'Al Qaida Bomb Plot' hoax?

Rupert Murdoch - Completely Bonkers?


As predicted here Thursday, April 09, 2009,
[Deliberate?] 'Security leak' prompts arrests in suspected al-Qaida plot

Well at least their arses are covered when it later turns out that the alleged "al-Qaida plot" was a complete fabrication.

The completely bonkers version:
Scramble to find the Easter bomb factory

A desperate (shock!! Horror!!) search was under way last night for the terrorist bomb factory (shock!! Horror!!) from which a suspected al-Qaeda cell (shock!! Horror!!) planned to launch a devastating attack (shock!! Horror!!) in Manchester.

The slightly more rational version:
Raids on 'bomb plotters' fail to unearth explosives

Raids to foil an alleged al-Qa'ida bomb plot, hurriedly brought forward after a blunder by a senior police officer, are yet to uncover any explosives or firearms, according to senior security sources.

but wait . . . . wait:

But further pressure was growing on the government last night after after it emerged that the suspects being questioned today may have exploited lax student visa regulations to enter the UK from Pakistan.

aaahhhhhh. Dirty filthy illegal immigrants, eh? How DARE they seek an education! Well we can fix that by kicking out all immigrants then. Good thing the cops found something though, was it not? Otherwise it might end up looking like a very cynical attempt to distract from the death of Ian Tomlinson at the hands of the police, rather then the vitally urgent anti-terrorist/anti-immigrant raid it was.

Bob Quick's Open Seekrits
pic courtesy of: Cryptome.org


From Rupert Murdoch's completely bonkers version:

The alleged Manchester plot represents a significant shift in tactics by terror groups based in Pakistan who view Britain as a prime target.

if it's an 'alleged plot' how could it represent anything but an allegation?

Between 2002 and 2006 their emphasis was on training young Britons. But if these plot allegations are proven, they suggest that planners are now exporting operatives here.

But if these plot allegations are UN-proven what would that represent, Rupert?

This week’s suspects had been under covert surveillance for a month and preparations for the swoop were already advanced before Mr Quick allowed crucial documents to be photographed as he went to brief the Prime Minister.

A whole month, eh? Well they simply must have been guilty of something nefarious then, no?

The suspects were allegedly seen filming in central Manchester and intelligence services had intercepted “chatter” suggesting that an attack could occur as early as this weekend

Filthy Freakin' F*$khead FILMERS!!!! String 'em up!

And what would we do without our wonderful 'chatter'? We'd be lost without it, no?

meanwhile back at the ranch . . .
UK unemployment passes two million

and
UK unemployment figures rising

but hey, as long at the police keep doing a sterling job hunting that 'chatter' none of that really matters, does it?

speaking of sterling:
Weak pound helps exports

haahaaahaa - WHAT exports? good old Guardian, always looking on the bright side. Of course the fact the the UK no longer exports anything of any real value, having shipped nearly all manufacturing overseas, makes that headline appear a little pointless.

More importantly though:
A FURTHER steep rise in the cost of food is keeping shop price inflation high, new figures from the British Retail Consortium have revealed.

Addendum:
From Wednesday, 18 February 2009:
'Bomb plot' case jury dismissed

The jury in the trial of eight men accused of conspiring to murder by blowing up transatlantic airliners has been discharged for "legal reasons".

It is not yet known why the judge, Mr Justice Henriques, took his decision to discharge the jury.

A new jury will be sworn in and the case re-started at a time to be fixed.

just for kicks, like

Human Rights Watch [sic] still lying

Marc Garlasco: moved over to Human Rights Watch
after working 7 years at Pentagon(?)
Postman (Lord) Patel nails it . . .

On the 16th August we posted Russia uses Cluster Bombs on civilian targets in Georgia which was based on a widely reported Human Rights watch report. A friend kindly pointed out what a bunch of lying fuckers they have been .. in fact they have an impressive track record. (of which more soon)

Now it turns out the bombs were M85 bombs of Israeli manufacture, and used by the Georgians. A letter from the Georgian Defence Ministry to HRW said the bombs were used "against Russian military equipment and armament" near the Roki tunnel that links Russia to South Ossetia. The Georgians have admitted using them. The original report was by a helpful chappie called Marc Garlasco, who moved over to Human Rights Watch after working 7 years at Pentagon. HRW has acknowledged cluster bomb use, but has not retracted their now baseless accusations against the Russians and still maintain the Russians used them. Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Clusterfuck on Blog Simple

Pipelines from the Russia, Stupid™


Cool reception for Cheney in Azerbaijan
Russia Today, Sept5, 2008

American Vice President Dick Cheney’s visit to the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, appears to be have been unsuccessful for Washington, unlike his visit to Tbilisi. Cheney received a cool welcome and, according to Russia’s Kommersant newspaper, Azerbaijan’s President Ilkham Aliyev has implied that Baku is going to play a waiting game concerning the Nabucco gas pipeline, which is set to bypass Russia. Neither President Ilkham Aliyev nor the Prime Minister, Artur Rasizade, were there to greet Cheney at Baku airport. Instead, he was met by the country’s First Deputy PM and the Foreign Minister.

The Kommersant newspaper reports that Cheney was very annoyed by the results of the meeting with President Aliyev and even refused to attend a ceremonial supper in his own honour. Aleksandr Pikaev, an analyst from the Institute for World Economy and International Relations, believes Dick Cheney is hardly the right man for diplomacy in the region.

Human Rights Watch [sic] caught lying . . . again!

HRW provided this picture as evidence identifying
the weapon debris shown as a Russian RBK-250 clusterbomb.


Moon Of Alabamha has the scoop:

HRW Continues False Cluster Bomb Accusations against Russians

On August 15 Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Russian Federation of having used cluster bombs in the conflict with Georgia. These accusations were widely repeated in the 'western' media. The Russian Federation consistently denied any use of cluster ammunition. As it now turns out the repeated HRW accusations were wrong. The 'evidence' provided by HRW was based on pictures and misidentified ammunition in those.

The ammunition in question is of Israeli origin and was used by the Georgian military. The Georgian Ministry of Defense has now admitted as much. HRW now also acknowledges this in a new press statement. But it continues to claim Russian use of such weapons. It does so by pointing to its own older reports which clearly misidentified Georgian cluster ammunition as Russian made. HRW has still to show any proof for its continuing accusations against the Russian Federation.

While reviewing the story as documented below, notice the special role of HRW's 'senior military analyst' Marc Garlasco in this propaganda effort.

An August 15 HRW press release claimed:

Human Rights Watch said Russian aircraft dropped RBK-250 cluster bombs, each containing 30 PTAB 2.5M submunitions, on the town of Ruisi in the Kareli district of Georgia on August 12, 2008. On the same day, a cluster strike in the center of the town of Gori killed at least eight civilians and injured dozens, Human Rights Watch said.

A Russian(?) blogger noticed as much [that Human Rights Watch was LYING] yesterday.

See also:
Weapons found in Kodori Gorge, Georgia,
with English Markings
Cache of Georgian arms found in Kodori Gorge