Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Fri, 07/08/2005 - 15:46.
The conspiranoiacs are going to have a field day with this report from the right-wing Israeli paper Arutz Sheva, which has already been picked up by the conspiranoia site Prison Planet:
Report: Israel Was Warned Ahead of First Blast
Arutz Sheva | July 7 2005
(IsraelNN.com) Army Radio quoting unconfirmed reliable sources reported a short time ago that Scotland Yard had intelligence warnings of the attacks a short time before they occurred.
The Israeli Embassy in London was notified in advance, resulting in Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remaining in his hotel room rather than make his way to the hotel adjacent to the site of the first explosion, a Liverpool Street train station, where he was to address and economic summit.
At present, train and bus service in London have been suspended following the series of attacks. No terrorist organization has claimed responsibility at this time.
Israeli officials stress the advanced Scotland Yard warning does not in any way indicate Israel was the target in the series of apparent terror attacks.
JERUSALEM - British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before Thursday's explosions that they had received warnings of possible terror attacks in the city, a senior Israeli official said.
Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had planned to attend an economic conference in a hotel over the subway stop where one of the blasts occurred, and the warning prompted him to stay in his hotel room instead, government officials said.
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said he wasn't aware of any Israeli casualties.
Just before the blasts, Scotland Yard called the security officer at the Israeli Embassy to say they had received warnings of possible attacks, the official said. He did not say whether British police made any link to the economic conference.
The AP account is cited by AntiWar.com's vile Justin Raimundo, who also quotes claims by the less-than-reliable Stratfor.com that instead of the Brits-tipping-off-the-Israelis it was really the other way 'round:
"Contrary to original claims that Israel was warned “minutes before
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The conspiranoiacs are going to have a field day with this report from the right-wing Israeli paper Arutz Sheva, which has already been picked up by the conspiranoia site Prison Planet:
This from the AP:
The AP account is cited by AntiWar.com's vile Justin Raimundo, who also quotes claims by the less-than-reliable Stratfor.com that instead of the Brits-tipping-off-the-Israelis it was really the other way 'round: