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July
8, 2005
1. I prefer the hybrid model for all these attacks, by
which I mean the involvement of real Islamic terrorists guided by an
intelligence agency. The intelligence agency funds much of the
operation, chooses the targets and the time, and provides technical
assistance. The Islamic terrorists provide most of the manpower. In
some cases the terrorists are completely fooled into participating
(probably what happened in Madrid, a Spanish police operation with
Muslim men tricked into being in the wrong place at the wrong time),
and in some cases they go along with the promptings of the intelligence
agency as the operation fits into their own agenda.
2. Problems
in the taking of responsibility may either indicate a mistake by the
sponsoring intelligence agency, or, more likely, a lack of education in
the al Qaeda 'cell' coupled with the lack of communication necessary in
an operation that relies on independent cells.
3. Did you notice how much better the Wikipedia article
is than anything in the old-fashioned mainstream media?
4. Blair was riding high with the Olympic win and the
G-8 summit, so it is unlikely that he was aware of the operation. That
is not to say that there was no British government involvement.
5. The attack will almost certainly allow the
imposition of fascistic ID cards on the British population, a goal that
was dead prior to the attacks due to the complete rejection of the idea
by the British public.
6. From WagNews:
"The bombings come just a day after
London was selected to host the 2012 Olympic games, and after a world
focus on London as part of the Live 8 concert events. Were the attack
to have taken place just 24hrs. before - it would have scuppered
London's bid for the games."
The timing was very fine. It did not ruin the British Olympic bid, as
the British plutocrats dearly wanted the Olympics, but it needed to
happen before the G-8 Summit started. It can now be used to start a new
war in the Middle East, to protect Bush from having to commit on
climate change, and to shelter Bush and Blair from recent revelations
about the lies which led to the attack on Iraq.
7. The Israelis got caught in a big mess attempting
to claim that they were not given prior warning by British officials,
when they clearly were
given such warning, and Netanyahu changed his
plans because of the warning. Much is being made of this, but to me it
indicates no Israeli involvement (well, at least not by the mainstream
Israeli government). Had Israel been involved in the attack, it would
have been much better prepared to spin it properly. The confusion is
evidence of innocence.
8. The attack appears to be technically identical to
the Madrid attack. Bombs in bags triggered by cellphones. Some
are trying to argue that the sophistication of the attack means that
the West now has to throw all caution to the winds and engage in a full
fledged war against Islam. This is nonsense. Rather than being
sophisticated, the attack was absurdly simple. It could be repeated
anywhere in the world tomorrow. There is no defense against it.
That alone should prompt us to conclusively reject the insane Zionist
model that we can somehow fight a war against terror. The only
appropriate response is to find out what's bugging the Islamic world,
and negotiate a rational agreement. That would involve the same three
completely reasonable requests we have always faced:
- a fair resolution of the Palestinian problem, which
would involve the creation of a viable Palestinian state (so this
predictable response
is completely backasswards);
- removal of Western troops from Islamic countries (moving
them from Iraq to Afghanistan doesn't count!); and
- replacement of corrupt Western toady regimes in
Middle Eastern countries.
Each of these requests is completely just, and progress needs to be
made before more innocent people are killed.
9. It appears that the old deal between the British
government and international terrorism - that London would host
terrorist organizations from around the world, and not interfere with
their international operations, on condition that they not attack
London - is now over.
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