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Al Qaeda = PNAC, CIA, Mossad, MI6 | 22.04.2007 22:17 | Repression | Terror War

As the legal ramifications of aspects of Bliar's Corruption come to bear, the Regime starts waving Emmanuel Goldstein - with the media's help - in the hopes of yet again distracting the populace.

Police poised to charge Blair's top adviser
Julia May in London
April 23, 2007

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Blair's aides to face charges in 'cash-for-honours' row: reports
Blair's aides facing charges in 'cash-for-honours' row

THE corruption scandal involving the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has intensified, with police poised to charge some of his advisers. And an embarrassing document has surfaced that reveals Mr Blair's strategy for wooing and "flattering" wealthy donors.

Scotland Yard detectives completed their 13-month "cash-for-peerages" inquiry and referred it to the Crown Prosecution Service on Friday. The Sunday Times reported that police were targeting Mr Blair's chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, over a secret meeting he allegedly held last year about "dealing with" the inquiry.

The paper claimed police were urging the prosecution service to charge Mr Powell with attempting to pervert the course of justice - a more serious crime than selling peerages or failing to disclose funding, both of which were investigated.

In another blow, The Sunday Telegraph published a damning Labour Party document that outlined the roles of the Prime Minister, his chief fund-raiser, Lord Levy, and Mr Blair's most senior advisers in luring donors by giving them access to senior Labour figures and "creating a reason to give". These included flattering donors' offers of policy advice and arranging private meetings with Mr Blair.

The cash-for-peerages investigation was sparked by allegations the Labour Party had sold nominations for the House of Lords for secret loans of £14 million.

Detectives expanded the investigation to include the other political parties. They interviewed 136 people - including Mr Blair - and arrested four people close to him: Lord Levy, Mr Blair's government relations adviser, Ruth Turner and a Labour backer, Sir Christopher Evans. The fourth person, Des Smith, a member of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, was interviewed but not charged. All have denied any wrongdoing.

The momentum for the case comes in what observers say are Mr Blair's final weeks in office. It is thought he will announce his resignation on May 9 or May 10, by which time the May 3 Scottish elections and a power-sharing agreement with Northern Ireland would be completed.

Angus MacNeil, the Scottish National Party MP who last year tipped off police about the cash-for-peerages deals, said it was unlikely there would be any charges before the Scottish election, but before Mr Blair steps down "would certainly be possible. It casts a massive cloud over Tony Blair's premiership".

The Scottish elections could also prove problematical for Mr Blair and his likely successor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. Polls indicate that the Scottish National Party may defeat Labour for the first time, and that the SNP's calls for independence are striking a chord among voters.

But Mr Brown has had a change of fortune after several torrid weeks in which his economic record was seriously undermined. A survey of Labour MPs by his supporters shows that he easily has the numbers to assume the leadership when Mr Blair departs.

This was further bolstered yesterday as a prospective leadership contender, Environment Secretary David Miliband, firmly ruled out a challenge by writing in The Observer that he would vote for Mr Brown.

 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/22/1177180485855.html

Al-Qaeda‘planning big British attack’Dipesh Gadher

AL-QAEDA leaders in Iraq are planning the first “large-scale” terrorist attacks on Britain and other western targets with the help of supporters in Iran, according to a leaked intelligence report.

(Are these the same 'intelligence' operatives who told us Saddam's vast arsenal of WMD posed a dire threat to the world? There is no evidence that the group - which does not seem to exist outisde of Western/Israeli intelligence services - has ever operated in Iraq. The allegation that Iran, the next target of the Neo-Fascists, is in on the plot, makes me a tad sceptical ...)

Spy chiefs warn that one operative had said he was planning an attack on “a par with Hiroshima and Nagasaki” in an attempt to “shake the Roman throne”, a reference to the West.

("Spy chiefs"? Whom? This is interesting, given that it weas just announced that there would be drills to simulate a nuclear-terror strike. Remember, there were similar "drills" (Command Posts?) running on both 9/11 and 7/7.)

Another plot could be timed to coincide with Tony Blair stepping down as prime minister, an event described by Al-Qaeda planners as a “change in the head of the company”.

(That's pretty specific, westernized intel ...)

The report, produced earlier this month and seen by The Sunday Times, appears to provide evidence that Al-Qaeda is active in Iran and has ambitions far beyond the improvised attacks it has been waging against British and American soldiers in Iraq.

(In that case, these proven LIARS should put up or shut up.)

There is no evidence of a formal relationship between Al-Qaeda, a Sunni group, and the Shi’ite regime of President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad, but experts suggest that Iran’s leaders may be turning a blind eye to the terrorist organisation’s activities.

("Experts" ... ? Who writes this drivel? This is not responsible journalism.)

The intelligence report also makes it clear that senior Al-Qaeda figures in the region have been in recent contact with operatives in Britain.

(What report? Written by whom? What evidence? You have to first prove the group exists, and is active in Iraq. Thus far, the War Criminals making these unfounded accusations have balked when asked for their "evidence". This seems like an excuse to shrug off the fact that the troops are engaged with a legitimate Resistance Movement, fighting to Liberate its country from a Foreign Aggressor.)

It follows revelations last year that up to 150 Britons had travelled to Iraq to fight as part of Al-Qaeda’s “foreign legion”. A number are thought to have returned to the UK, after receiving terrorist training, to form sleeper cells.

(That's a lot of intelligence for people who claim to be incapable of tracking these people ...)

The report was compiled by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) - based at MI5’s London headquarters - and provides a quarterly review of the international terror threat to Britain. It draws a distinction between Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda’s core leadership, who are thought to be hiding on the Afghan-Pakistan border, and affiliated organisations elsewhere.

(Alright, so this isn't exactly a crediblke group, nor report. Thanks for saving that for the end of the highly speculative article! Shamless ...)

The document states: “While networks linked to AQ [Al-Qaeda] Core pose the greatest threat to the UK, the intelligence during this quarter has highlighted the potential threat from other areas, particularly AQI [Al-Qaeda in Iraq].”

The report continues: “Recent reporting has described AQI’s Kurdish network in Iran planning what we believe may be a large-scale attack against a western target.

(Riiiiight ...)

“A member of this network is reportedly involved in an operation which he believes requires AQ Core authorisation. He claims the operation will be on ‘a par with Hiroshima and Naga-saki’ and will ‘shake the Roman throne’. We assess that this operation is most likely to be a large-scale, mass casualty attack against the West.”

(Then with all the intelligence they have, the Government should have no problem in stopping such a thing from happening ... Incompetence or Complicity? What will their excuse be this time?)

The report says there is “no indication” this attack would specifically target Britain, “although we are aware that AQI . . . networks are active in the UK”.

Analysts believe the reference to Hiroshima and Naga-saki, where more than 200,000 people died in nuclear attacks on Japan at the end of the second world war, is unlikely to be a literal boast.

“It could be just a reference to a huge explosion,” said a counter-terrorist source. “They [Al-Qaeda] have got to do something soon that is radical otherwise they start losing credibility.”

(Kinda like their opponents ...)

Despite aspiring to a nuclear capability, Al-Qaeda is not thought to have acquired weapons grade material. However, several plots involving “dirty bombs” - conventional explosive devices surrounded by radioactive material - have been foiled.

(Buuuuull Sh****T)

Last year Al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq called on nuclear scientists to apply their knowledge of biological and radiological weapons to “the field of jihad”.

Details of a separate plot to attack Britain, “ideally” before Blair steps down this summer, were contained in a letter written by Abdul al-Hadi al-Iraqi, an Iraqi Kurd and senior Al-Qaeda commander.

According to the JTAC document, Hadi “stressed the need to take care to ensure that the attack was successful and on a large scale”. The plan was to be relayed to an Iran-based Al-Qaeda facilitator.

The Home Office declined to comment.

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1687360.ece

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22.04.2007 23:26

Are The Times going to leave comments like the following up?

See also: Four days of “simulated” nuclear terrorist scenarios in the US & Europe  https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368361.html

This is a VERY concerning report, especially for anyone who has scientifically evaluated all the evidence concerning the attacks of 9/11 and 7/7.

It appears that we are being prepared by MI5/MI6 and the British government for a massive False Flag terrorist attack bigger than 9/11. This will be an attack that will be totally provocateured by the Anglo-American military industrial complex. There is no depth that the intelligence operatives of the military industrial complex will stoop, in terms of murdering their fellow citizens, and the order of death will be in the hundreds of thousands.

Other than that the only real reason for this report would be to continue the fear-mongering and the beating of the jingoistic war drums, to pre-program the population for the coming war in Iran.

Disgusting, filthy, propaganda and lies from MI5/MI6.

Steve Holmes, Southampton, England, UK

Generally, when a "report" is leaked, it is leaked for a reason. The comparison to Hiroshima and Nagasaki seems tailor-made to create the specter of a dangerously nuclear Iran in people's minds. In other words, this is part of a pre-invasion publicity campaign against Iran.

EKSwitaj, Zhengzhou, China

I read this story after reading and listening to this last night.

Noble Resolve 07: Four days of “simulated” nuclear terrorist scenarios in the US & Europe ....

 http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/190407resolve.htm

On September 11th, 2001, drills that simulated a hijacked aircraft attack on the US were underway when hijacked aircraft were used to attack America. In London, on July 7th, 2005, there was a drill simulating multiple bombings on the underground railway that was eerily interrupted by multiple bombings on the underground railway.

So, I can understand why these drills for a nuclear terror attack have some people worried.

Jim Miller, Grand Rapids, MI

I have to agree with Sam on this one. This sounds like unsubstantiated claims (based on propaganda and alarmist fiction), which is aimed at making it easier for Britain to go along with any US attacks on Iran. The Iranian regime (which is far from perfect), does not have any ties to Al Quaeda (a Sunni group, funded by the US, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan). George Bush tried to link Osama Bin Laden to Sadaam Hussein, in order to enrage the American people and make war more acceptable. We have to be more aware of what the different political agendas are trying to achieve in the Middle East. A full blown conflict with Iran would spread far beyond the region, and make the current disaster in Iraq pale in comparison.

Andy, Rochester, England

One lesson from the marketing campaign leading up to the Iraq War is that articles containing unnamed sources cannot be trusted. This story didn't contain a single named source. Then, those sources told us that Iraq was on the verge of a nuke, had drones ready to spray chemical weapons on the West, was involved in the anthrax attacks in the US, and was working closely with al Qaeda. Now, they tell us that Iran is turning a blind eye to al Qaeda's preparations for a huge attack. To quote GWB, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, won't get fooled again."

Do you really think that Iranians think they would benefit from another terrorist attack in the West, particularly one that involved preparations in Iran?

This is likely part of the campaign to prepare public opinion for attacks on Iran. We've already heard about Iran's nukes, IEDs made in Iran, weapons from Iran, and Iran's bogeyman Ahmadinejad.

telegram sam, London, UK

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First thoughts on this

23.04.2007 16:03

The UK spook services are proven liars who have repeatedly planted false stories on the orders of their political masters. The biggest liar, John Scarlett, who lied to the Hutton inquiry to save Tony Blairs career was then given a Knighthood ( sound familiar? ) and promoted to the head of MI6 for his treachery. So MI6 is ran by a lying traitor, and everything that eminates from that rotten cowardly department is US corporate warmongering propoganda.

MI6 is now claiming that shiah Iran is cooperating with Sunni terrorists - this is patently absurd, much dafter than their provenly false previous claim that Saddam was cooperating with Al Qaeda. MI6 are simultaneously claiming Sunni 'freedom fighters' are 'creating unrest' in south west Iran. so what is it MI6 - are al Qaeda working with Iran or is it British forces destablising south west Iran ? Cos you can't have it both ways

Dirty bombs are not effective WMD. They would kill very few people if sensible saftey precautions were taken - staying in doors, keeping windows shut etc. They are an effective way to inspire terror though. A dirty bomb would be an effective false flag operation as few would die and great panic would ensue. Each British DU shell fired in Iraq is a 'dirty bomb' and the fallout from that has already reached the UK. so it is perfectly concievable that the security services could justify this to themselves. If such a flase flag opertion was to take place, and given this initial propaganda, I would suggest it is more likely to be targetted at the Vatican. What better way to stir up the next religious crusade than to attack 'the Roman throne' ? That is just speculation of course.

What isn't speculation is that there has been a campaign against Kurt and Jordan on IM. I was part of that a year ago, and it was only when I found that the person who had led me to that was a MI agent that I was forced to rethink my position and apologise. If these people aren't onto something then why are they being smeared by active agents ?

Danny


US Trains "al CIAeda" Terrorists For Use In Lebanon

24.04.2007 01:36

US Trains "al CIAeda" Terrorists For Use In Lebanon

The Phony (Mossad) Al Qaeda Cell in Palestine
 http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html

US training Sunni extremists to attack Hizbullah; operations to be attributed to Al-Qaeda

Thursday, April 19, 2007
(with an added note)
Issam Naaman is a Lebanese lawyer and writer, former Minister of Telecommunications under one of the governments led by Salim al-Hoss, and a member of a small political group that considers itself a third alternative beween the Hariri-led establishment, and the Hizbullah-led opposition. He wrote on April 18 in Al-Quds al-Arabi about information gleaned from the recent Pelosi delegation, and other US delegations at about the same time, mostly by a friend of his who is a think-tank type and didn't want his name used.

His main points were that Bush seems to be stymied in his desire to attack Iran, both by the political opposition of the Democrats, and the popular revulsion in the US against further military adventures that would be seen as at the expense of things like health insurance and the US standard of living. (By contrast, Bush policy on Palestine will be unchanged, because in the case of Palestine there is no pressure for change from Congress, in fact the Democrats outdo the Republicans in their support for Israel). As a "substitute" for not being able to strike Iran, the Bush administration plans an escalation in Lebanon. And here he mentions two specific points: (1) Tom Lantos said they are convinced Hizbullah is weak and this is the time to step up efforts to disarm it. (2) An airport in northern Lebanon will be used as a base for pressuring Syria, and also as a place for training of groups opposed to Hizbullah and opposed to anti-Abbas elements in Palestine. Then there was this:
It was learned from influential members of the US delegations that the Washington special[-forces] apparatus has begun assembling, arming and training members of Islamic extremist groups to undertake assaults on Hizbullah, in the framework of the conflict that it [the Bush administration] plans between the Sunni and the Shiite population, in districts where the two groups are contiguous. And it will be arranged to camouflage the agents in this by attributing the attacks to AlQaeda.
The writer's conclusion is that these exchanges with the American visitors confirmed that the Bush administration will not allow there to be any compromise in the dispute between the Hizbullah-led opposition and the Hariri administration over power-sharing, new elections and so on. Rather, the US administration will be working hard to promote confrontation, as part of its region-wide policy of fostering Sunni-Shiite conflict. In this context, the writer doesn't seem to regard the covert sponsorship of fake-AlQaeda US agents to be anything but one more ingredient in the overall plan.

This planned use by the Bush administration of Sunni extremists to stir the pot in Lebanon was discussed at length by New Yorker article called "The Redirection" last month, eliciting only an eerie silence from the policy elite. Judging from this Naaman piece, it would appear the scheme is pretty much a bipartisan open secret, which raises the question why no criticism from the Democrats. Or maybe answers the question.

mparent7777.blogspot.com/2007/04/us-training-sunni-extremists-to-attack.

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ZOG & Holocaust denial

24.04.2007 08:06

who needs to "smear" these people? They are quite openly the real deal:

 http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/holocaust.html
 http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/briefing.html

And the money shot:

 http://www.cafepress.com/wrh_store

Pro-Palsetine


Danny ...

25.04.2007 04:00

Can you e-mail me? I'd like to hear more about your work.

Jordan
mail e-mail: pilgrim112@hotmail.com


Leaking Secrets

02.05.2007 11:59

I was dismissed as Ambassador to Uzbekistan when one of my diplomatic telegrams was leaked to the Sunday Times. The telegram complained of our continual receipt, via the CIA, of intelligence obtained by torture in Uzbekistan. It detailed London meetings which had approved this policy, referred to the CIA flying people to Uzbekistan and handing them over to the Uzbek intelligence services, and explained the illegality of this activity.

Interestingly the Financial Times decided to publish only a tiny fraction of this information, which was explosive back then in October 2003, as extraordinary rendition had not yet hit the headlines. But the leak was enough to get me sacked, and to institute a formal leak inquiry. Once it became plain that I was not the leaker, the inquiry was quietly stopped.

I have therefore been more sensitive than most to the Government's continued habit of leaking "Intelligence" when it suits it. My objection has largely been that the government does this in order to exaggerate the threat of terrorism and instil fear, which they view as helpful in rallying popular support to the "War on Terror".

I was therefore furious when I saw a headline "Al-Qaeda planning Big British Attack" in the Sunday Times of 22 April. So furious I have been carrying the cutting in my pocket all the way to Moscow, until I got the chance to blog about it. I see in the interim the opposition have started making a related point.

The Sunday Times journalist, Dipesh Gadher, claims to have seen a Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) report which justifies the terror stirring headline.

But JTAC reports are almost always Top Secret, and are always classified. Unless Gadher made it all up, he and whoever showed it to him, and his Editor, are all guilty of a serious criminal offence. They should be jailed for many years under the Official Secrets Act.

This is especially true as two gentlemen are currently being tried under precisely that draconian legislation, for possessing the minute of the meeting where George Bush proposed to Tony Blair the bombing of Al-Jazeera TV.

The truth is that both the police and the Crown Prosecution Service act in these matters in a way that is blatantly political. There is no even-handed administration of justice here. If a pro-war antagonist leaks information to whip up public opinion, no action is ever taken. Let me be plain - there is nothing in law that says that secret material can be leaked if it supports the government. Yet they do it all the time.

By what right was David Shayler jailed, but Dipesh Gadher and his informant not even looked at?

Government members and supporters do what they like. But should anyone else follow suit, the full wrath of the Establishment crashes on their head. Even, as in my case, when they didn't actually do it.

The administration of justice is not impartial in the UK.

Craig Murray
- Homepage: http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2007/04/leaking_secrets.html