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''7/7 Ripple Effect'' is a 57-minute homemade film produced and narrated under the
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", who was later named by the
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John Hill.''BBC News Magazine'' (30 June 2009)
/ref> The film disputes the official account of the
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(also known as 7/7), a terrorist attack on public transport in Central London, by four
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s later named as
Hasib Hussain Hasib Mir Hussain ( ur, حسیب میر حسین; 16 September 1986 – 7 July 2005) was one of four Islamist suicide bombers who detonated bombs on three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2 ...
,
Germaine Lindsay Germaine Maurice Lindsay (23 September 1985 – 7 July 2005), also known as Abdullah Shaheed Jamal, was one of the four Islamist suicide bombers who detonated bombs on three trains on the London Underground and a bus in central London du ...
,
Shehzad Tanweer Shehzad Tanweer (15 December 1982 – 7 July 2005) was one of four Islamist terrorists who detonated explosives in three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. 56 people were killed ...
and
Mohammad Sidique Khan Mohammad Sidique Khan (Urdu: ; October 20, 1974 – July 7, 2005) was a Pakistani-British terrorist and the oldest of the four Islamist suicide bombers and believed to be the leader responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings, in which bom ...
. The fact that the entire cctv system on the london underground was not working on the day, which coincided with a "terrorist training exercise", and the fact that these "hijackers" actually missed their train that MI5 still claim they took, is unexplained to this day.


Content

The film poses numerous questions about the events surrounding the attacks and presents alternative theories for who was behind them. The film implicates the Metropolitan Police and
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and claims that the true perpetrators of the attacks were
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and/or Mossad, who tricked the four men into travelling to London with rucksacks, in order to provide CCTV footage later to be used as evidence in the investigation of the attacks. It alleges that the four bombers were actually murdered in
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and did not die as suicide bombers in the explosions on the three tube trains and one bus where the attacks took place. This thesis was taken up in the book on the London Bombings ''Terror on the Tube''.


Critical reception

An episode of the BBC programme ''
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'' titled "7/7", which first aired on 20 June 2009, addressed part of the claims made in the film as well as other theories surrounding the attacks. The programme also revealed Muad'Dib to be John Hill from
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, tracking him down to an address in Kells in the
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.


Release

The film was first released on the
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on 5 November 2007, two years after the attacks. Physical copies were also sent to many of the people connected with the attacks. The film was shown on 9 September 2009 at the 9/11 Film Festival at the
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in
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. On 7 July 2012 and 7 July 2019 updated and expanded versions were released.


Legal action

Hill was arrested and
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to the United Kingdom on a charge of
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for sending
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s of the film to the judge and jury foreman in a trial linked to the attacks. He was acquitted on 12 May 2011.


References


External links


Film's Official Website''BBC News Magazine'' (30 June 2009)
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