no ‘I’m level-headed on 7/7’ place from which you can view it.
To date, no one has come up with a sensible explanation as to why the four Muslims became suicide bombers and why thousands of Muslims have not. Both are angry about Western foreign policy. The only difference, we are supposed to believe, is that the four had a dash of mad, fundamentalist Islam. Milan Rai tells us that a mad fundamentalist preacher went up North for a few days and three of the bombers could have heard him speak. He also tells us that three of the bombers watched a couple of Al Qaida videos. Then he comes up with psychobabble gobbledygook to explain that the four ‘self-brainwashed themselves’ and took a stairway to suicide bombing.
We have all kinds of tortuous psychobabble to explain Muslim suicide bombers: they’re upset about the suffering of the Umma, they want to get rid of their humiliation, they want to have it away with 24 vestal virgins. No one comes up with any of these kinds of psychobable to explain why some white people carry out suicide missions or engage in neo-colonial, pathological murder.
Marxist theory was one of the models I used to look at the world (others came from black politics). I then started asking who was the ruling class, what are the leading companies in finance capital, how did those who owned the means of production influence politicians. I wanted names. As a result, I got into a world dominated by conspiracy theorists and deep politics analysts –a world Marxist writers were not involved with. I discovered that Marxists are missing the big story.
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brian Validated Poster
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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johnnyvoid wrote: | one short statement by an eye witness quoted without context in a local paper and never repeated, who actually says that he 'can't remember' seeing a bomber and doesnt appear to know what actually happened which is understandable given the trauma of such an event
your right mate case closed ... get a grip |
Perhaps if you took the trouble to actually inform yourself of the evidence you would not be so ready to respond with trite remarks.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=newsHighlights&newsId=2 6 |
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xmasdale Angel - now passed away
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject: Conspiracy theory |
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kookomula wrote: | 1. Conspiracy Theorists target 9-11 victims?
she said she had done alot of personal research into 7/7 and didn't believe that there was a conspiracy and that she agreed with the official account. |
A "conspiracy" by definition is a crime planned by two or more people. Any theory about such a crime is therefore by definition a "conspiracy theory".
When people say they don't believe there was a conspiracy, what they usually mean is that they accept a conspiracy theory which has been published by the authorities. They normally use the term "conspiracy theorist" as a pejorative term to discredit people who doubt the conspiracy theory that they happen to believe in.
By their definition the people who suspected the stories about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq were untrue were "conspiracy theorists" at the time but are now no longer "conspiracy theorists" because it has become received wisdom there were no such WMDs.
The same applies to the theory that Blair had told Bush he had decided to join the Iraq invasion, long before he last claimed to be open minded about it. The same applies to the dodgy dossier and the 45 minute warning etc.
I think we have to keep making this point to burst the unthinking bubble of the very effective "you're just a conspiracy theorist" smear.
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xmasdale Angel - now passed away
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject: being associated with crazy people |
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johnnyvoid wrote: |
and as i said i heard the illuminati mentioned more than once, which is automatically likely to make me switch off
you step into dangerour territroy when you promote the likes of alex jones and david icke and then wondor why the media wont take you seriously
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Good point, Johnny! I have never found any evidence for the existence of the so-called "illuminati" though I have found masses of unsubstantiated theories about them.
I can't stand Alex Jones' hectoring style, his exaggerated American nationalism and particularly not his absurd theory that poor little America has been taken over by the big bad United Nations. Please! Which planet is he living on?
As for David Icke and his lizards.....
Need I say more?
But I post on this forum. Alex Jones and David Icke don't, though some people who admire them do. So does that mean I am tarred with the same brush, Johnny? If I'm tarred by that brush by posting here, then surely you are too for the same reason.
I think we all have to realise that this is an open public forum in which people are free to express all points of view. The fact that someone supports the campaign to uncover the truth about 9/11 does not mean that all other supporters of that campaign have to agree with them about other topics.
You can find on most forums people who believe in absurd things. There are even people posting on here who believe that when a priest blesses bread and wine it transmutes into the flesh and blood of a first century Jewish teacher. They call them Catholics. I'm happy for them to support this campaign so long as they don't expect me to support their other theories.
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dry kleaner Minor Poster
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Quote: | This is from B, one of their best regulars...
'FALSE FLAG' FUNDAMENTALISM: TILTING AT TUBE TRAINS'
'There is a central question: how young men born and bred in Britain, with all the rights and freedoms a British citizen enjoys, could decide to blow themselves up on London's public transport system, killing fellow citizens.' - Milan Rai, introduction to '7/7' '7/7: WHO REALLY BOMBED LONDON?...
'Inside job frame-ups are routine operations when ruling fraternities want another war or more police-state powers... these 'black ops' are also known as 'false flag terrorism' because they throw the blame onto innocents *allegedly* linked to the enemy of today.' - Leaflet from 'The Independent People's Investigation into July Seventh'....
Milan Rai wasn't sure if he'd make it to his own book launch.He's been in court this morning, charged with organising anunauthorised demonstration in the vicinity of Parliament - thiswas when he and Maya Evans read out the names of dead soldiers bythe Cenotaph last year. However, he's here (having been fined,although he's refusing to pay) for the launch of his measured, analytical book '7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the IraqWar' and a public meeting at a Friends Meeting House in centralLondon. Evans, a member of the group Justice not Vengeance, is the chair, and the speakers are Iraqi activist academic Nadje al-Ali, 7/7 survivor and writer Rachel North and 'radical historian'Mark Curtis.
The room is filled with thoughtful people who want to listen and discuss the issues, and as it transpires, some who are convinced that a lack of CCTV footage proves that Tony Blair personally Sellotaped exploding wombats to the underground tracks.The speakers are excellent. Iraqi Londoner Nadje al-Ali explainsthat 'In Iraq, people say goodbye every morning as if for thelast time, because it could be.' She herself is 'scared by Bush'spolicies and Islamic extremism alike'. She's insistent that peaceful activists have to examine what they have achieved and what they haven't, and have to ask 'What is our failure?' Just as the people at the meeting are not the ones who need convincing, the people who ask these hard questions are the ones who least need to. Governments rarely ask this of themselves. But there's a solid self-awareness about these panelists which can be used; they openly acknowledge that you can't just preach to the converted. We get a niggling sense, though, that the consistent willingness to acknowledge failure and shortcoming, although only the right thing to do, is seen as a weakness itself by those who disagree. Still, what else can you do?
Mark Curtis is especially thoughtful and eloquent, saying it's'entirely rational' for Iran to be acquiring nuclear weapons, asmilitary intervention is sending a clear message that countriesneed to protect themselves. Well, yeah. He reels off interestingand terrifying interconnecting facts about British arms exports,alliances with oppressive elites, and how the 'foreign policyboomerang' is making us less safe.
Rachel North talks about how it's possible to eke positive things out of the atrocities. She's written copiously in the press and on her blog about the sense of unity and solidarity felt by the victims and the people ofLondon, and is also tireless in pressing for a public enquiry and stressing the need to put constant bugs in the government's ear.This evening she firmly stresses the need for insight, insistingthat 'we need to understand what made [the bomber on the King's Cross train] do it, then we can engage with it and attack it at the source'. She understands that 'ideas can't be made war on'but we've got to do better than 'fighting violence and fear with more violence and fear'.
Rai himself is engaging, funny and impassioned. He explains with a deliberate drawl that he's 'a living demonstration of the misnomer that the Serious... Organised... Crimes... Act... has become.' He goes on to say that there's pretty much unanimousagreement on the part of the government, the Home and Foreign Offices and the British people that there's a link between theattacks and the war on Iraq, but Blair is doing his best to deflect it with nifty lawyerly pronouncements. He speaks about media self-censorship and complicity, the hardening of attitudes towards Muslims - all heavy and depressing stuff, but it's heartening to hear it aired with a view to attempting to alter it.
Then questions are taken, and the fun really begins after thefirst one or two. An imperious voice says something about Rai's book being, with all due respect, wrong. Maya Evans gets heavy.She is aware that 'some people have come to disagree', and gives the speaker three minutes to talk. Although this is a public meeting, there is an agenda of sorts which this speaker isn't aligning himself with - since the agenda isn't completely clarified, there's immediate tension. A tall middle-aged man in a crinkled cream suit comes to the front and explains that 'the purpose of 7/7 was to abort the G8 summit - there were no Muslim terrorists - the bombs were maybe strapped underneath thetrains...' The hot, stuffy room goes still - any incipient boos and tuts are suppressed, exasperation released only in barely-audible sighs. It's standard-issue conspiracy theorist tripe, andyet there's a discomfort felt in hearing it which may come fromthe knowledge that if he believes this, others will, and the search for truth is put into further needless jeopardy by people who loftily claim to be the only real seekers of it. He continues with strident pronouncements as to train time discrepancies andother details he considers evidence of governmental skulduggery,and insists that 'synthetic terror' is being created. Wonderful phrase, but unfortunately anchored in nothing but hubris. He sits down to a mighty clatter of applause from one row.
Nadje al-Ali wearily responds that 'your anger is misplaced. Mil is trying to expose government lies - we are not polarised. But in saying there were no bombers, you're not helping me, you're not helping anyone.' North, the subject of some colourful theories herself(apparently, she's a whole team of MI5 operatives), merely says,'I think you can probably guess my response.'
There's further fuss from the Independent Enquiry contingent.Maya Evans has a formidable presence but struggles a little,veering between allowing free speech to show its silly arse aswell as its fresh face, and insisting that the subject must beclosed because it's not on the agenda. We veer along with her. On one hand, yes, let them give themselves enough rope to hang themselves with, and don't give them an excuse to cry'suppression of information'. On the other hand, they're wasting time, souring the atmosphere; and although they're civilised enough and there's no risk of a chair-hurling saloon brawl erupting, the small group are a dominant presence. One man behindus in a loud and clear Brian Sewell tone asks 'if Milan Rai believes in "innocent until proven guilty", and if so, why is hepresuming the guilt of these three lads without trial?' Rai looksdown at the table. Evans says that they've covered this and won't answer the question. 'If you won't answer then we'll draw conclusions,' huffs the man. Evans backs up a bit. 'If we answer this, can we have a promise from you that we'll move on?' The man says he can't promise for the rest of the group, and besides,'You're the chair - you decide when we move on.' He's right, ofcourse - she does, and he's just niftily pointed out how she'sundermined her own authority. b*. But like most of the people in the room, Evans wants more than anything to be reasonable, to have reasonable debate. She's torn, like the rest of us, between letting the loons let rip and shushing them like a schoolmistress.
'Would you like to sit down?' she asks the man.'I wouldn't *like* to,' he retorts, 'but I shall'. It's all pettypoint-scoring, and the assumption that a refusal to answer a silly question speaks simply *volumes*, when in fact it's the only sensible thing to do. Start bickering with conspiracy theorists and you begin to eat into what's already been achieved- the fragile establishment of rationale and a tentative wayforward for debate. You might as well just down tools and have acustard pie fight - y'know, to relieve the tension.
The meeting breaks up amicably enough, with acknowledgement of the 'tension in the room' and relief that it's been resolvedpeacefully enough for now. It's been something of a microcosm ofthe situation being discussed. The difficult struggle to reach a consensus and a solution through civilised discussion, in order to avoid further violence (or in this case shouting, and moreplaintive bleats of 'that's *censorship!*'). The importance of hearing everyone's view versus the strong instinct to block someunpleasant voices out. There's also the sad realisation thatpeople will always scrap amongst themselves whatever common ground they have; and also that people's beliefs, whether in the absolute imperative of jihad and martyrdom or in the perpetration of black ops and the non-existence of suicide bombers, become unshakeable fast. Conspiracy theorists are still fundamentalists of a kind, and it's too late to convince them they're wrong, but thankfully it is safe in their case to ignore them. Still,they're fascinating, with their obsessive attention to superfluous detail, their misplaced paranoia and twisting of thewords of witnesses to fit their agenda. It's sad when they actually want many of the things the rest of us do, as was pointed out.
The problem they create is that they give questioning officialdom a bad name, making it easy to write everyone off who raises a hand and says, 'No, I don't think that's a good enough explanation.'
Then again, as we walked to the tube full of Quaker tea and flapjacks, it did occur to us that there never *has* been any official explanation as to why the bombed number 30 bus carried an advertisement for the horror film 'The Descent', including thereview quote 'OUTRIGHT TERROR... BOLD AND BRILLIANT'. Perhaps we should be told?
Justice Not Vengeance: http://www.j-n-v.org
Rachel's Blog: http://www.rachelnorthlondon.blogspot.com
They Did It In America Too, You Know:http://www.policestateplanning.com/loose_change_ii.htm
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http://rachelnorthlondon.blogspot.com/2006/04/friday-project-on-false- flag.html
I was not at that meeting and quite glad about it. However I do find thisabove entry to be completely arrogant. This episode presents an interesting incite in to how we as a group are being perceived and how we present our arguments that informs that perception.
What I like about this and the Illusions forum is it is a place to test out arguments and learn about how you have presented them based on the reaction and feed back you received.
I am intrigued how anti Semitism that good old blanket has now popped up again. Last week I was in a class on 'Islamic Fundamentalism' (Not training to be one, might I add) but trying to understand how much actually exists and how much is a creation of our Government and our Media, in this class we discussed 9/11 and what it would mean if it were an inside job. The PNAC came up and we as a class talked through it. After wards we were asked what we believed about 9/11 based on the info presented in class. A journalist who was a student said he was not convinced 9/11 was an inside job, I challenged him and asked but does PNAC not at least show a possible motive if not at least an interest on part of the American government, considering it describes a catalysing event like Pearl Harbour is needed to unite the American people in a quest for economical and political dominance. His answer was he did not trust criticism of such a document as he feels it is anti-Semitic. Now I must be fair in that it appeared this is the first time he has heard of such a document with out reading it, but how the hell could an investigative journalist come to that conclusion. It is ridiculous. Being critical of PNAC or The Grand Chessboard does not make you anti-Semitic and I am concerned and deeply suspicious of anyone that says it does. It’s very similar to the reporting of the unofficial views on 9/11 last year after the London bombings. A journalist for the Telegraph went to a Mosque and interviewed a few Muslim young men about Islamic terrorism and 9/11. When they expressed that they believed 9/11 to be an inside job he was disgusted (emotional reaction) and did not investigate their claims (logical reaction) and instead wrote an article called ‘let us prey’ in which he declared that alternative views on 9/11 are a result of Muslims in denial and he was critical of the police in protecting individual who held such views, those who he believed to be the reason we have Islamic fundamentalism today. That style of reporting is exactly the same as the above link I have quoted. It is not the 9/11 truth movement who ‘give questioning officialdom a bad name’ it is a reporting based on emotional reactions that give questioning officialdom a bad name.
As for the Rachel from North London situation lets not react on an emotional level as many members seem to be doing. Lets see her as a gift a real gift. Her questioning of our arguments is an incredibly healthy process that we must all experience and learn from. If she cuts our argument down then maybe it is not strong enough. It means we have to work harder.
So a big thank you to Rachel and Void etc. Keep questioning, bring it on but don’t try and tar us with the brush of anti Semitism or conspirloons (or whatever you call it), give people the respect you wish to receive.
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ian neal Angel - now passed away
Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 3140 Location: UK
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johnnyvoid wrote: | as a long time activist ive learnt that the whole your a spook, shes a spook thing leads nowhere, we'll rarely uncover who is really who, and it credits no-one and certainly diminshes any movement when slurs such as that begin flying around
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Agreed, but not a particularly original thought since several of us including myself have said precisely this point on several occasions on the thread you refer to.
When you say ...
johnnyvoid wrote: | my points in my original piece were aimed at the 9/11 truth movement in general, not just those in the london group and who post on these boards
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johnnyvoid wrote: | ...i had hoped that yourself and david would have taken the lead on this and created a credible campaign, rather than the gathering of usual suspects and their delusional, evidence free assertations |
I take this to mean that when you refer to the usual suspects, the silly shower and describe 'us' as delusional and anti-semitic and far-righters you are refering to BOTH the 'London group' and this network/forum as well as the wider 9/11 movement. So I ask again, when you accuse 'us' the 'London group' and this network of being these things, who are you specifically referring to? They can then defend themselves. What is this criticism based on: one London meeting and reading this forum and Rachel's blog? Anything else?
Perhaps also you can answer my questions from my previous posts:
Do you support the united call for a further inquiry?
Who would you suggest as a credible voice for 9/11 truth in this country? Which websites, DVDs, books and resources would you recommend
You say you follow 9/11 truth closely. So who do you know within the 9/11 truth movement in this country, in the US and internationally? How have you supported 9/11 truth movement yourself? |
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johnnyvoid Wrecker
Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 23
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Quote: | So I ask again, when you accuse 'us' the 'London group' and this network of being these things, who are you specifically referring to? |
im not going to name names on a public forum, but i did say that i heard the illuminati mentioned more than once at the meeting i went to and it went unchallenged, and that was enough to make me never go back
and alex jones is linked from the front page of this site
id re-iterate that i wrote the piece in response to milan rai and rachel being targetted, a daft and unproductive action imo
annie i take your point about how rachel may or may not have behaved, but for the record she denies it |
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Annie 9/11 Truth Organiser
Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 830 Location: London
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Hi JohnnyVoid
For the record, I saw what I saw at the London social event which Rachel attended (BTW I'd never heard of Rachel North before that evening) and I stick by it as well.
If you won't give us any more details of the alleged "Illuminati meeting" on a public forum, why not send a message to me privately? I'm sure that such a thing would not have gone unchallenged. I remember the issue being raised at the same social event, and Dave saying that it wasn't the time and the place to raise such topics.
Regards
Annie _________________ All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing - Edmund Burke.
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem Americanam appellant - Tacitus Redactus. |
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ian neal Angel - now passed away
Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 3140 Location: UK
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I'm surprised given Jonny's posting that he is not consider a critic and asked to post in critics corner |
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PaulStott Relentless Limpet Shill
Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 326 Location: All Power To The People, No More Power To The Pigs
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Annie wrote: |
For the record, David and I were intelligence officers in MI5, which was essentially a coordinating and analytical role, not agents involved in penetrating terrorist groups and reporting back. |
Yet another version of your time in MI5!
Given Shayler has recounted running an agent in Class War (he gives varying versions of this story, and obviously refuses to name the person, although information from Barristers in another court case revealed it to be a man called Andy Bryant) and you yourself have recounted buggering about at Socialist Workers Party events in Skegness, you were penetrating political groups. Why not terrorist one's as well?
Secondly both of you worked on the Lockerbie case (by any definition a terrorist attack) indeed to this day you remain an indefatigable supporter of the US/UK government's position that Libya was solely responsible.
9/11 truth activists may wish to note the Praise for MI5's work with the FBI on Lockerbie, which can be found on p.110-1 of the 9/11 Commission report. _________________ http://paulstott.typepad.com/911cultwatch/ |
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John White Site Admin
Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 3187 Location: Here to help!
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ian neal wrote: | I'm surprised given Jonny's posting that he is not consider a critic and asked to post in critics corner |
???
What would be the point Ian when hes not been on the site for almost 2 years?
Why are you bumping this thread for such a spurious reason? _________________ Free your Self and Free the World |
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kbo234 Validated Poster
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Yes, these recent posts are puzzling stuff. |
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Mark Gobell On Gardening Leave
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Ian? _________________ The Medium is the Massage - Marshall McLuhan. |
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