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7/7 was an MI5 plot, Holocaust denier claims in BBC film
Robert Mendick and Jonny Paul, Evening Standard
10.06.08
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The BBC paid expenses to a disgraced academic who has pestered families bereaved by the 7/7 bombs, claiming the attacks were an intelligence agency plot.
Nicholas Kollerstrom was paid by the corporation for his part in Conspiracy Files, a documentary about theories surrounding the terrorist outrage.
He has admitted he phoned the father of one victim to tell him how he believed the man's daughter's body had been planted at the site of the Tavistock Square bus bombing. The victim's family has described the phone call and subsequent claims posted on a website as "very upsetting".
He has also been accused of pestering relatives of victims and survivors of 7/7.
Dr Kollerstrom believes the four bombers who murdered 52 people almost three years ago were "innocent patsies", set up by a combination of the British, US and Israeli secret services.
Dr Kollerstrom was last month stripped of an honorary research fellowship at University College London after it emerged he had written a paper entitled The Auschwitz "Gas Chamber" Illusion on a far-Right website - claiming it was like a holiday camp where inmates sunned themselves by an "elegant" swimming pool and listened to orchestras.
Sean Cassidy, 60, whose 22-year-old son Ciaran was killed in the blast at Russell Square Tube, said today: "It is appalling the BBC are paying this man's expenses. They should not be giving him a platform.
"This programme is disgraceful and we can do without it. The families are aware of this man but have been trying to avoid him. He has caused a lot of upset."
John Taylor, whose daughter Carrie died at Aldgate, said: "For the BBC to actually fund somebody like this is totally disgraceful. One or two families have been sent nasty videos of conspiracy theories and it is not very nice. He is helping the terrorists more than anything and I am not happy with the BBC giving him a platform."
The BBC has paid an undisclosed sum in expenses to Dr Kollerstrom, who is believed to have a PhD in astronomy, for his part in the BBC 2 programme. A spokesman for the corporation confirmed Dr Kollerstrom had been paid expenses for such things as rail travel but not a fee and added: "The BBC's Conspiracy Files series investigates whether there is any truth to the many conspiracy theories which have grown up around terrorist attacks. Nicholas Kollerstrom has advanced a number of theories about these attacks which will be investigated in detail by the BBC."
Dr Kollerstrom, 61, from Belsize Park, said the corporation had paid his expenses for trips to Leeds, where he attempted to meet the family of the 7/7 ringleader Mohammad Sidique Khan and relatives of the other bombers.
Dr Kollerstrom took flowers to the parents of Aldgate bomber Shehzad Tanweer but they refused to see him.
Dr Kollerstrom denied he was harassing the bombers' victims but admitted he was wrong to phone the father of one victim who died at Tavi-stock Square, to explore his theory that the victim may not have been on the No 30 bus at all.
The ex-academic said: "It was wrong to do that but somebody urged me to do it because they said it was vital information. I raised the question 'was she on the bus?' and the family were very upset because they are convinced she was on the bus... I just don't know.
"It is a possibility this victim was not on the bus and her body was placed besides the wreckage at a later time."
Dr Kollerstrom stood by his claims of a conspiracy surrounding the attacks and said: "I have always felt these four lads were very non-violent by nature and didn't want to harm anybody and I am not convinced they did it."
Robert Mendick and Jonny Paul, Evening Standard
10.06.08
Sponsored links
Ads by Google
Terrorism in Pakistan
Full Encyclopedia Entry 4 Pages of Information
BookRags.com
The BBC paid expenses to a disgraced academic who has pestered families bereaved by the 7/7 bombs, claiming the attacks were an intelligence agency plot.
Nicholas Kollerstrom was paid by the corporation for his part in Conspiracy Files, a documentary about theories surrounding the terrorist outrage.
He has admitted he phoned the father of one victim to tell him how he believed the man's daughter's body had been planted at the site of the Tavistock Square bus bombing. The victim's family has described the phone call and subsequent claims posted on a website as "very upsetting".
He has also been accused of pestering relatives of victims and survivors of 7/7.
Dr Kollerstrom believes the four bombers who murdered 52 people almost three years ago were "innocent patsies", set up by a combination of the British, US and Israeli secret services.
Dr Kollerstrom was last month stripped of an honorary research fellowship at University College London after it emerged he had written a paper entitled The Auschwitz "Gas Chamber" Illusion on a far-Right website - claiming it was like a holiday camp where inmates sunned themselves by an "elegant" swimming pool and listened to orchestras.
Sean Cassidy, 60, whose 22-year-old son Ciaran was killed in the blast at Russell Square Tube, said today: "It is appalling the BBC are paying this man's expenses. They should not be giving him a platform.
"This programme is disgraceful and we can do without it. The families are aware of this man but have been trying to avoid him. He has caused a lot of upset."
John Taylor, whose daughter Carrie died at Aldgate, said: "For the BBC to actually fund somebody like this is totally disgraceful. One or two families have been sent nasty videos of conspiracy theories and it is not very nice. He is helping the terrorists more than anything and I am not happy with the BBC giving him a platform."
The BBC has paid an undisclosed sum in expenses to Dr Kollerstrom, who is believed to have a PhD in astronomy, for his part in the BBC 2 programme. A spokesman for the corporation confirmed Dr Kollerstrom had been paid expenses for such things as rail travel but not a fee and added: "The BBC's Conspiracy Files series investigates whether there is any truth to the many conspiracy theories which have grown up around terrorist attacks. Nicholas Kollerstrom has advanced a number of theories about these attacks which will be investigated in detail by the BBC."
Dr Kollerstrom, 61, from Belsize Park, said the corporation had paid his expenses for trips to Leeds, where he attempted to meet the family of the 7/7 ringleader Mohammad Sidique Khan and relatives of the other bombers.
Dr Kollerstrom took flowers to the parents of Aldgate bomber Shehzad Tanweer but they refused to see him.
Dr Kollerstrom denied he was harassing the bombers' victims but admitted he was wrong to phone the father of one victim who died at Tavi-stock Square, to explore his theory that the victim may not have been on the No 30 bus at all.
The ex-academic said: "It was wrong to do that but somebody urged me to do it because they said it was vital information. I raised the question 'was she on the bus?' and the family were very upset because they are convinced she was on the bus... I just don't know.
"It is a possibility this victim was not on the bus and her body was placed besides the wreckage at a later time."
Dr Kollerstrom stood by his claims of a conspiracy surrounding the attacks and said: "I have always felt these four lads were very non-violent by nature and didn't want to harm anybody and I am not convinced they did it."
