My scepticism of the lack of warning and foreknowledge has been vilified, as is my belief that the knighthood awarded to Rushdie was a blatant provocation.
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From http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23402430-details/Were+car+bombs+revenge+for+Rushdie%27s+knighthood/article.do
Police say there was no prior indication of a possible terrorist threat - yet it has emerged that a message appeared on a popular jihadist website on Thursday night seemingly predicting an attack.
Hours before police dismantled the first car bomb, a posting on the Al Hesbah chat forum pointed to an imminent Al Qaeda bombing in London.
The message, posted under the name Abu Osama al-Hazeen, gave the invasion of Iraq and the recent knighthood for Salman Rushdie as justification for a fresh terrorist attack on Britain.
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Point 1: a message stating London was to be bombed was posted on a popular Jihadist website, giving the exact day.
Q1 : Who should be constantly monitoring these sites every second of every day considering we are constantly under threat, allegedly?
Q2 : who should know who the posters are? (they know who I am and I use a nome de plume).
Point 2: Iraq and Rushdie were cited as reasons
Q3: Who is in charge of the Arts & Media subcommittee of the Honours Committee which recently recommended Rushdie's knighthood (even though I think Rushdie has lived in the USA for several years)?
The Times is alleging that a threat warning was issued to clubs across the UK, and supplies the link to a PDF file, which is just a general advisory brochure on raising security issues and awareness.
ReplyDeleteSee http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2007873.ece
This is not evidence of forewarning or foreknowledge.
However, the statement issued on the website is and should have been acted upon.
interesting hypotheis
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