Open Letter to Derek Thomas, MP - Syria and the Middle East

28th October, 2015.

Derek Thomas, MP, House of Commons.

Dear Derek, 

Open Letter - Syria and the Middle East

The problem with the Prime Minister's and government's position on the Middle East in general and ISIL in particular, it is based on lies and misinformation, from 9/11 and 'Dodgy Dossier' onwards. The recent involvement by Russian forces in the area has tended to confirm it.

As some of us have suggested for some time, the official narrative about ISIL is in fact a pack of lies! That it is part of a largely covert agenda to further an Israeli interests, with Saudi/Western support, in the region. Of course all the problems of mass migration flow from it.

Have you wondered why and how ISIL suddenly arrived with all those new Toyotas? Or how and why it was able to demonstrate advanced internet skills and make military conquests, apparently unopposed? Or how the widely publicised alleged outrages used by western politicians to support both repressive and aggressive policies, home and abroad, suddenly appeared and as suddenly disappeared? Is this not highly suspicious? 

I fear there have been two realities: the story fed to the British public and the true one that could not be admitted, namely that ISIL (and earlier cataclysmic events) was/is the product of an Israeli policy, backed by primarily America and some gulf states, to destabilize the region. It was documented in the infamous 'Oded Yinon Plan' and the American  Project for the New American Century (PNAC), that with horror, we have all watched play out subsequently.

(see: http://www.globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/5324815https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century)

This view is supported by recent news of direct Israeli military involvement in Isil which comes from FARS News as follows: 

" "The security and popular forces have held captive an Israeli colonel," a commander of Iraq's popular mobilization forces said on Thursday. "The Zionist officer is ranked colonel and had participated in the Takfiri ISIL group's terrorist operations," he added. Noting that he was arrested along with a number of ISIL terrorists, the commander said, "The Israeli colonel's name is Yusi Oulen Shahak and is ranked colonel in Golani Brigade of the Zionist regime's army with the security and military code of Re34356578765az231434." He said that the relevant bodies are now interrogating the Israeli colonel to understand the reasons behind his fighting alongside the ISIL forces and the presence of other Zionist officers among ISIL terrorists. The Iraqi security forces said the captured colonel has already made shocking confessions."

"Several ISIL militants arrested in the last year had already confessed that Israeli agents from Mossad and other Israeli espionage and intelligence bodies were present in the first wave of ISIL attacks on Iraq and capture of Mosul in Summer 2014, but no ranking Israeli agent had been arrested. Political and military experts told FNA that the capture of the Israeli colonel will leave a grave impact on Iraq's war strategy, including partnership with Israeli allies."

Further military involvement proven.

"In a relevant development in July, Iraqi volunteer forces announced that they had shot down a drone that was spying on the Arab country's security forces in the city of Fallujah, Western Iraq. Iraq's popular forces reported that they had brought down a hostile surveillance aircraft over the Southeastern Fallujah in Anbar Province.

They said that the wreckage of the ISIL's spy drone carried 'Israel-Made' labels.This was not the first Israeli-made drone downed in Iraq. In August an Israeli Hermes drone was shot down in the vicinity of Baghdad Airport." (See: http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940730000210)

We also know (from reported deaths but not widely reported in the media) that Israel is intimately involved with Saudi led (ostensibly) military operations in the Yemen most recently hitting a MSF hospital as part of widespread death and destruction, raised briefly in Parliamentary Questions today. It strangely parallels the recent case in Afghanistan. Needless to say hospitals were specifically targetted in Israel's most recent outrageous attacks on Gaza given a 'nod and a wink' by the British Prime Minister. (See:http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/06/17/israeli-officers-captured-killed-in-yemen-attacks/   http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/yemen-msf-hospital-hit-arab-coalition-air-strikes-151027105128567.html)

Yet despite all the mounting evidence of Israeli involvement, which of course is denied, as a country we seek ever closer ties, in trade deals and scientific research, fail to criticise it for war crimes, and even send our policemen there to be trained by them - eighty in six months of 2014 alone! Cressida Dicks, in charge of of the Jean Paul de Menezes farrago and earlier with the response to the 7/7 'terrorist attack',  recently promoted to a secret Foreign Office (MI6?) job, was quoted in 2013 as saying: "We must fight terrorism with the same virtues which have been shown in Israel". 

(see: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2855908/Britain-s-female-police-officer-Cressida-Dick-QUITS-secretive-job-Foreign-Office-sparking-speculation-role-MI6.html ;

http://www.globalresearch.ca/why-are-londons-police-travelling-to-israel-american-and-british-police-trained-in-israel/5418432

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/171741#.VjDXifnhDy0)

Do you not find these revelations and connections at least ominous and disturbing?

Yours sincerely,

Tim Veater.

Chevaline Lies but Why? – Tim veater

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Admin

Chevaline Lies but Why?

I have just come across this article.* It is in French and via Google Translate,
particularly difficult to follow. Nevertheless it is clear that it challenges
Eric Maillaud’s initial and un-changed assertion that the French cyclist was not
the intended target and expresses general dissatisfaction with the French
investigation.

However I refer to it for a different but important reason: the inclusion of
two, what appear to be, official “scenes of crime” photographs that I haven’t
viewed before. They are further confirmation of points I have made in the past,
criticised at the time by apologists of the French investigation. They are also
indisputable evidence that Maillaud as spokesperson for the police, knowingly
disseminated false information. In other words he lied! Could any more serious
charge be laid at the door of a Public Prosecutor in any jurisdiction, namely to
intentionally and knowingly misinform the public as regards a murder scene and
thereby suggest erroneous events and likely explanations?

Take a good look at the two photos of the site. It is not easy as they are not
separately loaded. (For those unfamiliar you will have to magnify the whole page
by pressing “Ctrl+” simultaneously) You will see in the aerial photo there is a
clear image of what we must assume is Mollier’s expensive bike appearing to
point DOWN HILL at the top RH side of the lay-by. (Earlier photographs suggested
it but we couldn’t be absolutely sure) I will not discuss the implications of
this as I have done so before, other than saying this explicitly contradicts the
information put out at the time, that the bike lay to the front and right of the
Al Hilli car.

Now look at the second aerial photo of the lay-by marking up the position of
Mollier’s body and at least seven spent cartridges. This flatly contradicts
several official descriptions: his body was not located to the front right of
the car next to his bike; the shooting could not have come from the top of the
car park; the shooter must have been above and to the left of the remnants, as
semi-automatic guns almost invariably eject up and to the right.

Of course much more can be reconstructed from the observable remnants of the
scene that I won’t go into, suffice it to pose the question why did the
prosecutor put out quite erroneous information and if so why is he still the
spokesperson?

The lies may therefore be summarised as follows:

1. (From earlier findings) Brett Martin did not make the initial 3.48 pm call
and none of the alternative explanations fit either.
2. The attack could not have come from the top of the lay-by.
3. Sylvain Mollier was not found lying to the front right of the BMW nor his
bike lying next to him there.
4. The BMW could not have been reversed under fire from the top of the lay-by,
nor hit SM on the way.
5. Unless moved by the police prior to the photo, it means SM must have
dismounted at the top of the layby, turned the bike around ready for his return
trip, then walked to the Al Hilli car (via another parked at the top perhaps?)
before the attacker approached from the bottom.

These latest images (if genuine and we have no reason to think otherwise as they
have never been rejected by the French authorities) fully support the line I
have always taken, that the official investigation is not only incompetent, it
is intentionally misleading and corrupt.

Only pressing reasons at a national level can explain it but not excuse it. We
have at the moment a parallel example in the justice system in Britain in which
the government is apparently desperate to hide the true situation from the
public, and is prepared to break even the most cherished principles to do so. It
is the true gauge of the nature of current constitution and what can be done
with impunity, particularly poignant following all the flowery rhetoric and
display of emotion at the 70th anniversary of the D Day Landings, intended to
banish for ever from Europe, the shadow of unaccountable action by the state.

*http://mobile.agoravox.fr/tribune-libre/article/tuerie-des-alpes-les-pistes-148452

with thanks to “Pink” at http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2012/09/not-forgetting-the-al-hillis/comment-page-101/#comments 
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The Al Hilli Murders at Chevaline – Tim Veater

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Admin


The Unanswered Questions Surrounding the Al Hilli Murders 

The mystery surrounding the murder of four adults and the near-fatal shooting of a little girl in a remote French forest lay-by, raise many, as yet, unanswered questions. Not only as to the obvious ones of who carried it out and why but also relating to the official governmental response, apparent conflicting reports by those concerned and a failure on the part of the press to adequately challenge and independently investigate. 

Already the story has slipped from front page, via inside page, to nowhere at all, which no doubt will please some. The Annecy prosecutor has even suggested it will not be solved for a decade! Eric Maillaud, admitted that French police are nowhere near finding the killers, have no clear motive and no suspect.” Asked when the crime might be solved, he responded: “We might have the answers in two, three or ten years – it’s a painstaking procedure.” 

This would appear to be a clear case of an official attempt to damp down speculation and expectation. 

If, as in the view of some, this was a state initiated operation, it raises far wider implications than the already serious murder of four adults. If the public cannot be confident in state revelation and transparency in such cases, it can only rely on an independent and investigative press. So far the press has failed miserably; prepared only to act as a conduit of official briefings, and failing to question, challenge or even point out the inconsistencies and get explanations for them. It is something I endeavour to attempt below. You may think it could have been done better, for which I apologise in advance. 

1. The French authorities suggested initially, it was coincidental, impromptu, chance event – a robbery perhaps that had gone wrong. I don’t believe any police or government official could have genuinely held this view in light of the circumstances, namely the “professional” head shots; all killed; nothing stolen; the effective, unseen get-away. Then further doubt was added as to whether the cyclist or the Al Hilli’s were the intended target. However in both scenarios it was suggested the second party was killed for “being in the wrong place at the wrong time” thus skilfully avoiding the possibility that both might have been, as this would have wider implications of conspiracy. 

2. As corollary to this, the way the obvious suggestion of criminal or state backed assassination was avoided. John O’Connor, former head of Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad, told The Sunday Times “These murders were carried out by killers with the precision and planning that comes with military training, which normally points to a political assassination”. The fact that this possibility has been obdurately avoided puzzling and worrying as it suggests cover-up. 

3. The time it took for the French police to discover four year Zeena hidden and catatonic in the car – i.e. more than eight hours. Perhaps the failure could initially be explained in terms of not interfering with the crime scene, but eight hours to make enquiries to discover there were two daughters on the trip and one was still missing? Further what appears as a rather amateurish approach to the crime scene with no evidence of a finger-tip search, of opening up to the press before closing it off again for further investigation when it had been contaminated. In one aerial photograph, tyre skid marks can be seen far to the right of the BMW. These have never been officially referred to. 

Why? A reporter on the scene stated that broken glass was “fifteen” yards distant from the car, presumably because this marks where the first shots were fired before the car reversed into the bank? This has never been discussed. A reporter said that a motor bike track had been left in an adjoining mountain track which presumably could have been an alternative escape route? Given the on-going nature of the enquiries, why was permission given to the family to bury M. Mollier, rather than retain his body under refrigerated conditions, in case it was needed for further inspection? 

4. The flatly inaccurate and misleading information put out initially by the French authorities that the emergency call informing them of the incident was made by the British cyclist, later identified as Brett Martin. In fact Mr. Martin said he could get no signal on his mobile phone and that he had to leave the scene and injured Zainab, to get help. The call was eventually made by a French national, Phillipe Didierjean.

 There is no way a Frenchman, speaking in French from his own mobile phone could have been confused with Englishman Mr. Martin, who clearly is not fluent in French. This therefore must have been intentional misinformation, perhaps to protect M. Didierjean who was not even mentioned for a day or so afterwards. 

5. It would appear from the reports, that the initial telephone call to police was at 3.48 pm. Yet M. Didierjean says he met Mr. Martin leaving the scene at about 4.10. pm. Given his description of events, walking back to the scene with him and checking it out, particularly Zainab who did not respond, then walking back down the hill until he got reception on his phone. This must have added at least another fifteen minutes – say 4.25 pm – before he could phone. 

How can this discrepancy be explained? Then what of his two female companions and car? Did they drive up or turn around and go back? Were they witnesses to the scene or not? 

6. Danielle Polittier(?) a local resident of Chevaline, more than three kilometers distant, told the BBC that she heard 30 seconds of shooting. If her testimony is reliable, is it possible Mr. Martin, unless he has a hearing impediment, could not have heard it, being only moments away. Why does he say he heard nothing? M. Didierjean not hearing the sound of gunfire might be explained by virtue of the fact that he was in a car with companions but what is Mr. Martin’s explanation? 

7. The conflicting information regarding number and types of firearm, the number of shots to the victims and the number of assailants. It was first reported that all the bullets came from one semi- automatic pistol and a Czech made “Skorpion” was suggested. This is a very old type of gun rather than more modern alternatives that were not even offered up as possibilities. Why? Later it was stated more than one gun was used suggesting at least two gunmen. Fifteen casings were later changed to twenty-five. There has been little discussion on the implications of the location and number of the casings as to the type or number of guns used. Then again it was stated that three victims were shot in the head, later changed to all. The French cyclist M. Mollier was said to be shot seven times, including two head shots. This later changed to five. Originally some were said to have been shot twice. A little later the prosecutor stated all the adults had been shot “several times”. 

This is clearly confusing. Why was misleading information put out until they were quite sure of the facts? No further information regarding trajectory or injuries, which of course will afford further clues as to what happened, has been issued. Perhaps the French authorities should inform us definitively, how many times the victims were shot and where; how many guns of what possible types, were used; and explain why so many different accounts have been made? 

8. Much was made by Mr. Martin of the “green four wheel drive and motor bike” but this raises more questions than it answers. First, why was Mr. Martin, another potential witness, spared a similar fate? Second, precisely where and when did he see them? Statements vary and include both overtaking him on the way up and passing on the way down. Given the isolated nature of the location and the narrowness of the road, and his extensive training as a fighter pilot, he surely could not be uncertain or vague about such a thing? However a vehicle coming down the 3 kilometer road is flatly denied by M. Didierjean who was driving up behind. He could not have been mistaken as he would have needed to pull over to pass on the narrow road. How can this conflicting witness evidence be reconciled? 

9. A similar conflict of testimony exists over the state of Zainab and position of the bodies. Mr. Martin says she was covered in blood, Mr. Didierjean states quite the opposite that no blood or injuries were immediately obvious. Mr. Martin says he moved her body away from the front of the car in case it lurched forward, placing her in the recovery position. M. Didierjean says when he arrived, Zainab was lying in front of the car, by which time she was quite unconscious and did not respond. 

10. No one has quite explained why Zainab was outside the car when the attack took place, whilst the car doors were locked, or why the front passenger seat was vacant? Nor has an explanation been propounded why in such an expert operation, the life of Zainab was spared. It surely cannot be explained by virtue of running out of bullets as suggested? The precise location and injuries of the French cyclist M. Mollier are obviously critical. M. Didierjean reported that he showed no injuries commensurate with falling off his bike. If correct this would indicate he was shot whilst walking presumably towards the car. Was the front seat vacated for this purpose? Why have the papers not posed this question? 

11. Similarly amazingly little background to any of the known participants has been published. Some sources state Mr. Martin is the sole proprietor of a company with liabilities three times its roughly £200,000 assets. Is this in fact correct and what did this entail since he retired from his RAF post, apparently involved in understanding aircraft armament systems. Similarly, precisely what did M. Mollier’s work entail working for the French nuclear technology conglomerate, Areva? Mr. Al Hilli was apparently involved in aircraft design and satellite technology. We do not know what M. Didierjean does for a living but even so is it wholly co-incidental that two victims and primary witness, had connections with either aeronautics or nuclear technology? It appears Mr. Martin left for Britain immediately after the incident and the French authorities raised no objection to this despite him being the principal witness. How did he get back and was he given Government assistance to do so? 

12. A local Bricklayer-stonemason Laurent Fillion-Robin, 38, witnessed Al Hilli’s red BMW pass, up Route de la Combe d’Ire towards the car park between 2:30-3:00 PM. He also says they were not being followed. We are told the crime is reported at 3.48 pm despite the fact that M. Didierjean said he did not even arrive until 4.10 and then had to return down the hill to get reception on his phone. The police reported they arrived about 4 pm, i.e. before M. Didierjean. How is this possible? So who did phone the police or are all the times given unreliable? Why have the papers not pursued the time line to clarify it? 

13. Sylvie Lecouer, 49, coming back from grocery shopping at 4 pm or slightly after, was nearly run off the road by a speeding Peugot 306. She described him as a “British” man (we don’t quite know why) with black crew-cut hair and black polo neck shirt driving in a panic. This car as far as we know has not been traced or the driver come forward to be eliminated from the investigation, which must raise suspicions. However if he is a suspect, the question remains as to his involvement. Could he have been a killer, an arranged contact or just a terrified witness trying to get away? If he was part of a conspiracy to kill, it would mean at least three persons were involved, that is if Mr. Martin’s story about the motor bike and green x4 wheel drive, are to be believed. 

14. A question also remains as to why Mr. Al Hilli went to that remote location and took his family, yet it would appear, giving no appearance of picnicking or walking. He was there for about an hour before disaster struck. What could have been the purpose other than for a rendez-vous? If so with whom? With M. Mollier, Mr. Martin, his killers or someone else? 

15. There have been published maps of the scene but these have been generally very poor and no attempt has been made to clearly define the alternative routes available and their respective conditions and destinations, or how these relate to the witness statements. They assume that only the metalled road was used but of course this might not be the case. 

16. If neither car nor possessions were stolen we must assume motive lies elsewhere. None of the three lines of enquiry mentioned by the investigating officer include potential state involvement. Indeed the official lines, of family feud over disputed inheritance, or violent nephew have the appearance of detracting from the possibility. However the statement that the origins lie in the United Kingdom whilst deflecting attention from France, also, perhaps accidentally, confirm they know this to be a planned event, not a chance one as was originally suggested. If planned it must have been meticulously planned, for how else would the car have been located in such a remote spot other than arrangement or surveillance? 

That this was a professionally executed operation, also cannot be doubted. The use and accuracy of semi-automatic weapons and the way the killers “have disappeared off the map”, cannot be co-incidental. 

Mr. Al Hilli maintained contacts with Iraq. He was kept under observation by MI5 in 2003. He was active in his condemnation of Israel on the internet. He evidenced raised anxiety over his home and camping location. He went on his European trip precisely when his children should have been returning to school, all of which points to a purpose beyond purely recreation. Two head shots is militaristic and deadly certain. 

If a state is implicated, the question is which state would wish these individuals dead and why? 

Oh and finally why is this question NOT being posed by Western Government or media? Governments involved in assassination, rely on the fact that the public and media will gradually lose interest and that other world and local events will eventually bury the story. It is to be hoped that insofar as we still retain independent institutions and press, this particularly brutal story will not receive the same fate, for in the end, a truthful examination and investigation of crime, however caused and wherever it may lead, is the only guarantee of our own security and freedom; the only thing that distinguishes our democratic political system and a despotic totalitarian one. END

The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill – Tim Veater

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Admin


The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

Message Body: The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration ("Gagging") Bill - Tim Veater

Anyone who has tried to read "Part II" of the Bill can see it is indeed a "dog's dinner" of a proposal as a MP described it. (Even the title is enough to put all but the most assiduous off!) It has now passed its Commons' stages and only the unelected Lords can paradoxically be looked to, to kill it.

Having made a mess of the National Health reorganisation, the redeployed Andrew Lansley is sponsoring this one. So no change there then! As Andrew George astutely asked: "What exactly is the problem this part of the Act seeks to correct?" Rather it seems to be squeezed between two reasonable proposals for "camouflage" - like an elephant between two flamingos.

The effect would appear to limit the ability of independent pressure groups to lobby twelve months prior to any parliamentary election, the suspicion being that it would give government even greater power to enact unpopular measures during that time. Leaving aside this possibility, it is clearly designed to limit free speech and the ability of groups, including charities, to enter the debate or press their arguments.

As such it appears to be deeply illiberal development and highly contentious, yet perhaps rather predictably, it has gained relatively little press coverage, despite the apparent undue haste in getting it through Parliament. Atypically there has been no Green Paper or formal consultation period which immediately raises suspicions as to the motives behind it.

"Thirty Eight Degrees" has done good work but the proposal requires far higher profile and public opposition if the offending Part is to be prevented from becoming law.

Alleged Sarin Attacks, Syria – Tim Veater

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Admin



Syrian Chemical Attacks

For those interested in the truth related to recent investigations into the 
alleged attacks I recommend this critical review.

http://www.logophere.com/Syria/Syria%20Docs/Ghouta%20Final%20ver01a.pdf

The Chevaline Massacre, One Year On – by Tim Veater

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Admin

The Chevaline Massacre, One Year On – by Tim Veater

More than a year has now passed since the shocking murders of four people at a remote lay-by, four Kilometres south of Chevaline in Haute-Savoie region of South East France.

On or about 3.30 pm on 5th September 2012, Saad al Hilli (50), his wife Iqbal (IAH) (47), their two daughters Zainab (7) and Zeena (4) from Claygate, Surrey, and Iqbal’s mother Suhaila al Allaf (74) a Swedish National, on holiday by Lake Annecy, were ambushed by one gunman or more, in a lonely mountain car park . Only the children survived the attack with varying degrees of injury. A French cyclist Sylvain Mollier (SM) (45) was also shot dead at the scene.

In the news-media-saturated world in which we find ourselves, violent deaths attract attention. This incident has attracted more than most, and still will not go away. A combination of factors made this inevitable: the stark contrast between the idyllic setting and the brutality of the event; the unexpected nature of it; the contrast between care-free holiday makers, and a merciless killer; the death of parents leaving children as orphans and their “miraculous”survival; the multiple and callous nature of the crime.

However, elements of coincidence, police blunder, high level political involvement, conflicting reports, misinformation and apparent confusion and lack of progress have added further intrigue, leading to suggestions of possible “industrial espionage” and even state involvement. In a sense, to the makings of a Poirot mystery, was added a John le Carré or Frederick Forsyth thriller. This is not wholly fanciful, as at least three individuals, either witnesses or leaders of the investigation, made specific reference to the murder scene being akin to a Hollywood production.

“Philippe Didierjean” who was not revealed for a full five days and rather remarkably much later became “Philippe Bossy”, said in an interview with Parisien magazine, “It was like one of those television shows that start with a murder but this time the actors were us and we didn’t have a remote control to change the channel.”William Brett Martin, the “RAF Pilot” said “If you’ve seen CSI Miami it was pretty much what you would imagine the set from CSI Miami would be like.”Even the French Prosecutor Eric Maillaud used the Hollywood analogy. Some might think that these assessments of American movie- making, may have been more literal than allegorical.

The circumstances of the crime scene that led them to describe it thus, was a BMW Estate car reversed into a bank, with its diesel engine revving wildly and at least one rear wheel spinning in reverse gear.

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Inside, were discovered by a cyclist, three people, all shot in the head. These were Mr al Hilli, his wife and mother-in-law. Outside the car there were two recumbent bodies – a mature man in cycling gear and a little girl of seven years – the former shot dead the latter injured and unconscious.

The Al Hilli family, originally from war-torn Iraq, had settled in Britain in the early 1970?s. There were strange elements to the trip: reports from neighbours of nervousness; new locks on the family home at 26 Oaken Lane, Claygate, Surrey; not informing the local school and taking the trip just when the children should have been returning; changing the Village Europa camp site, St Jorioz almost immediately upon arrival having booked to stay for a week; reports of frequent departures from the second site by SAH and meeting swarthy well dressed individuals; a trip to a Geneva bank, where £800,000 was allegedly deposited from Saddam Hussein in his father’s estate; the unlikelihood of the Martinet car park for a trip, particularly as there was no indication of intention to walk or picnic.

This was not all. It transpired that both SAH’s father and uncle had fared badly under the regime of Saddam Hussein and had been tortured and expelled by him in the early 1970?s. SAH himself was a qualified engineer with a background in nuclear physics, aircraft design and satellites and currently had links to both British and European defence industries. The Frenchman, Silvain Mollier, also shot at the scene, had worked for Cezus, part of the French Ariva Group, specializing in titanium metal technology for the nuclear industry with international links to Iran and Middle East. The British man who first came upon the murders, had a background as fighter pilot for the RAF and subsequent specialist advisory work in military and civil aircraft for Boeing and others.

But perhaps the most suspicious element of the case was the nature of the crime itself and the way it has been handled by the investigating authorities. This was no accident; no spontaneous or chance encounter; no unfortunate, stumbling upon a crime scene, as the French Prosecutor tried to persuade us. It had all the hall-marks of a well-planned, military-style operation, carried out with precision, deadly accuracy and absence of mercy, except as regards the children who survived, surely not by accident?

All the victims it transpired, were shot at least twice in the head –the so-called “double tap”. The Frenchman SM was shot up to seven times in total. SAH was also shot in the back, as presumably he tried to escape by rushing to the driver’s seat in his BMW 520 tourer estate. Further, despite the three kilometre access road, down which the killers would almost certainly have fled (before reaching a bifurcation in the road) they must have been confident enough of escape to be undeterred by the remote location. The fact that they did so, effectively without detection either then or later, suggests either incredible luck, police incompetence or official assistance.

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Indeed it is the response of particularly the French Prosecutor, Eric Maillaud (EM) that is most troublesome. On the face of it he appears a genuine and conscientious fellow but this is hard to reconcile with the way the case has been handled.

From the beginning he almost exclusively acted as spokesperson for the French side of the investigation, yet later claiming he was not in active charge of it. Latterly this has been confirmed. Apparently Colonel Benoit Vinnemann is leading the investigative team of about forty officers but EM will remain as spokesperson. Another team of about forty detectives is working on the British side. Both have had access to the most extensive and elite scientific resources. Despite this they report little progress after a year which is hardly credible.

So a year and a day following the killings (6th September, 2013) a press conference was convened in Annecy to report progress. Five individuals represented the French and British investigators: Annecy Prosecutor, Eric Maillaud; Col B Vinnemann; Captain Moulié;Detective Superintendent Nick May; and Detective Chief Inspector Mark Preston of Surrey/Sussex Police.

Prior to the event, D S Nick May said: “The tragic events of a year ago left four people dead in appalling circumstances. We remain committed to finding answers to what happened that day on behalf of their families, particularly for the two young girls who lost their parents. This remains a complex enquiry and we continue to have a team of officers dedicated to supporting the investigation.”

However, nothing new was revealed on the 6th September, 2013, other than vague theories and accusations directed at Zaid AH. This despite EM warning against such! He said “This affair is very complex and international. What we need is proof and not scenarios or hypotheses. We need something that will stand up before a jury.”

If this was an opportunity to reassure the public of a genuine, thorough and competent investigation, it was an opportunity missed. Even a detailed report of the press conference itself is impossible to find. If searching questions were posed, we cannot discover them. They have not been reported.

Is it not amazing that this press conference did not provide a full description of the FACTS currently established, including visuals of the lay-by, identifying precisely where the people and vehicles were located; the results of the forensics and ballistics, particularly where shell casings and lead shot were found and mapped and what injuries were identified; the vehicles identified by witnesses and their part in the events; and many other specific points such as how many, in what sequence, were there witnesses to the scene before the police arrived?

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None of this information could conceivably prejudice subsequent proceedings and it would be easy to retain any specifics known only by the killers. None of the serious questions raised by me and others were answered.

And another weird fact. Even at this late stage in unsolved crimes, the police invariably are anxious to seek public help. Uniquely not in this case. Not one request for one iota of information! And still not even a photograph of three of the four of the victims and no explanation for this either!

I can find no report of the questions asked at the “press conference”. Were there any? Can anyone else find them? Yet more convincing evidence this not just an ordinary crime or investigation to which the press itself appears compliant.

What was reported however, was the scope of the investigation running apparently, in the words of the French Prosecutor, to “cubic metres”! The British side had carried out 2,000 “actions” including several trips to France, taken 560 statements, seized 5500 documents, 1600 exhibits and had compiled 1,300 reports. Zaid al-Hilli, 54 (Saad’s older brother) had been detained in June on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and re-bailed until October 23“pending further enquiries”. The French side had interviewed about 800 witnesses and taken 3,000 statements. The inquiry had led to 80 international demands for police assistance in 20 countries and been officially extended for another year. To date there has been no convincing explanation for the nature and extent (including Bomb Squad) of the search of the victim’s house nor why his brother and children should still require armed police protection.

As to anything new or informative, this was in short supply. The finger was pointed firmly in the direction of the arrested brother Zaid, whilst earlier stressing that that there was nothing to implicate him in the murders! Arrested but not charged after twelve months of intensive investigation? Twice bailed and allowed freedom of movement? This for a supposed dastardly killer of brother and in-laws? Oh please!

For the first time, the suggestion of industrial espionage and even state involvement was mooted but definitely not developed. “If you are talking about foreign states and industrial espionage, you could also be talking about secret service involvement,” Mr Maillaud said.

Col Vinnemann, who leads the French investigation, described Saad as having “an obsession” with Zaid appropriating his father’s estate and the “suspicion, hatred and the depth of the conflict between the two brothers”. Maillaud has described the disagreement as“violent” and determined this the sole reason for Saad changing his house locks before he left.

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The weapon was confirmed as “a pre-war Swiss-made Luger P06 7.65mm Parabellum, fired 21 times, including twice into the heads of the three members of the Hilli family and five times into the cyclist, Syvain Mollier. The killer shot from outside the vehicle, a maroon-coloured BMW estate, shattering the windows, but without scratching the bodywork. In all, 17 of the shots hit a human target. With each gun magazine carrying eight bullets, the assassin would have had to reload the weapon at least twice”.

He added, “I would not use the term professional gunman … but he was certainly what I would call a hardened gunman, experienced in situations of stress,” Maillaud said. “All we know is that there was one killer and he knew what he was doing: he was able to hit a moving target and change magazines, but we have no idea of his exact profile”.

He dismissed newspaper reports that the victims were gunned down by a hit-man from the former Yugoslavia as “pure speculation” and said the idea of a “lone wolf” killer or that the Hilli’s had stumbled across a drug or arms deal as “still being investigated, but lower down the list of hypotheses”.

What was notable by it’s absence however was any attempt to explain mistakes or clarify still unresolved unanswered questions. For example why did Eric Maillaud provide false information regarding the initial 3.48 telephone call? It wasn’t made by WB Martin as he claimed, neither can his subsequent changed account that it was made by Philippe “Didierjean” be made to fit the time line. Similarly, why did he lie about the latter’s name, if the later Swiss report that it was in fact “Bossy”, is correct?

Why no clarification or explanation relating to the early reports about a 4×4 and motor bike? At first EM reported WBM had given a “detailed account” about the vehicles. Later WBM claimed he could remember very little detail. EM then announced this was in fact a Forestry Department vehicle without explaining how this could pass WBM both up and down the road, why inexplicably, it took so long to identify it or why, its occupants could add nothing useful to the investigation despite passing the murder scene at precisely the critical time. Then after throwing buckets of water on the 4×4 earlier sought variously described as a Mitsubishi Pajero or Peugeot varying in colour from black to white, nearly seven months later the British police put out an appeal for a “dark coloured BMW X5”! Yet at the press conference no explanation is given for this apparent confusion or any results from the appeals. This is quite extraordinary.

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Nor is there any clarification as to why the French police proposed a quite irrational interpretation of the tyre marks so clearly left in the car park. These were said to been created by SAH’s car when this was clearly impossible, both by virtue of geometry and sequence of events. It would have required SAH to get back to the opposite side of his car whilst under fire and injured by bullets and carry out a complicated manoeuvre, all within a 30 second time frame determined by the sound of pistol fire. Nor can the theory of SAH striking SM be consistent with the vehicle actually reversing in a limited straight line that must have happened. It is hard to find any justification for these fundamental flaws without concluding either incompetence or intentional misleading. Was it to remove the necessity of an additional vehicle and to support the preferred option of a “lone killer” so assiduously pushed for so long but now apparently abandoned?

Then we have the mystery of the weapon used, the bullets fired and the injuries caused. How in such a high profile case with the best scientific facilities could there have been such utter confusion? First fifteen bullets were fired, quickly increased to twenty-five but now remarkably reduced to twenty-one whilst a recent BBC report speaks of “dozens”! We have been told the firing was random by an amateur or madman. Now we are told it was targeted and precise with seventeen hitting human targets and no damage to the vehicle even when they were all moving. (So what are the obvious “pings” on the front windscreen and the holes in the door glass?) EM at first declared three out of four had been shot in the head which he later corrected to all and Sylvain Mollier said to have been shot up to seven times. Now it is five. But if five this would mean the three victims in the car were shot at least twelve times. What four times each or some other permutation?

All the bullet casing were apparently found in or around the vehicle. This flatly contradicts the French version of events that the shooting started at the other end of the car park. If the early visuals are to be believed, presumably based as they were on police information, and all the casings ended up next to the off side rear wheel, it is impossible to reconcile this with a Luger PO6 which ejects up and to the right of the shooter.

None of this adds up. However this does not stop EM being certain the gun was an old Luger and that at least two changes of magazine, eight in each, were required. This explanation certainly presents difficulties. The user would certainly have to be skilled and prepared. The magazines would have had to be readily accessible on his person and the continuous nature of the shooting in a 30 second time-frame does not support any delay or fumbling.

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Not only were three magazines located and loaded without interruption but the killer also removed and stored them on his person or picked them up before leaving! Is this likely? It would be interesting to stage a re-enactment to see if the official interpretation is even achievable let alone choosing an obsolete weapon for such a high-profile killing, when so many better more effective weapons are available.

EM strenuously held to the view that SM, the French cyclist, was uninvolved, was not an intentional target and no meeting took place, yet the blood stains proved otherwise. Nor did his injuries support the idea that he was either shot when riding his bike or dragged along the ground in any way. WBM reported he was free of grazes. I suggest if he did have an impact injury, much more likely it was caused by the killer’s vehicle.

As far as the time line relating to victims, killer(s) and witnesses is concerned, this too has been subject to much variation from official sources. Surely after a year this issue must have been decided? Why is it not possible to supply this information to the public? Even at this late stage, we are still not sure who were the witnesses to the scene. Did the two female companions of Philippe Didierjean/Bossy actually stay away? Who is the recently admitted third male cyclist/witness? Why did the statements of PD/B and WBM differ in important respects? Why did the former assume the latter was responsible and attempt to punch him? Why did the French know and announce WBM as a ex-RAF pilot and hero, and allow him to leave the country immediately following, despite being the most important witness and chief suspect until being incontrovertibly cleared of suspicion? And what of the white Peugeot 205/305 seen leaving the area at high speed? EM has said it has been eliminated but surely an explanation was called for?

But perhaps one of the most sinister and intriguing aspects of the case still never officially discussed, are the many strange co-incidences of time and place.

Why was this remote location chosen, four miles south of the French township of Chevaline with all its etymological connections with the secret up-grading with multiple warheads of the British Polaris missile in the 1970?s? “Chevaline” also has the meaning of “Horse Slaughter”. In the “trade”, spies are sometimes referred to as “horses”. Then we have connotations with the classical “Trojan Horse”, which in more recent times has been applied to cyber espionage, most notably in the case of the very successful joint CIA/Mossad infiltration and sabotage of the Iranian Nuclear programme.

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Annecy happens to be twinned with Cheltenham where of course GCHQ is located. Geneva, the European base of the UN, was always regarded as a meeting place for East and West and a favourite place for covert interplay. It was also the location of Saadam Hussein’s notorious half brother for a decade from 1989, which according to Wikipedia was “believed to have managed clandestine accounts for the Iraqi president’s overseas fortune. This task was then taken over by a network of foreign brokers, since Hussein had decided that no one in Iraq could be trusted with this task.”

The location of the murders was at a place called “Martinet” in the “Combe d’Ire”. At it’s entrance there is even a warning in three languages that this is a “dead end”. At Martinet itself there is an information sign regarding the protected Bauges region in which there are wolves. Wolves and “being thrown to them” is a well known saying as is the notion in assassination parlance of “lone wolves” specifically ruled out by Eric Maillaud now apparently. “Martinet” is a smaller version of the Swallow family. “Bird watcher” is Slang used by British Intelligence for a spy. “Swallow, a term applied to a female agent employed to seduce people for intelligence purposes”. Martinet was also historically a French instrument of torture. As to Combe d’Ire – in English “Ire”, incidentally coming from ancient French, meaning “intense anger or wrath.” The route is dominated by the “Mountain of Coal”. Yes black as coal.

Now get this the event takes place forty years to the day of the Munich Massacre, when eleven members of the Israel Olympic team were killed by “Black September” activists on 5th September, 1972. (It also happened to be the 34th Anniversary of the start of the 1978 Camp David Peace Accords between Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat at Camp David,Maryland opposed by many on both sides) Subsequently on the direct orders of the then Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir “Operation Wrath of God” was launched to kill all those associated with it. We know it lasted twenty years with many victims but did it last longer? Is the Chevaline killings in the “Valley of Wrath”, the remnants of a continuing programme of assassination (most recently that of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai and subsequently the “suicide” cover-up of Ben Zygier in Jerusalem in 2010) that demonstrates there has been no change in Israeli policy?

The more we know of the Al Hilli, Al Saffar and Al Allaf clans (so expertly unravelled in part by one “Blue Bird” on the Craig Murray web site) and their multitudinous connections with high Middle East politics, opposition to Israeli hegemony including Hezbollah and Western, specifically United States and British, Intelligence going back over generations, the more likely this explanation would seem. Nor is the Mollier family free of extreme left wing nationalistic political connections that have been largely ignored by the press, with EM determined to keep them out of the spotlight.

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As to the forty year anniversary of the attack, there are few more coincidences worthy of note. Forty is a significant number sacred to Christians, Muslims and Jews but particularly the latter. There are many references in both Old (Moses obtaining the ten commandments etc) and New (Jesus was forty days and forty nights in the wilderness) Testaments and the Holy Koran. So not only is it an exact anniversary of a defining event that lead directly to a policy of State Assassination, it could hardly be more redolent with a multiplicity of meaning.

It is thought that religions adopted forty as significant from prior astronomical observation in Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Egyptian civilizations. The planet Venus forms a pentagram in the night sky every eight years with it returning to its original point every 40 years with a 40 day regression. The pentagram connection is reinforced by its mathematical descriptors: “Forty is an octagonal number, and as the sum of the first four pentagonal numbers, it is a pentagonal pyramidal number. Adding up some subsets of its divisors (e.g., 1, 4, 5, 10 and 20) gives 40, hence 40 is a semi-perfect number”. We need not look further than the American Dollar and defence establishment to see the significance of the pentagram.

Further, it happened just before the Jewish New Year, which this year happened to fall precisely on September 5th. It is called “Rosh Hashanah”. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora’im (“Days of Awe”) which usually occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere. (Do I remember a particular military operation labelled “Shock and Awe”?) On the day the “shofar” – a ram’s horn – is blown which acclaims God as ruler of the universe and recalls the divine revelation at Sinai, where God made Israel his people and gave them the terms of his Covenant. It is also customary for many to recite penitential prayers at a river, symbolically casting their sins into the river in a ceremony called tashlikh.

In the Talmud tractate on Rosh Hashanah, it states that three books of account are opened on Rosh Hashanah, wherein the fate of the wicked, the righteous, and those of an intermediate class are recorded. The names of the righteous are immediately inscribed in the book of life, and they are sealed “to live.” The intermediate class are allowed a respite of ten days, until Yom Kippur, to reflect, repent and become righteous; the wicked are “blotted out of the book of the living forever.” In terms of the Gregorian calendar, the earliest date on which Rosh Hashanah can fall is September 5. The last time this happened was in 1899 which is remembered in Jewish circles for the famous Mark Twain article in the New York Harpers Magazine in which he said the following:

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“The Egyptians, the Babylonians, and the Persians rose, filled the planet
with sound and splendor, and faded to dream stuff and passed away. The
Greeks and the Romans followed and made a vast noise and they are gone.
Other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time. But it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all. Beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind.” It could hardly be more apposite today.

Finally, in another rather extraordinarily coincidental twist, forty is the atomic number of Zirconium the significance of which will not be lost on those who have followed this story. Used in the nuclear, space and aeronautic industries, SM and Cezus had specialist knowledge of its production and applications.

Are these idiomatic and chronological correlations, coincidental or causal? Are they significant to the planning and execution of this unique killing, full of anomalies, or purely random associations? Who can tell but they certainly raise the question.

So to sum up, the press conference on the 6th September 2013 appears to have presented no new information; answered none of the disturbing questions relating to the events and police response; suggested any convincing explanation of the brutal event nor sought any help from the public. As such it did nothing to counter suggestions of intrigue and cover-up and yet again the press appears to have failed to obtain answers.

The more cynical might describe it as being “more heat than light” – a public relations exercise in “plausible deniability” so favoured by intelligence agencies, east and west. Whoever was responsible, the French investigation in particular, has given the strong impression of adding to the confusion surrounding it.

“We have made great advances” in the investigation, said Eric Maillaud. If so, the press conference on the 6th September, 2013, gave no indication of them. END

Chevaline Massacre – Tim Veater

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Admin

The Al Hilli/Mollier meeting at Chevaline and why the official explanations make

no sense – by Tim Veater.

The reason for the meeting between Saad Al Hilli(SAH) and Sylvain Mollier (SM)

at Chevaline has always puzzled. The opinion of the French Prosecutor, Eric

Maillaud (EM), that no meeting took place – in fact that there was no possible

connection between the two – is hard to explain because it is so contrary to

normal police practice of keeping all lines of enquiry open until they are are

positively closed. For this reason it deserves independent examination.

In a way it is the corollary, in reverse, of EM’s certainty as to the heroic,

unimpeachable involvement of William Brett Martin, the British man who came on

the scene only minutes after the shooting. Both reactions appear

counter-intuitive and un-typical of usual police approach.

To this must be added the total absence of any background on SM or even the

publication of a photograph.

Reservations are reinforced by further official statements that can be shown to

be contradictory or conflicting with other evidence in the public domain.

For example even when the ballistics and forensics proved SAH and SM were

physically close at the time of the shooting because of blood contamination on

both parties – presumably because they were conversing – EM disagreed.

All the early media reports, presumably on the back of police briefing, placing

SM’s body to the front off-side (RHS viewed from the driver’s seat) of the car.

Yet this absolutely conflicts with the evident blood stained ground on the OTHER

side of the car – blood that could ONLY have come from Mollier.

If he was lying on the RHS of the car, it must mean he was moved there after he

stopped bleeding. (WBM admits to this but why has never been satisfactorily

explained).

Why did the police allow this error to be published and if done in error, not

correct it at the first opportunity?

Similarly they allowed the suggestion that his bike lay next to him to be the

accepted one, when in fact it emerged from later aerial photographs that the

bike was propped against the road at the OTHER END of the car park.

Of course the reconstruction based on these two conflicting situations are quite

different. The first suggests he got no further that the start of the lay-by

when first shot and fell next to his bike, whereas the second, probably true

inference was that he rode to the other end and got off normally, walked to the

Al Hillis outside their car, before any hint of an attack took place.

EM “was sure” SM was just an unlucky interloper, killed for being a witness and

arriving after the main attack on the the Al Hillis. Clearly this interpretation

cannot withstand the forensic evidence. Mollier we are told, was shot first and

last and most often.

This must mean he arrived before the shooting started not as was stated came

upon it after the Al Hilli’s had been killed.

Then we have the official statement that Mollier was struck and dragged by Al

Hilli’s vehicle in the process of a quite impossible reverse manoeuvre.

Not only is this not borne out by WBM’s testimony of an un-grazed body but it in

no way makes sense given the location of the BMW and where Mollier obviously lay

after being shot.

We need to pose the question why the French authorities would promote or not

correct so many important disinformations?

It cannot be explained in terms of incompetence. The only rational explanation

is that it was essential to someone in a position of influence in the French

State to distance Mollier from any suggestion of involvement with the Al Hilli’s

and the murders to prevent any suggestion of involvement, either as assailant or

target. We can only speculate why this might be.

EM promoted the unlikely suggestion that SM was “lost” when it is clear that

the trip and destination were purposeful, to meet the Al Hilli’s and possibly

others. We do not know whether he was doing so at the direction of British or

French (or some other entity) or was known by them.

It is the promotion of irrational explanations by the French Authorities that

certainly suggests something shady on the French side. The fact that the at

the recent press conference, the opportunity to correct or explain these and

other incongruities, tends to reinforce this view.

We can be pretty sure there was a meeting. We have absolutely no idea what it

was about. However there are the well known confluences.

Both SAH and SM had significant specialist skills in their respective areas of

expertise. Both on a personal level, had recently lost fathers and had issues

around families and estate. Both had unexplained anomalous employment

situations. Both had political backgrounds and held fairly strident views

regarding particularly Zionism.

Both were on a search for/in need of, money. Both had links with nuclear and

defence industries. There may even be points of commonality as regards the

revelations elsewhere of French neo-Nazi, French Union and Saddam Hussein links.

Official secrecy appears to surround both of them.

Beyond this we may assume they would not have been natural bed-fellows. Was SM

fluent in English or SAH in French? Might SM resent foreigners in his homeland,

particularly wealthy, capitalist, Iraqi ones? If a meeting took place, who chose

the location, who invited whom? Was it initiated by SAH, SM or a third party? If

a third party, was this in fact the killers or some other?

Whatever we make of the above, we may conclude with some certainty that organs

within the French State considered it sufficiently important to distance Mollier

from events at Chevaline and that it was prepared to allow known

misinterpretations regarding the scene and what took place there, to be promoted

by the media. By and large, it has made no attempt to explain or correct them!

Nor for that matter has the British team.

In a world of tragedy and violence, the events of Chevaline, will with time,

become ever more distant and remote. However the event is compounded by

questions of cause and the genuineness of the criminal investigation. These

raise far wider issues that demand answers. END

Panorama 21.10.13 “Murder in the Alps” – Tim Veater

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Admin

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Panorama 21.10.13. “Murder in the Alps” – the Chevaline Killings. Tim Veater.

On the 21.10.13 BBC broadcast an hour long Panorama programme on the Chevaline

killings.

It can be viewed here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03fgstr/Panorama_Murder_in_the_Alps/

It concentrates on the alleged dispute over property between Saad al Hilli and

his brother Zaid. In this, the latter denies any involvement in the murders and

instead points the accusatory finger at the French, who he claims, know who

carried out the crime and are involved in a cover up. For his part the Annecy

Prosecutor rather confusingly states Zaid is the only suspect but that no court

in France or Britain could find him guilty.

New insight was limited, despite Zaid and a Forestry Employee being interviewed

for the first time and Brett Martin for the first time since his original

BBC/SKY one. Unfortunately these added further confusion rather than clearing up

unanswered questions.

Now WBM says he caught up with SM at Chevaline and thought it strange he was

riding a racing bike on such an unsuitable route. This would mean he was going

faster than Mollier yet later he is ahead of Martin without reportedly passing

him.

Now for the first time Martin claims the Al Hillis pass him and Mollier up the

Combe. He just drops this casually into his account despite its significance.

You will note this is a complete departure from his original story in which a

green 4X4 passed him both up and down.

Clearly the trained pilot could not have confused a red BMW estate car with a

green 4×4, nor has he ever mentioned before the Al Hillis passed him. The

programme in typical fashion, did not challenge this fundamental change in his

story. Now only a motor bike passed him very carefully the 4×4 conveniently

disappearing from the account.

The Forestry employee who remained anonymous, stated he drove down at the

critical time yet refers not at all to either the Al Hillis or the two cyclists

coming up. He says that as he passed the lay-by he noticed a motor cyclist on

his machine parked up on his left hand side. It was suggested this was the lone

killer waiting for the victims to arrive.

Then he adds that on the way down a grey British RHD BMW X5 passed him going up,

driven by a dark skinned man.

This raises further problems as this vehicle must have passed WBM although he

does not mention it. Also, unless it continued over the mountain pass it would

have to have returned but again now no mention of it doing so from WBM.

The forestry man also adds that two of his colleagues had met the motor cyclist

further up the dog leg that coincidentally had in early newspaper reports been

inaccurately identified as the murder site! He said they stopped him and made

him return down the way he came presumably following him in their truck. He says

they saw his face and that he had a small beard. Presumably, and implausibly,

they didn’t record the registration number.

So the first obvious question that was not posed was why were these details not

immediately circulated with appropriate photo-fits as part of a general appeal?

There can be no rational explanation for this. This programme proves that

descriptions of primary suspects were for some reason withheld.

The second question would be, if as they are claiming, this was the single

killer intercepted and sent back down the hill following the killing, not only

would he have to have passed WBM now at the the murder scene, but the forestry

employees would also have been the first to come upon it. Neither of these

events have been claimed.

Or are they claiming this meeting was on a different day?

In addition, if there was only one motor bike killer, what was the role of the

now claimed BMW X5? The programme does nothing to clear up any of these

outstanding important inconsistencies.

Then the programme slavishly repeats the French interpretation of the killing

events completely without analysis or challenge, despite it conflicting with

what has been reported.

It claims the car was parked nose in at the top of the lay-by (next to the

signage) and that the motor cyclist approached from beyond, firing at the two Al

Hillis and the approaching Mollier. This simply does not fit. Even a school

child could see it, yet a team of professional journalists working for the BBC

can’t?

If the shooting took place at that end, the spent cartridges would be recovered

there. But we have been told all the cartridges were found around, in or under

the car at the BOTTOM end where it came to rest. So one or the other stories

MUST be a lie perpetuated by the French. The lie is confirmed by the

impossibility of the manoeuvre, given the fact that Al Hilli had already been

shot before, it is claimed, carrying out a complicated impossible reverse turn.

In addition there was a fundamental contradiction between the claim that SM was

shot at the top of the lay-by, yet was found by WBM in front of the parked car

where it ended up. Nor is WBM’s actual reconstruction of what he did fit with

blood stains. There are no blood stains in front of the car, they are all to the

side.

So yet again a mainstream television programme fails to grasp the nettle. This

is not investigative journalism, it is a conduit for agreed, approved

story-telling, not to provide clarity and answers. Rather to leave the

impression that the French best line of investigation is quite hopeless. Sure

they have managed to uncover animosity and dispute between the two brothers but

this falls far short of a murder plot. On the other hand for the first time a

specific allegation of collusion and cover up is levelled at the French.

If any element of the story was consistent or believable it would help. The

Panorama programme merely adds more confusing layers to the conundrum.END

The Curious Case of Dickory Cronke by Tim Veater.

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Admin

The Curious Case of the Dumb Cornishman, Dickory Cronke (and his forty

suggestions for a contented life) – Tim Veater.

Most people are familiar with Robinson Crusoe and the author of the book by that

name – Daniel Defoe – who lived in London from c. 1661 to 1731. A prolific

writer of tracts and stories – yet most people would probably be hard pressed to

name any other works by him. Some regard him as the first true journalist and

novelist in the English language, when to be so, was perhaps even more fraught

and risky than it is today. He was also a Government spy!

Although mixing with monarchs, he also ended up in the stocks and prison, as a

result of political intrigue and his satirical works. He was a prolific and

versatile writer of more than five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on

various topics including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology, the

supernatural and the economy. In contrast to the best selling moral tale of

Robinson Crusoe, who he placed almost alone on a far-off island for twenty eight

years, the racy – many thought quite scandalous – tale of Moll Flanders, was the

even more popular!

Somewhere between the two, he created and published the now little known short

story entitled “Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher, or, Great Britain’s

Wonder”. It is about a boy born dumb to a poor Cornish tinner, living not far

from the port of Padstow, who by dint of effort and the protection of kindly

employers in Wales and Bath, was after many years able to return to his sister

with modest savings to support them both.

Whilst away, despite his disability, he achieved a repution for honesty,

faithfulness and application, to such an extent he was regarded by many as a

silent though not insignificant, wise man or self-taught moral philosopher even.

On his return to Cornwall, when out walking he suffered an “apolexy”, which

today would probably be diagnosed as a stroke or some such. A search being

organised, he was eventually discovered unconscious, under a tree where he fell,

and carried home to his bed. However when he recovered, a most remarkable thing

had happened – he discovered for the very first time in his whole life he was

able to SPEAK!

As you might expect, this was as great a shock to his sister and friends as it

was to him. Yet even in the midst of his delight, he was aware that his time was

limited.

Not wishing to waste a moment of it, he set to sorting his papers and estate,

burning many items he thought unworthy or superfluous. He left the library he

had amassed to a friend of the Welsh gentleman who had cared for him, and the

rest to his sisters and to charity. His final energies he gave over to recording

what lessons he had learned from life’s experience. These he tabulated in forty

“Meditations and Observations relating to the Conduct of Human Life in General”

that are attached below. Some might think they are not without their usefulness

and application today, when scarcely an institution, creed or nature itself

retains our confidence and all is flux in human affairs.

So in summary we may say the Forty – yes Forty! – “Meditations and Observations”

encapsulate the wise words of a poor Christian Cornishman, who despite being

dumb all his life, at the age of fifty eight, miraculously rediscovered his

voice – to the benefit of all – before death intervened.

We do not know whether “Dickory Cronke” was real or imagined, or perhaps

contained elements of both, or if he was merely a conduit for the aging and

ailing Daniel Defoe to record his own philosophy. I shall have to leave it to

you the reader, to decide whether in today’s world, a eighteenth century

approach might benefit us?

“Meditations and Observations relating to the Conduct of Human Life in General”

– by Dickory Cronke (aka Daniel Defoe)

“1. Remember how often you have neglected the great duties of religion

and virtue, and slighted the opportunities that Providence has put into

your hands; and, withal, that you have a set period assigned you for the

management of the affairs of human life; and then reflect seriously that,

unless you resolve immediately to improve the little remains, the whole

must necessarily slip away insensibly, and then you are lost beyond

recovery.

“2. Let an unaffected gravity, freedom, justice, and sincerity shine

through all your actions, and let no fancies and chimeras give the least

check to those excellent qualities. This is an easy task, if you will

but suppose everything you do to be your last, and if you can keep your

passions and appetites from crossing your reason. Stand clear of

rashness, and have nothing of insincerity or self-love to infect you.

“3. Manage all your thoughts and actions with such prudence andcircumspection

as if you were sensible you were just going to step intothe grave. A little

thinking will show a man the vanity and uncertaintyof all sublunary things, and

enable him to examine maturely the manner ofdying; which, if duly abstracted

from the terror of the idea, will appearnothing more than an unavoidable

appendix of life itself, and a purenatural action.

“4. Consider that ill-usage from some sort of people is in a manner

necessary, and therefore do not be disquieted about it, but rather

conclude that you and your enemy are both marching off the stage

together, and that in a little time your very memories will be

extinguished.

“5. Among your principal observations upon human life, let it be always

one to take notice what a great deal both of time and ease that man gains

who is not troubled with the spirit of curiosity, who lets his

neighbours’ affairs alone, and confines his inspections to himself, and

only takes care of honesty and a good conscience.

“6. If you would live at your ease, and as much as possible be free from

the incumbrances of life, manage but a few things at once, and let those,

too, be such as are absolutely necessary. By this rule you will draw the

bulk of your business into a narrow compass, and have the double pleasure

of making your actions good, and few into the bargain.

“7. He that torments himself because things do not happen just as he

would have them, is but a sort of ulcer in the world; and he that is

selfish, narrow-souled, and sets up for a separate interest, is a kind of

voluntary outlaw, and disincorporates himself from mankind.

“8. Never think anything below you which reason and your own

circumstances require, and never suffer yourself to be deterred by the

ill-grounded notions of censure and reproach; but when honesty and

conscience prompt you to say or do anything, do it boldly; never balk

your resolution or start at the consequence.

“9. If a man does me an injury, what is that to me? It is his own

action, and let him account for it. As for me, I am in my proper

station, and only doing the business that Providence has allotted; and

withal, I ought to consider that the best way to revenge, is not to

imitate the injury.

“10. When you happen to be ruffled and put out of humour by any cross

accident, retire immediately into your reason, and do not suffer your

passion to overrule you a moment; for the sooner you recover yourself

now, the better you will be able to guard yourself for the future.

“11. Do not be like those ill-natured people that, though they do not

love to give a good word to their contemporaries, yet are mighty fond of

their own commendations. This argues a perverse and unjust temper, and

often exposes the authors to scorn and contempt.

“12. If any one convinces you of an error, change your opinion and thankhim for

it: truth and information are your business, and can never hurtanybody. On the

contrary, he that is proud and stubborn, and wilfullycontinues in a mistake, it

is he that receives the mischief.

“13. Because you see a thing difficult, do not instantly conclude it to

be impossible to master it. Diligence and industry are seldom defeated.

Look, therefore, narrowly into the thing itself, and what you observe

proper and practicable in another, conclude likewise within your own

power.

“14. The principal business of human life is run through within the short

compass of twenty-four hours; and when you have taken a deliberate view

of the present age, you have seen as much as if you had begun with the

world, the rest being nothing else but an endless round of the same thing

over and over again.

“15. Bring your will to your fate, and suit your mind to your

circumstances. Love your friends and forgive your enemies, and do

justice to all mankind, and you will be secure to make your passage easy,

and enjoy most of the comforts human life is capable to afford you.

“16. When you have a mind to entertain yourself in your retirements, let

it be with the good qualifications of your friends and acquaintance.

Think with pleasure and satisfaction upon the honour and bravery of one,

the modesty of another, the generosity of a third, and so on; there being

nothing more pleasant and diverting than the lively images and the

advantages of those we love and converse with.

“17. As nothing can deprive you of the privileges of your nature, or

compel you to act counter to your reason, so nothing can happen to you

but what comes from Providence, and consists with the interest of the

universe.

“18. Let people’s tongues and actions be what they will, your business is

to have honour and honesty in your view. Let them rail, revile, censure,

and condemn, or make you the subject of their scorn and ridicule, what

does it all signify? You have one certain remedy against all their

malice and folly, and that is, to live so that nobody shall believe them.

“19. Alas, poor mortals! did we rightly consider our own state and

condition, we should find it would not be long before we have forgot all

the world, and to be even, that all the world will have forgot us

likewise.

“20. He that would recommend himself to the public, let him do it by the

candour and modesty of his behaviour, and by a generous indifference to

external advantages. Let him love mankind, and resign to Providence, and

then his works will follow him, and his good actions will praise him in

the gate.

“21. When you hear a discourse, let your understanding, as far aspossible, keep

pace with it, and lead you forward to those things whichfall most within the

compass of your own observations.

“22. When vice and treachery shall be rewarded, and virtue and ability

slighted and discountenanced; when ministers of state shall rather fear

man than God, and to screen themselves run into parties and factions;

when noise and clamour, and scandalous reports shall carry everything

before them, it is natural to conclude that a nation in such a state of

infatuation stands upon the brink of destruction, and without the

intervention of some unforeseen accident, must be inevitably ruined.

“23. When a prince is guarded by wise and honest men, and when all public

officers are sure to be rewarded if they do well, and punished if they do

evil, the consequence is plain; justice and honesty will flourish, and

men will be always contriving, not for themselves, but for the honour and

interest of their king and country.

“24. Wicked men may sometimes go unpunished in this world, but wicked

nations never do; because this world is the only place of punishment of

wicked nations, though not for private and particular persons.

“25. An administration that is merely founded upon human policy must be

always subject to human chance; but that which is founded on the divine

wisdom can no more miscarry than the government of heaven. To govern by

parties and factions is the advice of an atheist, and sets up a

government by the spirit of Satan. In such a government the prince can

never be secure under the greatest promises, since, as men’s interest

changes, so will their duty and affections likewise.

“26. It is a very ancient observation, and a very true one, that people

generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they design to

betray; so that truth and ceremony are, and always will be, two distinct

things.

“27. When you find your friend in an error, undeceive him with secrecy

and civility, and let him see his oversight first by hints and glances;

and if you cannot convince him, leave him with respect, and lay the fault

upon your own management.

“28. When you are under the greatest vexations, then consider that human

life lasts but for a moment; and do not forget but that you are like the

rest of the world, and faulty yourself in many instances; and withal,

remember that anger and impatience often prove more mischievous than the

provocation.

“29. Gentleness and good humour are invincible, provided they are without

hypocrisy and design; they disarm the most barbarous and savage tempers,

and make even malice ashamed of itself.

“30. In all the actions of life let it be your first and principal careto guard

against anger on the one hand, and flattery on the other, forthey are both

unserviceable qualities, and do a great deal of mischief inthe government of

human life.

“31. When a man turns knave or libertine, and gives way to fear,

jealousy, and fits of the spleen; when his mind complains of his fortune,

and he quits the station in which Providence has placed him, he acts

perfectly counter to humanity, deserts his own nature, and, as it were,

runs away from himself.

“32. Be not heavy in business, disturbed in conversation, nor impertinent

in your thoughts. Let your judgment be right, your actions friendly, and

your mind contented; let them curse you, threaten you, or despise you;

let them go on; they can never injure your reason or your virtue, and

then all the rest that they can do to you signifies nothing.

“33. The only pleasure of human life is doing the business of the

creation; and which way is that to be compassed very easily? Most

certainly by the practice of general kindness, by rejecting the

importunity of our senses, by distinguishing truth from falsehood, and by

contemplating the works of the Almighty.

“34. Be sure to mind that which lies before you, whether it be thought,

word, or action; and never postpone an opportunity, or make virtue wait

for you till to-morrow.

“35. Whatever tends neither to the improvement of your reason nor the

benefit of society, think it below you; and when you have done any

considerable service to mankind, do not lessen it by your folly in gaping

after reputation and requital.

“36. When you find yourself sleepy in a morning, rouse yourself, and

consider that you are born to business, and that in doing good in your

generation, you answer your character and act like a man; whereas sleep

and idleness do but degrade you, and sink you down to a brute.

“37. A mind that has nothing of hope, or fear, or aversion, or desire, to

weaken and disturb it, is the most impregnable security. Hither we may

with safety retire and defy our enemies; and he that sees not this

advantage must be extremely ignorant, and he that forgets it unhappy.

“38. Do not disturb yourself about the faults of other people, but let

everybody’s crimes be at their own door. Have always this great maxim in

your remembrance, that to play the knave is to rebel against religion;

all sorts of injustice being no less than high treason against Heaven

itself.

“39. Do not contemn death, but meet it with a decent and religious

fortitude, and look upon it as one of those things which Providence has

ordered. If you want a cordial to make the apprehensions of dying go

down a little the more easily, consider what sort of world and what sort

of company you will part with. To conclude, do but look seriously into

the world, and there you will see multitudes of people preparing for

funerals, and mourning for their friends and acquaintances; and look out

again a little afterwards, and you will see others doing the very same

thing for them.

“40. In short, men are but poor transitory things. To-day they are busy

and harassed with the affairs of human life; and to-morrow life itself is

taken from them, and they are returned to their original dust and ashes.

“EPITAPH

“The occasion of this epitaph was briefly thus:–A gentleman, who had

heard much in commendation of this dumb man, going accidentally to the

churchyard where he was buried, and finding his grave without a

tombstone, or any manner of memorandum of his death, he pulled out his

pencil, and writ as follows:–

PAUPER UBIQUE JACET.

Near to this lonely unfrequented place,

Mixed with the common dust, neglected lies

The man that every muse should strive to grace,

And all the world should for his virtue prize.

Stop, gentle passenger, and drop a tear,

Truth, justice, wisdom, all lie buried here.

What, though he wants a monumental stone,

The common pomp of every fool or knave,

Those virtues which through all his actions shone

Proclaim his worth, and praise him in the grave.

His merits will a bright example give,

Which shall both time and envy too outlive.

Oh, had I power but equal to my mind,

A decent tomb should soon this place adorn,

With this inscription: Lo, here lies confined

A wondrous man, although obscurely born;

A man, though dumb, yet he was nature’s care,

Who marked him out her own philosopher.”END

Police Powers – Tim Veater

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Admin

Police and their Powers – Tim Veater.

The police naturally defer to power and authority as they perceive it because

experience supports the contention that to do otherwise will cause more problems

for them and interfere with natural progression within the force. The role of

Free Masonry within the the police and legal profession is legendary. It is the

link to many in positions of authority in business, both local and national. The

fact that it is largely secret and subject to strict vows of secrecy and mutual

support, make its workings hidden and its consequences obscure.

The recent “plebgate” incident has illustrated how on two distinct counts,

officers lied either to protect themselves, damage others or make a political

point within the context of a trade dispute. It also tends to heighten

suspicions surrounding the “kettling” tactics employed at the G20 demonstrations

in 2009 (which the high court later ruled were unlawful) and the bungled

response to the London riots in 2011 – which themselves followed an incident

where a person was shot in rather suspicious circumstances, now subject to a

Coroner’s Inquest. Were these also examples of the police demonstrating

political power?

The reality is that that on the ground and in individual cases, police often

exceed and get away with their actual powers despite the fact that these have

been extended in a number of respects. “Aggravated Trespass” is a case in point,

making what had previously been a wholly civil matter into a criminal one. No

doubt police officers and aggrieved land owners would see it differently, nor

that in some cases it serves a public purpose but the example quoted in the

George Monbiot/Guardian article above, of monitors on a public footpath being

effectively arrested, not on the part of the land owner, but at the discretion

of the land owners’ union, is clearly wrong.

It is yet another example of “administrative slippage” where a certain power is

magically extended to excuse an unlawful act. In a similar way we have seen the

Terrorism Act used to prevent lawful protest, as it was in the case of Walter

Wolfgang, or of lawful passage in the case of David Miranda. It is why British

law makers in the past were always punctilious in building in protections and

defences to over-zealous enforcement for spurious reasons and why major

disasters are required, or threats of them, to pass ever more restrictive

measures.

Even in the sixties, Dixon of Dock Green was a parody of the truth. I had a

friend who was a Metropolitan Policeman at the time who witnessed police

brutality and corruption, who said he and his colleagues would roar with

laughter at how the policing was portrayed.

However it is indisputable that the nature of British policing has changed over

the years towards a more overtly aggressive and militaristic style, whether

justified by circumstances or not. More distant, aloof and unaccountable as

regards the individuals that fall foul of them. As a result the perception is

that they appear to be “changing sides”, from protecting the weak and innocent,

to being a force of repression and private interests, including their own.

Four recent local stories illustrate the point. Only yesterday I was approached

by a gentleman who felt he had been the subject of a great injustice. He claims

whilst in a gents’ toilet of a club he was verbally abused and threatened by an

employee of the national organisation of which he was a long-standing member. An

altercation ensued in which others got involved and the other person

subsequently claimed he had been attacked. Despite having no history of violence

and his adamant rebuttal, the police prosecuted him in the Magistrates Court for

common assault as a result, of which he was found guilty and made subject to

house curfew between the hours of 4 pm and 12 mn, plus banned from all pubs in

the area for two years, and forced to pay fines and compensation of more than

£600. His wife, who had also been physically assaulted, was conveniently ignored

and in fact identified as a prosecution witness but not called to give evidence,

thus preventing her from supporting her

husband’s version of account. There is little doubt the police took a course

of least resistance, supporting the employee’s version of events and getting the

desired result despite an obvious injustice. The victim has been left

disillusioned and bitter believing he was the innocent victim of a collusion

between police and club and having no route to challenge the findings or clear

his name locally.

The second recent example is a “Cornishman” report of a drug trading syndicate

broken up. No one doubts the need to fight the widespread use of “hard” drugs,

and we will swiftly pass over the CIA’s and Big Banks’ involvement in

international drug dealing, but the significant point is that the evidence that

convicted was gleaned from monitoring devices placed in the criminal’s car and

presumably done legally and admissible in evidence. Quote “Officers caught the

second round of defendants by placing a recording device into the car of

ringleader Angelo Kortje, who has since absconded to Spain and is wanted by

police.”

Read more: http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Drug-growing-gang-members-sentenced/story-19947829-detail/story.html#ixzz2i5VzXTbl

This is a new one on me about which we have heard very little in the public

domain. We may reasonably ask under what circumstances are these devices

installed and how would we know we had been targeted?

The third which runs parallel in the same edition, that patrol cars are now

fitted with devices that can automatically “read” registration plates and supply

a whole range of information relating to car and driver. Again this is done

without any discussion on its relative merits or controls or ensuring, post

Leveson, that the power will not be misused for personal gain or other reasons.

http://www.cornishman.co.uk/Police-high-tech-eye-road-users/story-19947652-detail/story.html

The fourth is another unassuming “Cornishman” report on the reintroduction of

police patrols to the road network in response to increased fatalities. However

buried in the press release is the fact the squad will be staffed by fire arm

trained officers. Ah there’s the rub! For the first time, without any public

discussion, it appears the officers in these patrol cars now come

psychologically and physically trained to shoot. Quote “The new unit will

consist mainly of firearms officers who also have specialist road traffic

skills.”

Read more: http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Traffic-police-return/story-19939716-detail/story.html#ixzz2i5b0at4i

No mention as to whether they will be carrying their weapons, either on their

person or vehicle, but it it appears that in such small “administrative” steps,

we as a nation go down a predictable and worrying flight towards an increasingly

repressive and illiberal society in which the scales tip from individual liberty

towards state power. If these stories are true of backward, sleepy Cornwall, God

help the rest of the country.END