Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk 2017 Westminster attack 0 30152 199203 199201 2020-12-18T21:48:29Z Terje 655 tidy links wikitext text/x-wiki {{event |image=2017 Westminster attack.jpg |image_width=290px |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Westminster_attack |constitutes=Vehicular assault, stabbing, mid-level deep event? |description=A combined vehicle assault and stabbing at an iconic London location |fatalities=4 |witnesses=Craig Mackey |start=22 March 2017 |end=22 March 2017 |ON_perpetrators=Khalid Masood |locations=Westminster, London, UK |latitude=51°30′03″N |longitude=0°07′19″W |type=Vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing |injuries=~40 }} The '''2017 Westminster attack''' occurred on 22 March 2017, on Westminster Bridge and the palace of Westminster, central [[London]]. After the attack, [[Amber Rudd]] attempted to suggest that it demonstrated that the UK intelligence agencies needed more [[mass surveillance]] capabilities and that [[encryption]] should be prohibited.<ref name=sun/> On 24th March, [[Lasha Darkmoon]] published a [http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=149007 pictorial summary] of the {{ccm}} accounts, not inconsistent with the idea of a "[[lone nut]]". ==Official narrative== [[Khalid Masood]] drove into a number of pedestrians, killing two on [[Westminster Bridge]].<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-39355505|title=London attack - latest updates|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=22 March 2017</ref> He then fatally stabbed a police officer, PC [[Keith Palmer]] within the grounds of the [[Palace of Westminster]], before being shot dead by other officers.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/22/man-shot-police-outside-parliament-officer-reportedly-shoots|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=22 March 2017</ref> The perpetrator was a small time criminal [[Moslem]] convert, known by many names, including [[Khalid Masood]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2017/mar/23/westminster-attack-parliament-resumes-tributes-keith-palmer-live |title=London terror attack: Khalid Masood named by police as responsible for Westminster attack|newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 March 2017|accessdate=23 March 2017</ref> Initial reports were that he was already known to [[MI5]] "but had been dismissed as a 'peripheral figure'.”<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3151786/london-attack-terrorist-attacker-parliament-westminster-latest/ "London terror attack condemned by Theresa May as British-born terrorist kills three in Westminster rampage"]</ref><ref>http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/03/30/new-twist-mi5-known-wolf-attacker-khalid-masood-no-extremist-tendencies-no-link-to-terror/</ref> ===Concerns=== {{SMWQ |subjects= |date=2017 |authors=Garrick Alder |text=The terrorist attack staged by [[Khalid Masood]] on 22 March 2017, in which he attempted to enter Parliament, raised some questions. Most interesting, to my mind, was the matter of how he managed to arrive with such precision at the moment when the Carriage Gate to the South of the parliamentary estate was not only wide open but with just its regular unarmed, and low-key, uniformed police presence as a guard. In fact, were it not for the fortuitous presence at the scene of the armed bodyguard of [[Defence Secretary]] [[Michael Fallon]], Masood would undoubtedly have got further with his attack than he did. It was widely reported Masood had been using the popular encrypted instant messaging application WhatsApp on his mobile in the immediate lead up to the attack. Since it seems improbable that he was chatting casually about nothing in particular as he drove to his certain death, the presence of irretrievable messages suggests some kind of coordination. From that arises almost automatically the hypothesis that Masood had a source in the parliamentary estate, steering him towards the right place and time to penetrate Parliament’s defences. |source_name=Lobster Magazine |source_details=#73, p.171 }} ==Evidence== [[CCTV]] footage, from a distant camera was posted on the internet on 22 March 2017, consistent with unexpected and reckless driving by a white van on Westminster Bridge.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75FX4ZYillc</ref> Many witness testimonies have also been published on [[Youtube]]. ==Response== After it was claimed that Masood used WhatsApp three minutes before he was shot and killed, [[Amber Rudd]], the UK [[Home Secretary]] said that users should not be able to encrypt their messages. The ''[[New York Times]]'' described this as "the latest move in a widening global push against [[encryption]] technology that blocks access to the private messages of criminal and innocent users alike."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/technology/whatsapp-rudd-terrorists-uk-attack.html?_r=0</ref> This parallels the contradictory claim made after the [[JFK assassination]] that (i) [[Oswald]] was a "[[lone nut]]" ; (ii) wider [[mass surveillance]] was needed to prevent future attacks.<ref name=sun>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3216209/amber-rudd-mocked-for-her-lack-of-tech-understanding-after-labour-mp-asks-cabinet-minister-to-clarify-what-the-necessary-hashtags-are/</ref> ==Timing== The attack was 3 days after the [[Metropolitan Police]]'s first live-action, water-borne [[terror drill]], in the Docklands area.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/19/armed-anti-terror-police-terrifyingly-realistic-thames-pleasure/</ref> It coincided with a debate leading to a vote in Holyrood on whether [[Scotland]] should hold a [[Indyref2|second referendum]] on Scottish independence before [[Brexit]] is finalised. The debate was suspended as the attack unfolded, to be resumed on Tuesday 28 March, and the vote in the Scottish Parliament rescheduled for 14:20 hours.<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39363452 "Scottish independence referendum debate to resume next Tuesday"]''</ref> Up and coming Tory MP [[Tobias Ellwood]], member of the [[psychological warfare]] unit [[77th Brigade]] (confirmed 2018<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193713/https://twitter.com/Tobias_Ellwood/status/1046379902122029056</ref>) gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and CPR to police officer Keith Palmer, who later died of his injuries<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/22/hero-mp-parliament-terror-attack-tobias-ellwood-battled-save/</ref>. Ellwood was called a "hero" by those at Westminster and the press, as photos surfaced of him with blood on his face while he crouched over the body of the dying police officer<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39359319</ref>. ==Speculation== In a ''Veterans Today'' article, [[Kevin Barrett]] suggested that the Westminster attack, coming exactly one year after the [[Mass murder in Brussels]], might have been an [[Operation Gladio/B]] operation. Barrett questioned why when wielding only a knife, the perpetrator was shot dead, observing that this would avoid the need of a trial: :"Was alleged London attacker Khalid Masood 'on the radar' of [[MI5]] (like almost all false flag [[patsies]]) because he was an intelligence asset?"<ref>''[http://www.veteranstoday.com/2017/03/22/london-ff/ "Another London false flag?"]''</ref> {{SMWDocs}} ==References== {{reflist}} mf43ojs2vqahqbwmrdoocb3lnxlezdq