Saturday, 20 April 2013


WHY?

And so it begins….Operation Smokescreen.   When the 7/7 bombs went off the BBC went into overdrive to blame British society for the actions of the bombers….asking ‘What turned such bright, young British Muslims into terrorists?’ They had to change their tune fairly rapidly when they realised that wasn’t playing well with a Public that had just seen 52 people murdered and over 700 injured by men claiming to be … Continue reading 

Boston bombing: How internet detectives got it very wrong

    You couldn’t make it up……this from the BBC: Boston bombing: How internet detectives got it very wrong For the past 48 hours, internet users have been working with each other to piece together clues about the culprits of the Boston bombings. The result? They got it wrong – and left innocent people fearing for their safety. Many are now asking: should “crowd-sourced investigations” be stopped?   Is this … Continue reading 

The BBC Has Some Very Big Questions To Answer

  The two Boston bombers are reported to be two Chechen brothers.  They have apparently lived in the US for nearly a decade.   Some background digging by the Atlantic Wire here:     Note ‘Beliefs’….Islam   The BBC made some startling claims, including that by their specialist security correspondent Frank Gardner, that the Boston bombers were most probably domestic, meaning white, right wing  terrorists. This was based on no more … Continue reading 

Boston bombing update

(Updates added below) Here’s how BBC Radio Five Live’s 1pm news bulletin dealt with the Boston bombing on Tuesday 16 April: listen to ‘BBC R5L news bulletin on Boston bombs, 16.4.13’ on Audioboo Jonathan Marcus: “The United States has a very large and well-developed group of radical extremists of their own. People I suppose you would categorise as being on the far-right, people who are opposed to federal authority, particularly … Continue reading