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MoD covered up Hercules bombing
The full truth about the destruction of an RAF Hercules aircraft was covered up by the Ministry of Defence to deny Iraqi insurgents a propaganda victory. The full truth about the destruction of an RAF Hercules aircraft was covered up by the Ministry of Defence to deny Iraqi insurgents a ... more
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MoD 'covered up' Hercules bombing
In February of last year we learned that the RAF Hercules had been involved in 'an incident' in Iraq which had caused the £30 million plane to be destroyed, the MoD ensured the public that there was no hostile involvement.
A board of inquiry report into the incident has found that the plane, landing on a temporary runway, was hit by bombs planted by militants. All 58 passengers and crew escaped but the plane was too damaged to be recovered and was blown up to stop it falling into enemy hands.
The MoD then decided to cover up the story so that the militants would not score a propaganda victory on the back of the Hercules destruction. "At times this means we may need to restrict the flow of information for a period of time to protect that security" they said.
The logic seems fairly sound from a military point of view, but when stories such as this emerge does it make you question what information we are given regarding Iraq? If the MoD can cover up an incident as big as this does that go to show just how filtered the information flow is? In February of last year we learned that the RAF Hercules had been involved in 'an incident' in Iraq which had caused the £3... more -
Camp Bestival
Camp Bestival is the "baby sister" festival to the award winning Bestival. It will take place the weekend of the 18, 19 and 20th of July at Lulworth Castle in Dorset, England.
The festival comprises music, readings, spoken word, comedy and other assorted events (including a petting zoo) and as Pitchfork announced today "Camp Bestival has nabbed the likes of the Flaming Lips, Chuck Berry, Hercules and Love Affair, Billy Bragg, Black Kids, dan le sac and the aforementioned Scroobius Pip, Kid Creosote, and Kate Nash, among others. Billy Bragg won't just be doing his solo stuff; he'll perform in a Brit-folk supergroup along with Martin and Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra, and Chris Wood." as well as a handful of amazing DJs.
For more info go to:
http://www.campbestival.net/ Camp Bestival is the "baby sister" festival to the award winning Bestival. It will take place the weekend of the 18, 19 an... more -
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