[lit-ideas] Re: the bombing blues
- From: "Veronica Caley" <vcaley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:10:52 -0400
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?)
>
> --
>
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>
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