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Police recover largest haul of bomb making chemicals

cant believe it | 06.10.2006 20:11 | Analysis | Anti-racism

Unfortunately I can believe this.
What "police are believed to be the largest haul ever found [of bomb making chemicals] at a house in this country" seems to have had no space at all on mainstream media other than on this local paper.
Easy to see the difference with recently media hyped police operations. No middle eastern people this time but 2 surely white Brits with established BNP connections.

Chemicals Find: Two In Court

TWO Pendle men have appeared before Pennine magistrates accused of having "a master plan" after what is believed to be a record haul of chemicals used in making home-made bombs was found in Colne.

Robert Cottage (49), of Talbot Street, Colne, and David Bolus Jackson (62), of Trent Road, Nelson, made separate appearances before the court charged with being in possession of an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose. The offences are under the Explosive Substances Act 1883.
Both men were remanded in custody to appear at Burnley Crown Court on October 23rd. Cottage was arrested at his home on Thursday, while retired dentist Jackson was arrested in the Lancaster area on Friday, the same day as he left a dental practice in Grange-over-Sands.
The 22 chemical components recovered by police are believed to be the largest haul ever found at a house in this country.
Cottage is an ex-BNP member who stood as a candidate in the Pendle Council elections in May.
Mrs Christiana Buchanan, who appeared for the prosecution in Jackson's case, alleged the pair had "some kind of masterplan".
She said a search of Jackson's home had uncovered rocket launchers, chemicals, BNP literature and a nuclear biological suit.
Police raided Cottage's Talbot Street home on Thursday of last week. The house was taped off while forensics officers searched the premises. Neighbours were told to stay in their homes for their own safety. Mr Cottage's car was also taken away for examination.
Officers also made a thorough examination of Jackson's Trent Road home and, again, officers were on duty outside the house. Forensics officers examined the property.
06 October 2006


 http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=8&ArticleID=1806619

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Jack Straw, 'the PM, the Archbishop and Jemima Khan [sic]' note!

06.10.2006 20:31



And the 'Evening Standard' London too!

justspotted


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07.10.2006 01:57

Christiana BuchananExtract from the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales

Main Charity 1080672

SEDBERGH SCHOOL
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Trustees MR JAMES ANTHONY CROPPER FCA
MRS CHRISTIANA BUCHANAN LLB
MR ROBERT STEWART NAPIER MA
RT REV DR DAVID CHARLES JAMES BSC
MRS SUSAN BAGOT
MR JOHN GUTHRIE MA
MR SAMUEL ALAN MILES RAYNER
MR ANDREW OGILVIE ROBERTSON OBE LLB

anon


car boot stock

07.10.2006 16:26

hmmm haul of chemicals, or the stock of a regular car boot stall car chemicals sale, one lump of old drain pipe and a rold army nbc jacket used as a coat.
all well and good appluading the persecution of the BNP, but I can not help thinking how many days before it is out turn to be silenced for dissent.

malc


Largest haul?

07.10.2006 16:47

There's lies, damned lies, and statistics, and it looks as if the latter has been applied to the case of the (probable) two racist right-wing old farts.

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The 22 chemical components recovered by police are believed to be the largest haul ever found at a house in this country.
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It seems pretty clear that the yellow journalism is referring to the '22' not the QUANTITY of the ingredients when using the term 'largest'. By this reckoning, its lucky they weren't found in possession of a schoolboy's chemistry set circa 1965.

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She said a search of Jackson's home had uncovered rocket launchers, chemicals, BNP literature and a nuclear biological suit.
UNQUOTE

Says it all really. Sad losers who have had the misfortune of having two hobbies, one of which was the spouting the old "if I ruled the rule, the 'master race' would take its rightful place" to anyone stupid enough to listen. The other hobby was kitchen chemistry, not too suprising for someone who was a dentist.

Now, of course, US history shows that some people of this background (a tiny minority) WILL go on to be a serious public problem (including acts of terror). The vast majority will not. The greatest danger of racism is NOT with individual crackpots, but with institutional racism acted out by the press and the government (as seen daily in the UK). If these arrests prove not to be genuine (as implied by the press reports) they do serve the purpose of creating a template to be used to harrass muslims. The same thing happens in the US. Token raids on 'white guys' justifying massive police action against muslims in the same vein.

By the way, it is common for local press to exaggerate their stories to such an extent that people question why the story is not in the national press, and immediately turn to conspiracy as a answer. The national press knows it would be a laughing stock if it talked about anything other than the QUANTITY (ie., weight) of 'bomb making' chemicals. However, the local press has NO REPUTATION to maintain, so feels free to play word games with the number "22".

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alleged the pair had "some kind of masterplan".
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how low have we sunk? Why do you think the police no longer gather REAL evidence. Why no wiretaps and bugs gathering the SPECIFIC plan? You already know the answer to this question. When real evidence is not gathered (when the circumstances would make this all too easy), it is because real evidence DOES NOT EXIST.

Undercover TV expose shows illustrate how easy it is to get the bad guys to hang themselves. But somehow, magically, you are supposed to believe that the same methods are not available to the police, when they are investigating crimes serious enough to bring near unlimited budgets?

POLICE STATES NEVER EVER SEEK TO COLLECT PROPER EVIDENCE. You are fooled into cheering this when the targets (as with racist scum like in this case) are your enemies. BLAIR INSISTS THAT YOU DROP YOUR STANDARDS, AND ALLOW THE SAME TO BE TRUE FOR HIM AND HIS THUGS. This is the whole basis of the world famous "First they came for X and I did nothing" speech. The early 'x's, of course, are groups in society that you so disapprove of, that you don't care about the state abuse of power used to take them down. But as the state is empowered to abuse more and more, in the end no system of law or justice exists to protect YOU.

Blair's own intelligence service maintains the BNP precisely for this use. A whipping boy distraction from the genocidal racist crimes of Blair's New Reich party, and their allies in so many other nations.

twilight


something else. . . .

10.10.2006 13:34

do remember to . . . . name

check last comment with BNP BOMBS piece, under this, newswire