Acts of politically motivated murder and mayhem which are carried out using the resources of a government, generally by a faction of that government. The terrorist state may strike using its own personnel, but usually camouflages its actions with the help of a counter-gang which bears the ethnic, national or religious coloration of the terrorist controllers’ target. • Black Operation (Black Op): A secret criminal operation by an invisible government i.e. a hidden agency of government or an organization working for the government. Can be a psyop (see below) and usually has psychological warfare (psywar) value. • False Flag Operation: A black op intended to look like the work of others different from those conducting it. • Psychological Operation (Psyop): An operation, covert or overt, to induce trauma to manipulate public opinion. • Moles: Hidden government officials loyal to a private network • Patsies: Convenient scapegoats to be blamed for the operation. • Pretext for War: A staged provocation which provides a plausible justification for one country’s aggressive war against another. * * * One Thin Slice In the case of London 7/7 one thin slice is the report by David Pallister of The Guardian reported on July 8. He writes that the first claim of responsibility for the London bombings was by "the Secret Organization of the al Qaeda in Europe" posted on an Arabic website, al-qal3ah.com, registered by Qalaah Qalaah in Abu Dhabi and hosted by a server in Houston. "The server in Houston has intriguing connections," Pallister writes. It is operated by a company called Everyone’s Internet, founded by brothers Robert and Roy Marsh in 1998. Roy Marsh counts among his friends US President George Bush’s former sister-in-law, Sharon Bush, and the President’s Navy Secretary." * * * For more stories, plus many more extras, please get your copy of Issue #10 at our on-line store. |
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