Judy:independent cells are a scary idea I have lived with for some while now (what kind of cover-up were you thinking of?) I am not sure. But I am very wary of the Bush administration sealing the records of several presidents including Reagan's, his father's and even Clinton's. Also, the administrations dealings with journalists. Veronica > [Original Message] > From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 7/8/2005 1:04:23 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: the bombing blues > > Friday, July 8, 2005, 5:17:52 PM, Veronica Caley wrote: > > > VC> My condolences as well. Having been bombed, a lot, during WWII, I can > VC> certainly sympathize. And my congratulations to the British people as a > VC> whole as well as victims and relatives. They are amazing and more than > VC> admirable. > > VC> When I first heard this on TV a few minutes after it happened, I heard that > VC> a group claimed responsibility. It's name was 'something'-al-jihad. > > BBC Newsblog>One of the things being looked at is this claim published on the > BBC Newsblog>internet by this little known group Organisation for al-Qaeda Jihad > BBC Newsblog>Secret Organisation in Europe. > > I would post the claim or the link to it but can't easily do that as > my ADSL's slowed to a crawl > > VC> Shortly thereafter, all I hear is that the terrorists were trying to > VC> disrupt the G8 conference. > > > The usual claim here, both offical and by the media, is that the timing's linked > to the presence of the G8 here but is about Iraq. > > > VC> What are they trying to cover up here? > VC> Although the first report said they had never heard of the group, now they > VC> are saying al Qaeda. I think news media/government are trying to hide that > VC> there are independent cells, bankrolled by who knows who, and they are > VC> trying to cover it up. > > > I think they're using Al Qaeda as shorthand -- the people saying that, > that is; the media here and government sources here and experts here > have said for a long time that there's no unified one-leader body > called Al Qaeda (or that "Al Qaeda" is now acephalous) that there > are independent cells.(But they do leave > traces, as earlier investigations here have shown.) The nearest anyone's > got to an idea of who planted and triggered the bombs is that it was a > mixed group of British Radical > Islamists and other RIs. That's because the bombings don't fit the IRA > pattern. (It may be some while before there's any adequate evidence.) > > > VC> Or, I am becoming paranoid. > > independent cells are a scary idea I have lived with for some while > now (what kind of cover-up were you thinking of?) > > -- > > mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html