Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Hmmmmmm

Although I have no time for many of the London conspiracy theories, a few minutes reading of some mainstream news sources has thrown up some questions.

At 8.12 yesterday morning Sky News reported that the police had already located 2,500 tapes from tube stations and buses which would have to be reviewed for clues. As I drove to work yesterday at a similar time, Radio 5 were interviewing a security expert who claimed that an hour of video footage takes 4 hours to analyse. Individuals, ALL individuals recorded have to be listed and entered onto a database. The database is then searched for repeat entries - for example 'man in blue hoodie with black rucksack'. These repeat entries then have to be studied to see if they are truly linked. It is a huge, labour intensive task. The expert predicted it would take months.

Yet 18 hours later police had positively identified all four of the bombers from CCTV footage at Kings Cross station. Is that remarkable police work? A lucky coincidence? (Update: BBC News 24 are now reporting that the four were also caught on CCTV at Luton)

Speaking of coincidence, the CCTV cameras on the number 30 bus blown up by one of the bombers were not working. So no way to compare the faces on the Kings Cross/Luton CCTV with footage taken at one of the bombing locations. Hmmmmmm.

Secondly, despite each of the blasts causing substantial damage at their respective locations, property belonging to 3 of the bombers has been found and positively identified. Documents identifying one of the bombers has been found at two of the locations. Again - coincidence? Did each of the bombers have his name clearly written on everything he had with him that morning? This story has remarkable parallels to US investigators finding of the passports belonging to two of the 9/11 hijackers just laying on the New York streets, despite the inferno which was supposed to have engulfed the planes. Hmmmmmm.

I am unable to verify the following as I not prepared to join the Evening Standard's forum (it's a fascist, right wing piece of filth), but Prison Planet has copied and pasted the following exchange.

Hi everyone,
Did anyone travelling in BEFORE the attacks began yesterday notice anything peculiar on their tube journey? I catch the Piccadilly line at 7.15am each morning from Southgate to reach my work in Kensington by 8.00. Normally, all seats are taken by Finsbury Park and carriages are packed by Kings Cross. However, yesterday my tube journey was eerily quiet. For the first time ever there were spare seats in my carriage all the way through zone 1. It was noticeable enough for me to wonder what on earth was going on. This was at 7.45 - over an hour before attacks began. I've also heard people saying that the Northern Line was being shut down at the same time. Is there something that we're not being told?

Another member responds,

yes!!
I was due to pick a work collegue up from balham at 7:15am, but when i got there i was greeted with Tube emergency vans, police and and hoards of people being turned away from a closed station. All very strange they must have known something was going to happan, the surely had a tip off. As i drove along the road, (which also follows the tubes) they were all shut and hundreds of people were queing for buses. when i reached Oval, which was open there were two armed policemen in a road next to the station, which for a quiet area like that is extremly rare. the northen line was shut from morden to stockwell. They blatently knew something was going down, they just got it wrong and are hoping no one mentions anything.
Hmmmmmm.

And let's not forget the exercise taking place last Thursday which simulated the Underground being bombed at the exact same locations and at the exact same time as happened in real life. Hmmmmmm.

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