Post by Teddy Bear on Jun 10, 2009 21:25:14 GMT
In another 'commission by ommission' form of bias, the BBC have neglected to mention in any recent updates to the fatal Air France flight crash story, that the names of 2 passengers aboard that flight were those linked to terrorist groups. While these 2 may or may not have had anything to do with the crash, why should the BBC still have a problem reporting this fact?
Two passengers on doomed Air France jet had names linked to Islamic terror groups
By Peter Allen
Last updated at 6:50 PM on 10th June 2009
Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on board the Air France flight which crashed with the loss of 228 lives, it emerged today.
Both were men in their 20s of unspecified nationality, but their bodies have not yet been found, making proper identification impossible.
French secret servicemen established the connection while working through the list of those who boarded the doomed Airbus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 31st.
It has also emerged that the laptop and boarding pass of British oil executive Arthur Coakley have been found in the wreckage of the jet.
Flight AF447 crashed in mid-Atlantic en route to Paris during a violent storm.
While it is certain that there were computer malfunctions – and that these were the most likely reason for the accident - terrorism has not been ruled out.
Soon after the fatal crash agents working for the DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure), the French equivalent of MI6, were dispatched to Brazil.
It was there that they established that two names on the passenger list are also on highly classified documents listing the names of radical Muslims considered a threat to the French Republic.
There were 32 nationalities represented on the Air France flight, including Moroccans and Lebanese.
The suspicious names are linked to radical Islamic groups including Al Qaeda, which was behind the 9/11 suicide attacks on the U.S.A.
A source working for the French security services told Paris weekly L’Express that the link was ‘highly significant’.
Agents are now trying to establish dates of birth for the two dead passengers, and family connections.
There is a possibility that the name similarities are simply a ‘macabre coincidence’, the source added, but the revelation is still being ‘taken very seriously’.
Bizarrely the full official list of dead passengers has not been released by Air France, despite it being more than week since the plane crashed.
Such lists are normally released within 72 hours.
By Peter Allen
Last updated at 6:50 PM on 10th June 2009
Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on board the Air France flight which crashed with the loss of 228 lives, it emerged today.
Both were men in their 20s of unspecified nationality, but their bodies have not yet been found, making proper identification impossible.
French secret servicemen established the connection while working through the list of those who boarded the doomed Airbus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 31st.
It has also emerged that the laptop and boarding pass of British oil executive Arthur Coakley have been found in the wreckage of the jet.
Flight AF447 crashed in mid-Atlantic en route to Paris during a violent storm.
While it is certain that there were computer malfunctions – and that these were the most likely reason for the accident - terrorism has not been ruled out.
Soon after the fatal crash agents working for the DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure), the French equivalent of MI6, were dispatched to Brazil.
It was there that they established that two names on the passenger list are also on highly classified documents listing the names of radical Muslims considered a threat to the French Republic.
There were 32 nationalities represented on the Air France flight, including Moroccans and Lebanese.
The suspicious names are linked to radical Islamic groups including Al Qaeda, which was behind the 9/11 suicide attacks on the U.S.A.
A source working for the French security services told Paris weekly L’Express that the link was ‘highly significant’.
Agents are now trying to establish dates of birth for the two dead passengers, and family connections.
There is a possibility that the name similarities are simply a ‘macabre coincidence’, the source added, but the revelation is still being ‘taken very seriously’.
Bizarrely the full official list of dead passengers has not been released by Air France, despite it being more than week since the plane crashed.
Such lists are normally released within 72 hours.
