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21/03/11: J7 publish our Submission to the Inquests regarding resumption of the inquests into the four.
29/10/10: J7 publish 7/7 Inquests transcripts as searchable, print-friendly PDFs.
16/10/10: J7 launch the dedicated new J7: 7/7 Inquests Blog for latest Inquests news and analysis.
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10/08/10: A new film 7/7: Seeds of Deconstruction has been released that places 7/7 in its wider historical and political context, and examines some of the many unanswered questions that still surround 7 July 2005.
01/08/10: J7 publish a review of another 7/7 related book, Out of the Tunnel, by Rachel 'North'.
07/07/10: J7 publish a detailed analysis of the number 30 bus explosion in Tavistock Square.
01/11/09: J7 respond to two 7/7 articles published in Notes from the Borderland issues 7 and 8. Read our response here.
01/11/09: Debunking 7/7 Debunking: An article in two parts that debunks some of the disingenuous attacks against those not convinced by the official story of 7/7. Read Part 1 here and read Part 2 here. October 2010 update: Debunking 7/7 Debunking Part 3.
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13/01/09: J7 challenge assertions made by Paul Stott in his paper and presentation to the Anarchist Studies Network conference at Loughborough University
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07/02/08: J7 Exclusive Report: Peter Power's CV Fakery - 7/7 terror rehearsal man and regular BBC 'terror' consultant was suspended from Dorset Police pending an internal inquiry that resulted in a file being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions. Full story here.
04/01/08: In July 2007 the BBC approached J7 asking for participants in a 'documentary' about 7/7. Six months after initial contact, the BBC revealed the 'documentary' was part of BBC2's risible Conspiracy Files series. On learning this, J7 declined to participate. Find out why in the full J7 response to the BBC.
03/12/07: 7/7 Ripple Effect - J7 issue a rebuttal and rejection of the film and its unsubstantiated speculation.
05/11/07: Latest J7 Flyer published. View here, download PDF here and here
11/09/07: J7 book review - J7 reviews The 4th Bomb, a book by Daniel Obachike.
11/09/07: J7 reconstruct and republish the 7-7 discussion from the forum of cult writer/director Alex Cox.
24/08/07: Over a year since Dr John Reid acknowledged a fundamental error in the official Home Office 7/7 narrative, J7 receive a response to a series of Freedom of Information requests which includes an amendment to the repeatedly discredited narrative. Read the story and the revised section of the Home Office narrative on the J7 blog.
16/08/07: Channel 4 News' Darshna Soni blogs about the need for a 7/7 public inquiry and asks how independent or public such an inquiry would be under the Inquiries Act 2005, a piece of legislation that puts the government in control of 'independent' inquiries - 7/7 and the public inquiry dilemma, formerly titled, "Why it's time for a public inquiry into 7/7"
13/08/07: "Anyone who thinks the [Home Office] report is a full account is not being serious or realistic." On the launch of his new film The Homefront, the Cousin of 7/7 victim Anthony Fatayi Williams, filmmaker Thomas Ikimi, tells J7 about his film and the experiences of his family at the hands of the government since 7/7.
30/06/07: Major new content added - J7 Analysis of King's Cross / Russell Square incidents
04/06/07: July 7th Truth Campaign interviewed on Channel 4 News as a new survey shows 59% of Muslims don't believe the government has told the whole truth about 7/7. Watch Darshna Soni's original report, Survey: 'government hasn't told truth about 7/7', read viewer comments on the piece that show it's not just Muslims who don't believe we have been told the truth. See also Darshna Soni's follow-up blog and 7/7 The Conspiracy Theories which explains some of the many errors and anomalies in the official story.
03/06/07: Major new content added - J7 Analysis of Edgware Road / Paddington incidents
28/05/07: Major new content added - J7 Analysis of Liverpool Street / Aldgate / Aldgate East incidents
02/05/07: Full transcript and video of Tayab Ali's post-crevice statement on behalf of Salahuddin Amin
01/05/07: Video, audio and full transcript of Imran Khan's statement on behalf of Nabeel Hussain, who was acquitted of all charges in the Crevice trial
01/05/07: Transcript of Imran Khan's statement on behalf of the 5 men convicted in the Operation Crevice trial, given at the end of the trial on 30/04/07, which includes a statement by J7 on the renewed calls for a public inquiry into the events of 7/7
07/03/07: J7 publish a new article by Professor David MacGregor, 'July 7th as Machiavellian State Terror?' an article in which the events of 7/7 are given historical context and examined as potential acts of, 'Machiavellian state terror, spectacular violence perpetrated against the state by elements of the state itself'.
26/02/07: J7 is pleased and honoured to announce the publication of "The economics of 7/7 and other mysteries of capitalism explained", an article written for the July 7th Truth Campaign by writer and journalist William Bowles.
24/02/07: Brand new J7 article Capitalising on Terror - Who is really destroying our freedoms? - A look at how 7/7 has been used as the justification for the imposition of Draconian laws that criminalise everyone.
06/02/07: J7 publishes the London Bombings Dossier - an extensive portfolio of research by David Minahan, former National President of the MSF (Amicus) Union.
11/01/07: Above Top Secret publish an interview with J7 Truth Campaign team.
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Index 27 - Other Bus Explosions
Official version of events
There was only one bus explosion. The other explosions around buses were controlled ones carried out by police explosive officers.
Query
Were bombs detonated aboard buses other than the number 30 in Tavistock Place?
Exhibits (OB1a - OB10)
OB2 OB3 OB4 & OB5. Are all extracts from the local Hampstead and Highgate Express which refer in precise terms to additional explosions. OB9 from the same paper contains a quote from a named bus driver Colin Bates which demonstrates knowledge of more than one of his colleagues being injured or even killed.
OB5 (supra) and OB6 independently have references to an explosion taking place on a bus at 9,20am! The latter, which is a Financial Times on line report, also has a named witness Mick O’Cruthers.
OB7 and OB8 both contain references to a bus exploding in Aldgate.
Related Information
Tavistock Bus explosion
Summary
It seems certain that other bus explosions took place. The fact was widely reported on the morning of 7th July. Although Sir Ian Blair at a subsequent press conference said they were controlled ones no further details were ever given. The number of explosions and the extent of casualties are unclear.
References
OB1
Two other blasts also went off in other buses, reports said. There were reports of casualties, says the AP.
The explosion near Russell Square occurred not long after blasts on London subways earlier Thursday, police said. Dow Jones Newswires reported that police confirmed explosions on at least two others buses.
Source: News from Russia
OB2
Chaos piled upon chaos when three bombs tore through buses near Russell Square.
Source: Hampstead & Highgate Express
OB3
Kentish Times team reporting from the terror blasted areas
Journalist Neil McKeown says his friend Andrew Northover saw the double decker in Russell Square explode into small pieces.
Mr Northover said: "It blew up right by our office, a guy I work with was on the bus behind it. The police have told us to stay in the building. There are bomb squad and police everywhere. I've never seen so many police."
Source (URL required): Hampstead & Highgate Express
OB4
One West Hampstead schoolgirl described a brush with death.
Alexis Mintah, 15, a pupil at St Augustine's School, Kilburn, said: "I was on my way to work experience at a hairdressing salon in Marchmont Street and I realised I had to do something at school.
"So I got off the 168 and transferred to a 31. Two stops later the bus blew up. I am counting my lucky stars today."
David Jones, a social worker, described how a bus behind him was blown apart by a bomb.
He said: "There was a huge thud. I looked around and the bus behind me was on fire. There was lots of smoke and total panic."
Source: Hampstead & Highgate Express
OB5
Samantha Jenkins, 28, who was on a bus at 9.20am this morning said: "The bus driver told us that there had been a major incident on a bus and everyone got a bit panicky. I had no idea what was going on."
Source: Hampstead & Highgate Express
OB6
Mick O’Cruthers was near Russell Square when an explosion went off on a bus at around 9.20am. Mr O’Cruthers said he saw people coming off the bus covered in blood and glass and was told a bomb had exploded on the bottom deck. He said the people he spoke to had been upstairs.
Source: Financial Times
OB7
Channel 4 News: Witness reports of London blasts
A police officer at the scene said, "I was first on the scene at the explosion at Aldgate all of which has now been evacuated. I was pulling people out of the bus. There are definitely some dead."
He added, "Four bombs have gone off in London already, we are advising people to get off the streets. You are better off in a basement today, anywhere off the street.
Source (removed): Channel 4 News (copy)
OB8
Scotland Yard have confirmed 3 bus explosions (one of which my colleague witnessed at Aldgate). Metronet (who run parts of the tube) confirm at least 3 explosions on the underground network. All London hospitals are on major incident alert and the entire tube and central bus network has been suspended. Reports of multiple fatalities. Finally, an eyewitness on Sky News has just reported a second explosion at Russell Square.
posted by tomafro at 2:45 AM PST on July 7
Source: MetaFilter
OB9
Reporter Patrick Clift talked bus driver Colin Bates. He said: "Our sympathies go out to all our colleagues who have been badly injured or killed even by these blasts.
"Buses are always vulnerable to these sort of attacks. Around 15 years ago a similar explosion happened on a bus in Lewisham. It's terrible what has happened today. Many drivers I know will be terrified now because of what has happened to their colleagues."
Source (URL required): Hampstead & Highgate Express
OB10
Scotland Yard said one packed double decker bus was ripped apart in one explosion in central London - there were two other explosions on buses and several blasts throughout the tube network.
As well as a reported blast at Moorgate tube in the City. There were also possible bus explosions at Marylebone and South Kensington.
Source: Channel 4 News
