-Caveat Lector- On 30 Sep 2001 at 17:55, Euphorian wrote:
> > Read my post "To Lose in Toulouse" (this list) dated 29th Sept 2001. > Your post apparently didn't make it into the archives. Here is a new article on the subject that just arrived. --------------------------------------------------- http://thescotsman.co.uk/text_only.cfm?id=111914 MYSTERY deepened yesterday around the massive explosion that ripped through a chemical plant on the outskirts of Toulouse last Friday, leaving 29 people dead, over 2,500 injured and thousands more homeless. The official explanation, that it was an accident is being challenged by witnesses, chemical experts and the media, who lean towards a deliberate attack on the AZF factory, France’s largest producer of fertilisers. Witnesses cited in the daily Le Figaro yesterday say they saw a flash of light moving towards the factory, quickly followed by a small explosion and then the second, devastating, blast. An 18-year-old hairdresser named only as "Emilie" who lived less than 200yd from the factory was in the garden just before the blast. "Suddenly, I saw a sort of flash, like a shaft of light, heading towards the factory warehouse in the space of just a few seconds. There was a first explosion. Panic-stricken, I took refuge in my bedroom and put my head under the covers. Almost immediately, there was a massive blast." Her father, an electrician and fire officer at a neighbouring explosives factory, saw the same thing - "a sort of projectile flying at a good height over the roof-tops". Their accounts were confirmed by Emilie’s brother and other factory employees. However, Emilie and her family told Le Figaro her father’s and brother’s statements have been ignored. "The police already believed only in the theory of an accident. However, lots of people in Toulouse are thinking it and we saw it: it was a terrorist attack and nothing else," she told the daily. Experts have also called into question the authorities’ insistence on accidental causes. Louis Médard, an engineer, has analysed the world’s ten worst explosions over the last 80 years. He concludes these disasters "have always been the result of an explosive charge in a hardened substance or of a prolonged fire ... in confined conditions". However, as Le Figaro and Le Monde have both pointed out, there was no fire in the warehouse before the blast. As for an explosive charge, the manager of the AZF factory, Serge Biechlin told Le Figaro: "The remains of all sensitive equipment located near the warehouse were inspected after the blast - not one of them had exploded. If there was a projectile, it could only have come from outside the factory." Investigators have referred to the "compost effect", saying that heat at the base of the 200 to 300 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the warehouse could have triggered the explosion. The heat could have been generated by decomposing nitrates mixed with impurities which acted as a catalyst. However, temperatures inside the warehouse would have had to reach at least 150C to set off an explosion, and this would have activated the heat detectors. Susan Bell In Paris Saturday, 29th September 2001 The Scotsman -- Best wishes Behavior that would rank as clincal paranoia in ordinary life, becomes pragmatic caution in the world of intelligence. -Jesus James Angleton, former director of counter- intelligence for the CIA. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
