The Chevaline Murders.
An old case rumbles on.
The 'decade' is up M. Maillaud!
See also: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14301657/brother-british-tourist-shot-french-alps-new-investigation-police.html
I did not trust the French interpretation of the crime scene or the investigation at the time and I see no reason to change my opinion now. If ever there was a case that supported 'deep state' criminal conspiracy and cover-up, this is it!
8.2.2025: It's interesting the part Rahm Emanuel played in providing the 'Eagles of Death Metal' band at the Bataclan on Friday 13th. Then there's Ariana Grande on her 'Dangerous Woman' tour at the so called 'suicide bombing' Manchester Arena at 10.33 on May 22nd Then the amazing coincidence that the Al Hilli etc killings took place on the 40th anniversary (to the day!) of the 'Munich Massacre' (5th Sept 1972/2012) And we all know the Biblical significance of 40 don't we? These and innumerable other incidental terrorist lexical and numerical 'coincidences' are of course ignored and sneered at by those ultimately responsible for the events themselves.
The al Hilli killings in the French Alps in 2012 took place forty (40) years to the day of the so called 'Munich Massacre' in 1972. That event saw the initiation of a programme of assassination given the code name "Wrath of God" that continued for at least the next twenty years. The 2012 killings took place in a valley called 'Combe d'Ire' which in French means 'to speak or declare' but in its English version means 'anger'. It happened outside Chevaline, meaning 'horse butcher'. The modus was typically Mossad or some other state assassination squad, but not once has the official finger pointed in that direction despite the highly professional nature of the operation and all the international Middle East background. For the following thirteen years and a botched initial investigation, multiple suggestions and leads have been advanced, none coming to anything substantial, whilst incredibly even basic questions that could be answered, remain shielded in secrecy. The latest one a fantasy story suggesting a "fifty year old Swiss man with specialist military training'. Nor has anything of consequence emerged from the huge British police investigation either. I wonder why? https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/search?q=psychopaths https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/.../an-old-case-rumbles...
6.2.2025: Now it is the following!!! (From the Telegraph)
"French investigators believe the shooter behind the 2012 Alps murders is an ex-Swiss special forces agent who “lost the plot” after undergoing training in the use of “high-precision”, close-range gun techniques, say reports." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/05/alps-shooter-former-swiss-special-forces-lost-the-plot/Given the “level of stress linked to the nature of the events, the very likely screams of the victims, the resulting increase in heart rate, and the precision of the shots fired on the move, it can only be a very experienced man who may have already had this kind of experience in the past with the same type of weapon”, Le Parisien reported, citing the expert.
He suspected the killer to most likely be a “Swiss serviceman in his fifties, who completely ‘lost the plot’ after having undergone such high-precision shooting training.”
For anyone interested in what I have written in the past, the following links apply:
https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/search?q=Alps+murders
https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/search?q=Al+Hilli
https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2015/10/chevaline-lies-but-why-tim-veater.html
https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-al-hilli-murders-at-chevaline-tim.html
https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-chevaline-massacre-one-year-on-by.html
https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2015/02/chevaline-just-another-numerical-co.html
https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2015/02/chevaline-lies-but-why-tim-veater.html
The first published article I wrote on the Chevaline Massacre in 2012: https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/search?q=logophere
What I find interesting in these periodic newspaper revisits to those terrible events of September 5th 2012, is they seldom throw any more light on them or even highlight the anomalies and outstanding issues that have never been satisfactorily resolved.
This latest one in the 'Mirror' and a virtually identical one in the 'Mail', though ostensibly by different journalist authors (Doesn't that raise a bit of a question?) effectively just recount what happened on the day and Zaid al Hilli's demand for a proper investigation, which of course he has made many times before. There is virtually nothing new here although, bylined as an 'exclusive'.
Both French and British investigations - and they appear to have been both independent yet cooperative - were shrouded in secrecy. Of course incredibly, despite the huge resources allotted to them, neither came up with plausible explanations or named likely culprits, despite numerous false trails. Even if secrecy was considered expedient at the time, why is it still the case? More than anything, isn't it time for clear unaffected transparency and truthful answers to the outstanding questions.
Here are some of the questions I would pose which require them:
1. Who made the initial emergency call? The French account that it was Martin, was contradicted by him. Either the French are lying or Martin is lying. The French must have recorded the call, so it is high time they released it to settle the matter, although the reasons for the misinformation remain.
2. Publish the crime scene photos so we can all see what the first responders saw so we can make judgements as to the reliability of the accounts or otherwise. People were prosecuted for some that saw the light of day. Why? What do they reveal and what is the justification for the secrecy surrounding them?
3. An unimpeachable account of the people and vehicles at the location is required, what they saw and what they did. Information on this is patchy and conflicting. In particular the large BMW or similar that was on site and reportedly left immediately after the shooting. Although both French -and later - British police sources validated it, it has been virtually written out of the script. If it was there in a culdesac with virtually only one, then two, routes of escape, it is quite incredible it was not spotted, recorded or identified. Why?
4. Then there is the motor-cyclist on scene actually reported by state employed forestry workers. Why was the role of two teams of these kept secret until a Panorama programme reported them. They drove down past the layby at the crucial time but their evidence of what they saw has been kept vague. Of course one team interviewed a motorcyclist at the top of the mountain, but we are still unclear what happened after. Did they escourt him back down or not? There is still no rational explanation for the delay in publishing an artist's likeness after well over a year. The French investigators say he was ruled out but was he the same motor cyclist spotted at the lay-by or not, and if not where did that second motor cyclist go?
5. Besides Martin there was apparently another pedal cyclist who reached the site who has never even been revealed. Who was he/she and what did they see or report? And why did Martin not make reference to them?
6. As to Martin riding down the hill and meeting up with hikers coming up many questions still remain unresolved. Were they walking or driving. What actually happened? Why were they initially deleted from the story? Was this the first '112' call or the second or third? How long after that call did the three sets of responders (Sapeurs-pompiers; Samu/ambulance; and police in that order) Why did the Sapeurs get there first? Apparently other individuals were at the scene but have remained anoymous.
7. The chain of command and the reason why Lyon forensics were not called, has never been explained. Even the most basic investigation of the car would have revealed four year old Zaina. Officers on scene must have been ordered not to. Why did it take so long to obtain the information that there were two al Hilli children?
8. Apparently Said had two mobile phones in the car. Leaving aside the classic secret asset vibe, the information on them must have been absolutely crucial. Is it believable that the investigators gained nothing from them as to the reason for the trip and being at that lonely location? In particular as regards the unexplained witnessed meeting whilst Said was at the camp site. Did the camp site have no CCTV? In fact did no one have CCTV?
9. There were rumours a private plane took off from a local airfield. Was there any substance to that? I'm sure there would be records. Were they exhaustively examined to see if there was any substance to the rumour?
10. Then there is the involvement of Silvain Mollier, the French cyclist. In a photograph his bike is not in the location it was reported to be and his body and blood stains do not support the story he was dragged from the front of the car. He was shot the most, both before and after the al Hillis in the car. Zainab was outside. It is hard to see how the official version of events can be made to fit. Is a more plausible explanation either that all three were outside and both Said and Silvain tried to make a run for it in different directions; or alternatively the two men were both inside the car with just Zainab outside when the shooter appeared?
11. The bullet casings and presumably bullets themselves were marked. This with the damage done to the car, the position of the bodies and their injuries, plus other forensic information, should have been sufficient to locate the shooter and his movements. Why the disparity over how many bullets were fired. Could it be the remnant of the ancient Luger was a decoy to throw investigators off the scent? How in the circumstances it could be re-charged at least twice has never been properly explained.
12. If ever a case required a detailed and public enquiry, this is it. Although the French investigation has been criticised, was the Surrey one any better? Why if the French one was so poor did the British one not fill the gaps? The armed response in Britain and the steps that were taken to protect Said indicate a much greater threat than that posed by a local shooter. The family and public deserves to be told.
These are just some of the outstanding questions that are never posed or answered, nor the reason for the secrecy and such a botched response and investigation. Isn't it time we were told?
Track record:
'Investigate bungling French police over gun massacre of my brother's family'
Zaid Al-Hilli has spoken out as cold case officers revisit the murder of his brother Saad, 50, who was shot dead at the wheel of his BMW while on holiday in September 2012
- 12:50, 18 Jan 2025
- 12:50, 18 Jan 2025
The brother of a Brit murdered with his family in the French Alps has demanded a probe into police who bungled the investigation.
Zaid Al-Hilli spoke out as cold case officers revisit one of the century’s most sensational unsolved murders. His brother Saad al-Hilli, 50, an Iraq-born satellite engineer, was shot dead at the wheel of his BMW while on holiday in September 2012. Also blasted twice in the head were dentist wife Iqbal al-Hilli, 47, and her mum Suhaila al Allaf, 74.
The couple’s seven-year-old daughter Zainab was left for dead while her four-year-old sister Zeena survived by hiding under her mother. A French cyclist Sylvain Mollier 45 on the remote mountain road near Lake Annecy was also shot execution-style. Now Saad’s brother wants an investigation into a “cover-up” by “diabolical” local police.
Zaid – named by French police as a suspect himself – said: “The beginning of the investigation was botched up and not really taken seriously. Look at the mistakes and work out whether they were just mistakes or cover-ups. For me it is the only path to solving what happened. The new cold case investigators, who I think are more independent and crucially not from the local area, should talk to the people who did the investigation at the beginning.”
The family were given hope when the cold case unit in Paris held a reconstruction in October. Lawyers and police chiefs attended at a disused air base outside Paris. But Zaid revealed that the reconstruction drew blanks – as did a forensic analysis of clothes and 10 cigarette butts found at the scene.
Zaid, 65, an accountant, said: “It was a shame, what has happened previously has made it very difficult for these people to find out the truth. The way they treated the crime scene was truly diabolical. It was appalling that they didn’t do a reconstruction at the time. Why are others having to do one 11 or 12 years on? I question whether more important pieces were destroyed and never looked at, which could’ve given us hope all those years ago.”
Prosecutors admitted one forensics officer “accidentally contaminated” crime scene material with his own DNA, while officers trampled the scene before it was analysed. Zaid has hired top French lawyer William Bourdon to deal with any developments. And the case is now being looked at by a new charity set up by a former police chief, called the Association for Victims of Unsolved Crimes.
Benoît de Maillard and his team are scrutinising 391 cold cases. Zaid added: “We welcome any new investigation that can offer something new. We need it.”
His brother’s family, from Claygate, Surrey, were found in a forest car park in Chevaline, the BMW estate’s engine still running. The killer had shot Saad’s daughter Zainab, seven, in the shoulder then beat her with the gun when he ran out of bullets after firing 21 in all. All she could tell investigators was that she saw “one bad man”.
Her sister Zeena, four, was not found under her dead mum for eight hours because police were reluctant to disturb the bodies. The next year UK cops arrested Zaid on suspicion of conspiracy to murder after it emerged the brothers had fallen out over a parental will. Six months later he was told he would face no action. There were also theories Saad was a spy because of his defence-related job or that his killing was linked to his dad’s life in Iraq.
Last year the senior Surrey detective on the case told a Channel 4 documentary he believed cyclist Sylvain Mollier, 45, a local dad of three, had been the intended victim. Ex-DCI Mark Preston says he was shot first and last, with more bullets than the others – and the Al-Hillis had just gone for a spontaneous drive while staying at a campsite nearby.
Zaid added: “There were huge mistakes. It’s a fact they left the crime scene open for contamination. It’s a fact they opened the area around the scene 48 hours after. Why did they open it before they investigated? I can’t understand it. I fear it is all a deception.
“To this day I’m so angry with how the investigation has been conducted. It was a local crime covered up by local police, I believe. I think they knew a lot more than they were telling us. The way they handled it was very mysterious. I feel that the new investigating judges are more independent. They are not from the area but they have come on board 12 years later. An investigation into those who supposedly ‘investigated’ could be our only way to answers.” MIRROR ARTICLE ENDS.
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“After the idiot French cops left that little 4 year old girl, Zeena, hiding in the car for 8 hours, it is clear they are too dull to have
a hope in hell of solving this thing, just as they were too dull to solve Lady Di’s murder.” — The Gutter Grunt
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The Unanswered Questions Surrounding
the Al Hilli Murders – by Tim Veater
Oct05.2012
T
T
he 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 very professional 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; failing to question,
challenge or even point out the inconsistencies and get
explanations for them. It is something that is attempted below.
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. Aerial photographs show the boot door
open despite the doors reportedly being locked. In one aerial
photograph, tyre skid marks can be seen far to the right of the
BMW. A reporter on the scene stated that broken glass was
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“fifteen” yards distant from the car, presumably because this
marks where the first shots were fired before the car reversed
into the bank? These facts have never been officially
referred to or properly discussed in the press. Why? 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 acknowledged for several days. Mr. Martin stated
that Mr. Mollier overtook him on his bike, yet was dead by
the time he reached the scene. Mr. Martin and Mr. Mollier
were apparently known to each other, being members of the
same French cycling club, yet there is no suggestion of
recognition in his statements, which to say the least, is
surprising.
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 kilometres 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
firearms, the number of shots to the victims and the number
of assailants. It was first reported that all the bullets came
from the same semi- automatic pistol, changed to two,
suggesting at least two killers, then back to one. There has
been no convincing explanation how so many bullets were
fired. A Czech made “Skorpion” was suggested. This is a very
old type of gun rather than more modern alternatives, of
which there are many.
Later, the Telegraph reported that it had learned "from
sources close to the investigation", that the four were shot
with a Luger P08, a highly-distinctive weapon, which was
standard issue to the Swiss Army. (It appears that this was a
9mm version – the 7.65 was in fact the PO4) But Browning ,
Glock. Mauser, Luger, Kel-Tec P-32, Beretta, Colt,
Springfield Armory, Mauser, Schnellfeuer, Borchardt,
Heckler & Koch, Kel-Tec all make models that would fit the
bill. The iconic “James Bond”Walther PPK was adopted by
MI5, MI6, Deutsch BND, French SDECE, Israel's Mossad and
a host of other secret operative units, and still used to this
day. The Beretta Model 70 and 71 was a favorite of the Israeli
Mossad and sky marshals, replaced by a 9mm Beretta in the
1970's apparently.
“Fifteen casings” were later changed to “twenty-five”.
Apparently ten of the used cartridges were found under the
car which accounts for the number increasing from 15 to 25
and a number were found inside the car, but the implications
have not been discussed.
Why the conflicting weapon evidence? Why was the
impression given that the weapon was probably old and
obsolete and the link with “Serb Paramilitaries”? 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, if Mr Mollier was shot only because he
witnessed events, why was Mr. Martin, another potential
witness, spared a similar fate? He must have arrived almost
immediately after the last shot was fired, as little Zainab was
still stumbling and the car wheels were still spinning. Unless
the assassin(s) escaped through the woods and used an
alternative route back, they must have passed him. 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
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about such a thing? However a vehicle coming down the four
kilometre 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. 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?
17.
Very little journalistic attention has been directed towards
the companies for which the victims and witnesses worked or
were associated. Why? They have remained opaque and
low-profile. Both Mr. Martin and Mr. Al Hilli were involved
in aircraft design, with either or both of the British and
European aircraft industries. Mr. Martin of course was an
ex-RAF pilot and was then involved in weapons systems and
"consultancy". His company Silver Fern (Sussex) Ltd., 55
Prices Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW72PN, founded in
2006, is classified at Companies House as, "Other
professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere
classified". Income is limited to about £21,000 pounds, despite
listed liabilities of over £600,000.
18.
Mr. Al Hilli worked for a company (Surrey Satellites
Technology Limited (SSTL) near Guildford) developing
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satellite systems. He was part of a team involved in an
undisclosed project linked to European Aeronautic Defence
and Space. He also had his own company - "Shtech", an
aeronautical business, which he ran with his wife Iqbal and
which had sub-contracted with SSTL. It registered £8,330
profit in 2011. In the 1980's he had been employed at the
internationally-renowned Rutherford Appleton Research
Centre in Didcot, Oxon, where a colleague reported he
worked on a giant particle accelerator, which can make
radioactive material.
19.
Mr. Mollier worked for CEZUS located in Ugine, France.
This centre is dedicated to R&D on Zirconium alloys,
focusing on process and metallurgy. (A question remains
why the Daily Mail referred inaccurately to “a company
producing stainless steel products” instead of Areva’s Cezus
R&D zirconium products for the nuclear industry?) It is a
cornerstone of innovation and is known worldwide. It is part
of Areva, a nuclear multinational, which is also involved
with uranium enrichment and high-tech metallurgy in the
nuclear industry. It also has ties with Eurodif. During the
reign of the Shah, Iran acquired a 10% stake in Eurodif. In
2011 the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC)
awarded six contracts, including to Areva, relating to the
supply of natural uranium concentrates, conversion and
enrichment services, worth some $3 billion for the Barakah
nuclear power plant planned to start generating in 2017.
What are the chances of so many concurrencies in one
iconic crime scene, at a location that recalls Britain's own
nuclear programme called “Chevaline”?
20.
It was reported that within hours a party of "military" types
had arrived from the British Embassy. Is this highly unusual
response, if in fact true, and why has the press not asked for
confirmation? Did they assist the removal of Mr. Martin
back to Britain?
The French and British authorities must be in possession of a
wealth of information from both covert and investigative sources
that they are not revealing. We must assume they are in full
possession of all of Mr Al Hilli's telephone and computer
communications, via GCHQ. As someone who was directly
monitored in 2003 (indeed according to a neighbours account,
physically followed) and involved with the defence industries and
Iraq, can hardly have been expected to have been dropped from
surveillance completely. Police are in possession of his mobile
phones and computers which must have afforded detailed
information on his contacts immediately prior to his murder. And
how about Mr Mollier's and Mr Martin's phones? What, if
anything, do they reveal? Surely they cannot have been
overlooked? Not only so but they must have details via the
telephone companies, of all calls and locations of mobile phones in
the vicinity of Chevaline on the day in question, including
chillingly the killers, unless they were so professional as not to carry
them. How can Mr. Maillaud say there are “no leads”, unless to
intentionally misinform?
That this was a professionally executed operation, cannot be
doubted. The use and accuracy of semi-automatic weapons and the
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way the killers “have disappeared off the map”, cannot be
co-incidental. Mr. Al Hilli maintained contacts with Iraq and was
a practising Shiite. He was vocal in his condemnation of Israel and
the United States 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 Governments, specifically in Britain and France, or
media?
Governments involved in assassination, and there have been recent
high-profile cases, 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.
Copyright © 2012 Tim Veater
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