MAJOR DEMOLITION-JOB PASSED OFF AS NATIONAL TRAGEDY
On August 14, 2018 the Morandi bridge in Genoa (Italy) was brought down, ostensibly (and in all probability) with conventional dynamite cutter charges - by a professional firm specialized in so-called "controlled" demolitions. This is currently the biggest news story in Italy - bar none. However, as can be readily discerned (by any of this forum's seasoned media analysts), the news media were - once again - instructed to sell this staged 'disaster' to the public as a shocking national tragedy which, so far, is said to have claimed 39 lives - or more.
The official cause of the Morandi bridge collapse
Officially, the cause of the collapse is a mystery. As the (news media) story goes, as the bridge collapsed at 11:36, "eyewitnesses reported that the bridge was hit by lightning before it collapsed". The Italian vice-minister for infrastructures Edoardo Rixi was quoted as saying, scoffingly, that "such a bridge does not collapse due to a lightning strike, nor due to a thunderstorm - he specified - the culprits will have to be found." {“Un ponte del genere non crolla né per un fulmine, né per un temporale – ha specificato – vanno trovati i colpevoli“}.
The "damning video evidence"
A short, very low-quality video clip showing - from afar - what looks like a faint flash as the bridge collapses, can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKbTBb1ABpo
Of course, if that video is legit, it would certainly go to support the notion that the bridge was brought down with conventional dynamite charges. Here's what it looks like when they demolish bridges in such manner :
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A53AVKfzKjc
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The officially-reported death tolls of the "tragic event"
On wikipedia, we can now read :
"On 14 August 2018, the bridge partially collapsed, killing at least 39 people, with dozens missing."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Morandi
So, if dozens of victims are still missing - the death toll appears to be provisional at the time of this writing. One can only wonder how and why "dozens of victims" are still missing - and who could possibly claim to possess such (however vague) information - if those "dozens of missing people" are all buried under piles of rubble. To be sure, no buildings are said to have been crushed as the bridge collapsed. The only mention of apartment buildings and evacuated residents (in the media reports) is the following:
"Genova, collapse of the Morandi bridge: 440 evacuees, 11 apartment buildings evacuated"
{"Genova, crollo del ponte Morandi: 440 sfollati, 11 palazzi evacuati"}
http://newsgo.it/2018/08/genova-crollo- ... -evacuati/
As usual (an obvious 'hallmark' of such staged tragedies), the media reports offered - virtually 'by the hour' - a constant stream of wildly fluctuating / conflicting reports as to the number of "confirmed dead victims". In the early hours, the newspaper headlines reported "At the moment 11 dead, among them also a child" :
http://www.ildolomiti.it/cronaca/2018/c ... un-bambino
Within hours of the "11 dead" reports, Edoardo Rixi (the previously-mentioned vice-minister for infrastructures) was then quoted as stating that "the dead are not eleven anymore, but there are at least 22 certified victims."
{“I morti non sono più undici, ma sono almeno 22 le vittime accertate”. Lo dice il viceministro alle infrastrutture e ai trasporti, Edoardo Rixi."}
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/0 ... a/4558555/
As you look at the above image, you may (rightly) ask yourself: "are there any reports about people dying on Via della Pietra, as the bridge crashed down on that road ?"
The answer to that question is no. The thing is, Via della Pietra (as mentioned in the below newspaper article dated February 7, 2018) had been closed for traffic already back in February. The stated motive for the closure of Via della Pietra was that "strong winds were causing a security risk for the scaffolding of the Ponte Morandi bridge which was undergoing maintenance work"...
Here's the news item - which I found almost by chance - reporting the alleged "maintenance work" in February (presumably when the demolition charges were placed?) being performed at the doomed Morandi bridge :
source: http://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/201 ... 188269227/
By now, we are all accustomed here at Cluesforum to the modus operandi for bringing down large, old & decrepit infrastructures (while cashing in Big Money on it - in various ways). For those readers who may not be familiar with this M.O. (repeatedly enacted, year after year, in front of everyone's noses) - here's essentially how it goes :
1 - Secure the area well in advance of D-Day (Demolition Day) by staging "maintenance work" or "Security drills" (as was done on 9/11 in Manhattan - and for all other similar staged events).
2. Schedule D-Day at a date/time/period of the year which will ensure that the least possible number of people / potential eyewitnesses will be around in the immediate aftermath of the demolition. In this case (the Ponte Morandi demolition), August 14 was chosen - i.e. the day before Ferragosto, the famous Italian "national summer holiday" in which practically ALL Italians relax on the beach, NO one works, and all big cities (such as Genoa) are left eerily lifeless and deserted.
3. Lastly - and most importantly - instruct the news media to report the event as a horrible disaster involving a number of innocent victims. In such way, any investigator questioning (in any way or form) the truthfulness of the event (as reported in the news media) can be easily dismissed as a "rude and disrespectful troublemaker who ought to mourn the dead instead of spreading wild conspiracy theories".
******* Edit / update :
The total death toll has now been lowered to "38" - down from "39":
"La conta delle vittime identificate comunicate dalle Prefettura è scesa da 39 a 38."
source: http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/italia-mond ... 1.17153553
.. and the number of evacuees (i.e. people evacuated from their homes) has now reached "632".
"Il numero degli sfollati è arrivato a 632."
http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/Facet/special ... IOVEDI.xml
In other (numero-"logical") words :
- Total number of evacuated buildings: 11
- Total number of evacuees: 632 (6+3+2) = "11"
- Total number of deaths: 38 (3+8) = "11"
- Exact time of collapse: 11:36 or, if you will, "11:9"
"According to the Corriere della Sera, this was the 11th bridge collapse in Italy since 2013." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Morandi
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"PHOTO" GALLERY :
A clearly photoshopped image of a car which was supposedly crushed by the bridge collapse...
The silly story of the "miracle survivor" - a truck driver who "saw another car plunge down to its death" : https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7018592/g ... mily-dead/
