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In the immediate wake of 9/11, and the bombings in Bali and Madrid, shock—“terror”—gripped the minds of people across the world, robbing them of their critical faculties. Today, July 7, 2005, as London received its version of 9/11 in multiple subway bombings, the ability to maintain focus is as important as it was on the previous occasions.

Now, mere hours following the bombings, while there is no reliable information on what really happened, there is a tidal wave of the fear, hysteria, and fear-mongering.

From the UK, researcher Ian Henshall is asking, among other questions, "Was the London attack helped or allowed to happen by rogue elements in the US/UK security forces?"

Henshall's questions are on the mark.

What really happened, and who benefits? What was this operation, and who or what had the ability to pull it off? (Who or what did not?) Who knew?

Did Israel know? What did the CIA, MI-6, etc. know?

What, indeed, is going on?

The answers will not come from the governments and government-controlled media. They never do.

What does a new terror event (intentionally or coincidentally) wipe off the front pages? Some events leading up to July 7, 2005:

• The CIA-Valerie Plame case hits the fan. Judith Miller goes to jail after refusing to divulge her Bush administration source. Matthew Cooper agrees to talk. Members of Congress, led by John Conyers, issue a letter demanding answers from the Bush White House, and the resignation of Karl Rove. Anglo-American Iraq war lies exposed.
• The Downing Street Papers. Anglo-American Iraq war lies exposed.
• G-8 summit.
• Blair-UK (political snapshot provided by Henshall).
• Insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan strengthen, in opposition to Anglo-American occupation. Anglo-American occupations in trouble.
• Russia and China jointly call for end to Anglo-American “world domination.”
• Russia and China, and leaders of Central Asian republics, call for an outright US exit from Central Asia.
• Oil prices hit another new high. World economy shaky.
• Preparation for war against Iran (forecast by some as beginning in the summer of 2005) continues.

Listen to: "Galloway wary of staged attack as pretext for Iran invasion" (audio)

• Bush administration approval ratings plumb depths. Support for Iraq war plumb depths.

The larger backdrop:

• Peak Oil.
• The criminality of the world elite, led by Bush-Blair, an undisguised fact.
• All major terror events since 2000—including 9/11, Bali and Madrid—implicated Bush-Blair, and Anglo-American-aligned functionaries and intelligence fronts.
• “War on terrorism” a propaganda construct.
• Al-Qaeda is an intelligence branch of the CIA. Islamic terror groups are Anglo-American military-intelligence assets.
• Provocative Anglo-American wars have created native anti-occupation insurgencies, blurring the line between “terror” groups controlled by Anglo-American (and Anglo-American-connected) intelligence, and those opposed: blowback as fact.
• Continuing Anglo-American war hinges on continuing “terrorism”: blowback as welcome, whether manufactured or not.

Among the things to watch in the wake of the London event:

• Staged nature of media coverage, and singular focus (canned “war on terrorism” propaganda, bereft of analysis).
• Staged nature of official responses. (Think “jackals.”)
• Who or what is blamed.
• “Security” measures justified, and to be enacted.
• Military actions justified, and to be enacted.
• What comes next.

“Terror” alerts are now being issues around the world.

Web sites such as From The Wilderness, Center for Research on Globalisation and Online Journal have consistently separated wheat from chaff, realities from rhetoric, and information from disinformation. Sources like this will be increasingly necessary, as conditions worsen.

Only one thing is certain at this hour. It is up to you—an independent-thinking individual—to find the answers. It always is.

Focus.

Special thanks to Jamey Hecht for timely material.