The mainstream media for the most part has moved on. But there are a few more gleanings to be had, of perhaps the most interesting comes from the Daily Mirror, which labels al-Hilli an extremist on the grounds that he was against the war in Iraq, disapproved of the behaviour of Israel and had doubts over 9/11 – which makes a great deal of the population “extremist”. But the Mirror has the only mainstream mention I can find of the possibility that Mossad carried out the killings. Given Mr al-Hilli’s profession, the fact he is a Shia, the fact he had visited Iran, and the fact that Israel heas been assassinating scientists connected to Iran’s nuclear programme, this has to be a possibility. There are of course other possibilities, but to ignore that one is ludicrous.
Which leads me to the argument of Daily Mail crime reporter, Stephen Wright, that the French police should concentrate on the idea that this was a killing by a random Alpine madman or racist bigot. Perfectly possible, of course, and the anti-Muslim killings in Marseille might be as much a precedent as Mossad killings of scientists. But why the lone madman idea should be the preferred investigation, Mr Wright does not explain. What I did find interesting from a man who has visited many crime scenes are his repeated insinuations that the French authorities are not really trying very hard to find who the killers were, for example:
the crime scene would have been sealed off for a minimum of seven to ten days, to allow detailed forensic searches for DNA, fibres, tyre marks and shoe prints to take place.
Nearby bushes and vegetation would have been searched for any discarded food and cigarette butts left by the killer, not to mention the murder weapon.
But from what I saw at the end of last week, no such searches had taken place and potentially vital evidence could have been missed. House to house inquiries in the local area had yet to be completed and police had not made specific public appeals for information about the crime. No reward had been put up for information about the shootings.
Behind the scenes, what other short cuts have been taken? Have police seized data identifying all mobile phones being used in the vicinity of the murders that day?
The idea that the French authorities – who are quite as capable as any other of solving cases – are not really trying very hard is an interesting one.
Which leads me to this part of a remarkable article from the Daily Telegraph, which if true points us back towards a hit squad and discounts the ides that there was only one gun:
Claims that only one gun was used to kill everybody is likely to be disproved by full ballistics test results which are out in October.
While the 25 spent bullet cartridges found at the scene are all of the same kind, they could in fact have come from a number of weapons of the same make.
This throws up the possibility of a well-equipped, highly-trained gang circling the car and then opening fire.
Both children were left alive by the killers, who had clinically pumped bullets into everybody else, including five into Mr Mollier.
Zainab was found staggering around outside the car by Brett Martin, a British former RAF serviceman who cycled by moments after the attack, but he saw nobody except the schoolgirl.
Her sister, Zeena, was found unscathed and hiding in the car eight hours later.
Both sisters are now back in Britain, and are believed to have been reunited at a secret location near London.
There are of course a number of hit squad options, both governmental and private, which might well involve iraqi or Iranian interests – on both of which the mainstream media have been very happy to speculate while almost unanimously ignoring Israel.
But what interests me is why the Daily Telegraph choose, in the face of all the evidence, to minimise the horrific nature of the attack by stating that “Both children were left alive by the killers”? Zainab was not left alive by design, she was shot in the chest and her skull was stove in, which presumably was a pretty serious attempt to kill a seven year-old child. The other girl might very well have succeeded in hiding from the killers under her mother’s skirts, as she hid from the first rescuers, and then for eight hours from the police.
The Telegraph article claims to be informed by sources close to the investigation. So they believe it was a group of people, and feel motivated to absolve those people from child-killing. Now what could the Daily Telegraph be thinking?
Felix
Rockie Osaren.
The companies look fake. I particularly like the company name “Bored in the USA ltd”
Intelligence services could be a little bit more creative when selecting such fake company names for their agents. Shouldnt they?
Ferret
Yes. The area makes a lot of sense for spies and James Bond. The iranian embassy is also round the corner. Princes gate 55 seems to be a location for at least MI5/6 CIA and FSB amongst others.
There is a rear entrance through the polish restaurant. However as i had pointed out, the address has nothing to do with a rear entrance. Princes gate is the name of that acre where hundreds of houses and several streets have been built after the exhibition in the 19th century.
“However, SW7 2PN is the one commonly used at Companies House for companies looked after by Gabriel Consulting, and I hadn’t seen the other one used in any such records.”
Gabriel Consulting trading as MHG Business Consulting Limited registered in England and Wales 07895586
Registered address : Units 1 & 2 Mercia Village, Torwood Close, Westwood Business Park, Coventry. CV4 8HX.
Data Protection Registration Number Z3084056
Our business address is 29 Larkfield Way, Coventry. CV5 7QB. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our Website.
A corner property has two roads = 2 addresses.
“A corner property has two roads = 2 addresses.”
http://search.savills.com/property-detail/l35475
You’ve all likely seen this.
“When researching EO, it must be understood that Eeben Barlow… had expertise in setting up front-companies … EO is connected to a weblike structure of multinational holding entities, mining and oil companies, and security and air transportation groups which have purposefully been created to mask its operations, those of its allied firms, and the various individuals involved… specializing in the extraction of mineral and oil resources from troubled and failed-states.
fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/merc.htm
Also – “Mercenaries: An African Security Dilemma.” The book traces the maze of relationships engulfing EO, Sandline, Buckingham, Mann, Grunberg
From Simon Mann and EO (supposedly disbanded in 1999) hooks up to Tim Spicer and Sandline International and that connects to Rio Tinto and Uranium One, which was set up when Kurzin’s partner, Canadian mining mogul Frank Giustra, and Bill Clinton flew out to meet with the country’s president, Nursultan Nazarbaev.
Areva lost heavily on the purchase of Uranium One.
It’s way beyond me to sort out the connections, just put them out in case some of you recognize names.
How is that?
Re 55 Princes Gate + GC + Jeremy wotsisname…
Well done on all the digging. At the very least it shows an informal network among people with a very particular background and training… ie when they go ‘private’ sector or become ‘deniable’ there’s this reliable trustworthy chap who’ll do all the paperwork for them. Now it could be that this chap is ‘on secondment’ and hands out work that isn’t ‘official’ in the usual meaning of the word. Either that or he’s a front, perhaps a booking agent, for ‘guns r us’ types. I reckon there wouldn’t be much going on in those businesses that would not be known, intimately, to SIS etc.
So, where does that put WBM? I think it puts him on the job, semi-officially, for the UK (otherwise he’d still be sweating it with les flics), and comprehensively blown.
Re queries re SAH’s father.
As far as I recall reading Kadhim al-Hilli set up a couple of engineering factories with his brother (who had been tortured by Saddam’s crowd) after arriving in the UK. The brother and family arrived in 1970, Kadhim and family arrived in 1971
@Dave
You ARE good.
😉
Where did they find YOU?
Either way, I still didn’t lie, and it’s disingenuous of you to continue to imply that I did. If you keep it up, I suspect unbiased readers will start to assume that it’s *you* who is in fact lying.
😀
The truth is that neither of us has lied, and both postcodes are correct for the same building, at least according to Royal Mail, who are the ultimate arbiter in these matters.
And It’s true that the postcode used for the addresses listed at Companies House doesn’t have any business ratings, but so what? That doesn’t mean the postcode is not valid and not used.
So please drop it.
And BTW, that’s a different Gabriel Consulting in Coventry, as I’m sure you are well aware.
:groan:
@Dave @Katie
“A corner property has two roads = 2 addresses.”
Did you think that up all by yourselves?
Amazing.
“Either way, I still didn’t lie, and it’s disingenuous of you to continue to imply that I did. If you keep it up, I suspect unbiased readers will start to assume that it’s *you* who is in fact lying.”
See for yourself, look at the rates website.
It’s just a mailing address.
“And It’s true that the postcode used for the addresses listed at Companies House doesn’t have any business ratings, but so what?”
It means there’s not a business there, or a residential property for that matter.
Address, he does not exist.
“Well done on all the digging. At the very least it shows an informal network among people with a very particular background and training… ”
A network of people looking for a SW7 mailing address.
Ooooh look!
I’ve found a security company being run by someone who’s ex-RAF Regiment.
NOT at 55 Princes Gate, disappointingly…
🙁
http://www.hmsecurityservices.co.uk/about/the-team/martin-chisnall
I M Russia ltd in princes gate 55
http://www.imrp.ru/index_e.html
Matvai Gorbatchev (Gorbatchov) is also managing director of Morgan Hunt corp.
Must be the FSB office in 55 princes gate.
They are a sister company of Parioforma (see above) and Intrex corp. (see above). Parioforma also registered at 55 princes gate.
Silver Fern is most likely the New Zealand intelligence representative since silver fern is the nickname of newzealanders.
It’s all very interesting what you have come up with!
[Mod/Jon: updated alias]
It means there’s not a business there, or a residential property for that matter.
Oh right, so 55 Princes Gate does not, in fact, exist?
Brilliant, once again, Dave.
All it means is that there are two postcodes for the same building, as we have already established.
Check Royal Mail’s postcode finder if you don’t believe me.
Did you look through JC !
And Ashby !
Have you noticed how everybody is “holding hands”.
What an odd place to go, if you have a chalet in France !
Very interesting post by you this morning, Ricki!
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Regards
Kenneth Sorensen
@Ricki Tarr, @all – please post items only once. If they go into moderation, then they will be released – posting again means we have to work out which was the first one, then trash the subsequent (sometimes slightly different) copies. So, repeated posts just creates work.
Yes, I will look at the spam filter, but I’m a volunteer, so please be patient 🙂
“Another interesting name at Squadron Ltd”
Well done that man !
You see who owns it ? (all the same again !)
And there main guy ?
And his previous employer ?
So lets sum up here.
If you want a Mi24, or an exSAS chap or a chalet for some hiking.
Then Gabriel’s place is where you’d go !
A one stop shop !
Hey J sorry but someone else asked me to re-post without a
semi-nasty name in it, that was the only reason (an honest mistake).
Sorry if I came over like I was having a go just wanted to get this out there!
@Kenneth! thanks its a great angle I thought! one we have touched on but not fully explored, it would explain the Passports as ID would be required at the bank! I also think this points more to French, Swiss, US or British intervention rather than Mossad or MEK.
@Ricki
What have you come up with?
CD check at 9:24am post was in moderation but has cleared now!
Ricki.
My thoughts to.
Here it is, CD – from 9.24 this morning
Ricki I would recommend that you post [a general summary of] it again and again. People are generally a little daft, and needs it repeated, plus you are competing with many different takes on the situation.
You could conveniently omit the direct links, and put them in { } brackets.
[Mod/Jon: updated alias]
Ricki.
Good post. But didn’t daddy skip Iraq before the downfall of Saddam. So why would he be looking after a small part of the fortune (which I agree is there and split up like you say).
P.S. On the final attack on Iraq, I did think that the biggest cheers came from the Swiss. (bank account ? What bank account ?)
If Kenneth thinks it’s good, I’m starting to get skeptical…
@ Ricki
Interesting line of speculation. I would have thought that the powers that be would have enough pressure to apply on Swiss authorities to make them give up such info? But then that might amount to tracking the people that came out of the woodwork rather than seizing the cash.
The biggest argument against is the al-Hilli break with the Iraq regime in the early 70s. Search Ali al-Hilli (aero-engineer with Qantas) SAH’s cousin, who gave a bit of family background in an interview. It was reported that his father was tortured and left with some paralysis by Saddam’s goons. Makes it difficult to see how they might have been Saddam’s bag men.