Guess Who Advised Them?
October 5, 2007
More than two years on and the murderers of Jean-Charles de Menezes still remain at large (one of them was involved in the subsequent shooting of another innocent person). The BBC reports they were acting on expert advice. You might wonder what kind of expert advice would lead a team of police brutes to follow a poor electrician from his home all the way to a tube station — with in between changes of bus and all — and then shoot him in cold blood with 7 bullets to the head with his arms pinned to the side by another policeman, and then go on to lie about it? The following BBC report makes such questions superfluous,
British police worried about suicide bombers were advised by Israeli security forces, a court has heard.
A senior officer told the Metropolitan Police’s trial over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes that the Israelis warned of new terror tactics.
They warned suicide bombers had developed devices that could be more easily concealed about the person.
The Met denies breaking health and safety laws in relation to the Brazilian’s death on 22 July 2005.
Two elite firearms officers shot the electrician seven times on a train at Stockwell Underground Station fearing he was one of the men responsible for the previous day’s failed suicide bombings.
The prosecution allege the Metropolitan Police put the public at risk by allowing their suspect to travel from his home to the station before they intervened…
Giving evidence to the Old Bailey trial, Detective Inspector Andrew Whiddett of the force’s Special Branch said the Metropolitan Police had taken steps to prepare for a suicide bomber attack…
Those steps included consulting Israeli security forces which had the most experience of dealing with such attacks, he told the court.
The Israelis had met with Met police officers in the months leading up to the July 2005 suicide bombings on London.
In the briefings, said Det Insp Whiddett, Israeli security chiefs had demonstrated how suicide bombers had developed new ways of carrying a bomb that “may not be apparent”.
Both the 7 and 21 July attackers used bulky bombs in rucksacks, but Mr de Menezes was not carrying anything on the morning of his death.
October 5, 2007 at 9:29 pm
The Met assassination team are a load of plonkers.They had to get that close to their victim to have any chance of killing him they’re so shortsighted.
The 7/7 bombers were security service assets and the Tube attacks were contemporaneous with a private security company drill.
Ring any bells?
Yes,they did the same thing on 9/11!
The wicked killing carried out by the Met was plainly from the first announcement a case of mistaken identity.The police could afford to be cavalier though because it struck fear into the hearts of all the conformist citizenry of England and so was welcomed by the security agenda-dominated New Labour government.
Fearful and subdued they’re that much easier to manipulate!
June 25, 2008 at 11:43 am
You forgot to quote the BBC on this:
“The Metropolitan Police say that officers did their best in extraordinary circumstances - and that while the shooting was a mistake, it was not a crime.”
June 26, 2008 at 10:19 am
[...] The oracle of doom was one Amnon Maor, identified as the head instructor of counter-terrorism for the IDF and Israeli border police.[1] Maor is working with security firm 360 Defence, based near Glasgow, which is “training Scottish police, military and civilians in security techniques”. This wouldn’t be the first time the British police benefits form Israeli anti-terror expertise. The police squad that carried out the extrajudicial execution of the young Brazilian electrician Jean-Charles de Menezes in the London underground had received similar training. [...]
June 27, 2008 at 12:02 pm
[...] The oracle of doom was one Amnon Maor, identified as the head instructor of counter-terrorism for the IDF and Israeli border police.1 Maor is working with security firm 360 Defence, based near Glasgow, which is “training Scottish police, military and civilians in security techniques”. This wouldn’t be the first time the British police benefits from Israeli anti-terror expertise. The police squad that carried out the extrajudicial execution of the young Brazilian electrician Jean-Charles de Menezes in the London underground had received similar training. [...]