Originally Posted by alfrombarking (Post 10270970)

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...58_966x999.jpg



The word is British media has been given the D notice so you know they're all towing the line..blame the brother etc

well....its all down to the boys and girls from המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 10270988)

Good graphic.............

Originally Posted by abbey08 (Post 10271124)

Iranian execution of french scientist (the cyclist) family are collateral damage.

Any takers?

Originally Posted by alfrombarking (Post 10271365)

I place my bet on KIDON and not the Iranians because of this:

he worked for SSTL:

"Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is the world's leading small satellite company, delivering operational space missions for a range of applications including Earth observation, science and communications. The Company designs, manufactures and operates high performance satellites and ground systems for a fraction of the price normally associated with space missions, with 500 staff working on turnkey satellite platforms, space-proven satellite subsystems and optical instruments."

SSTL's statement:

On behalf of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, Dr Matt Perkins, CEO has issued the following statement.

I am deeply shocked and saddened to confirm that one of SSTL’s long-term contractors, Saad Al-Hilli, has been formally identified as one of the victims of the shootings which occurred in the French Alps.

Saad worked at SSTL as a Mechanical Design Engineer from November 2010. Saad’s colleagues will remember him as an experienced and committed engineer who worked as part of a tightly knit team. He was a personal friend to many of our staff here.

Saad will be greatly missed and our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this very difficult and traumatic time. We are a close family at SSTL and our staff are understandably very upset by this event. I ask the media to respect their privacy as they come to terms with this terrible news.

There will be no further statement.

Here is his linked in account:
http://tinyurl.com/8uqokjq

He has no connections.

But also gets more interesting here:


Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has plans to beef up planetary monitoring capabilities with its new NovaSAR satellite, and the company just received £21 million from the UK government to make it happen. NovaSAR works using synthetic aperture radar, so it can see through clouds (unlike optical satellites) and offers its services for £45 million -- or 20 percent of the cost of existing space radar platforms. With governmental funding in hand, SSTL can begin to develop and build its first such satellite, and the plan is to put it in orbit in two or three years. If NovaSAR does what it's been designed to do, SSTL hopes it can sell and launch enough of them so that any place on earth can be under its gaze in less than 24 hours. We're all for improving disaster relief efforts, but if you spy these sats overhead on a clear night, we recommend keeping an ear to the ground in case they're guiding an army of Alpha Dogs your way.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....-in-flight.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/29/s...kicks-in-21-m/

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 10271521)

Would a guy with a job like that be out on holiday with his family, no bodyguards, etc?

Originally Posted by OleJanx (Post 10271548)

Exactly. Doesn't really seem the type for caravaning.

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10271574)

My sister works for an Israeli satellite company. I hope she get's a bodyguard.

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 10271565)

Eh? Why would a scientist living in Europe have a body guard?? He was only a mechanical engineer and probably did something very dull like designing the bracket for the solar panels. Do you think the NASA rover guys all have bodyguards?



On what basis do you conclude that? I doubt his job was that highly paid and the Alps would be a great place to tour in a motor home.

He was a spy who was popped off the Dr Kelly killer. That is my (well, actually, my maids but I buy it) conclusion.