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Hotel Bans 9/11 Hero

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Five times honoured hero and last man out of the Twin Towers, William Rodriguez, was scheduled to speak in Peterborough, UK, until event organisers were forced to cancel.

William Rodriguez is currently embarking on a European tour, covering much of the UK.

The event venue in Peterborough, the Bull Hotel, has been inundated with telephone calls and emails requesting an explanation from annoyed members of the public, as it is completely unacceptable to ban a real hero who saved hundreds of lives during the horrific events of 9/11.

Apparently the hotel pulled out following a letter from a member of public stating that they had witnessed a 9/11 truth activist being sworn at and spat upon during promoting the event. One of the event organisers, Ian Barrett, confirms this attack did take place and it does not explain why the hotel pulled out.

William Rodriguez

Mr Barrett said: “Why this incident should concern the hotel is beyond us and we are shocked at this decision has been taken, especially in light of the fact that our promotion of the event has been extremely well received with a number of local councillors and prominent local authority figures having confirmed their attendance.

“All of our leafleting has been very well received bar this solitary incident incited by a member of public with an obvious lack of self discipline or moral regard.”

We must wonder why this could possibly lead to the banning of William Rodriguez, who was due to speak on the 19th of June.

Another twist has accrued, with the Bulls hotel having now changed their story.

The Bull hotel is now saying: “The booking was withdrawn following a complaint from a member of the public who received abuse from the organisers/supporters promoting the event in Kings Lynn.

“We had considered the matter very carefully, and with the hotel’s excellent reputation the decision was taken to withdraw this event taking place.

“We do have the right to withdraw bookings where the hotel’s reputation may be damaged.”

Event organisers argue this reason is a fabrication.

On numerous occasions, when attempting to speak to the hotel manager, I received the same response several times from members of staff: “I’m afraid he is in a meeting”.

Other calls have been terminated as well as being left on hold for hours. If you fancy your luck, give the hotel a call on 01733 561364.

A statement from event organisers has been issued to the Bull Hotel:

“What concerns me is the fact that the nature of the complaint has changed since my conversation with yourself on 5th June, at which point you stated that the complaint received had been from a member of public who had witnessed another member of public swearing at our leafleter, Phil, and spitting at his camera. You stated that this was the basis for the manager’s view that the event may damage the reputation of the hotel and, therefore, the basis for his decision in cancelling the booking.

“It is extremely interesting, a full week after you advised us of your decision, that you were not able to give the various callers to your hotel a reason as to why you chose to cancel this event, in some cases actually choosing to avoid the issue by hanging up. Today, you are stating a different account to the one you gave to myself, a change which has massive implications for us in that it highlights us as the aggressors, conveniently giving the hotel just cause for its decision.

“I would like to remind you that whilst some of our activism may appear radical to many, we always do so in a peaceful manner, indeed taking pride in being a part of the Peace movement. The nature of our group’s subject unfortunately means that we sometimes encounter aggressive reactions from the general public and we try our best to remain calm in such circumstances.

“I would, therefore, be grateful if you could provide me with the following information. I appreciate you cannot give me some specifics due to Data Protection obligations:-

- At what time did the alleged incident occcur?

- What specific abuse was alleged to have been received by the complainant?

- What were the circumstances of the incorrect information about the nature of the complaint given to me during our telephone conversation on 5th June?

- To what extent have you gone to investigate the alleged incident?

- Why did you not choose to discuss the alleged incident with our organisation at any time before

- Why was Annie Machon, the organiser of this internationally recognised hero’s UK Tour and various other events throughout Europe ignored by the hotel manager having left over half a dozen phone calls to discuss this matter?”

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CIA ‘Perfects’ Torture Techniques

Friday, June 15th, 2007

By Stephen Soldz
RINF Alternative News

Late last week the Council of Europe released a report on the CIA’s secret prisons in Eastern Europe. The report concluded that, contrary to those government’s claims, that prisons existed in both Poland and Romania.

Perhaps most importantly for opponents of torture, the report gives a detailed account inside one of these torture facilities.

In this description we can see the results of decades of CIA study of how to destroy human beings, the fruits of its MKULTRA program and the detailed implementation of the in the KUBARK and other torture manuals.

One of the problems the CIA faced in conducting their research on soul-destruction was the lack of available research subjects who could be subject to the full panoply of techniques or what they called “terminal experiments.”

It is thus likely that the CIA’s psychologists, like Scott Shumate (who, according to his biographical statement “has been with several of the key apprehended terrorists”), were not involved solely in the construction of this hell, but also in studying its effects so as to better refine the techniques.

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US officials can be sued in Sept 11 abuse case

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Times of India

A Pakistani man who says he was abused in detention after the Sept. 11 attacks can name the FBI director and a former U.S. attorney general in his lawsuit against the government, an appeals court ruled on Thursday.

Javaid Iqbal, a Muslim, was held for more than a year at a Brooklyn detention center after the Sept. 11 attacks. He, along with hundreds of Muslims and Arabs sued the U.S. government, claiming they were abused and held for no legitimate reason.

Iqbal says he was subjected to strip searches, beaten, dragged across the floor and that the lights in his cell were kept on 24 hours a day.

The defendants, including FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft, had appealed a lower court decision that allowed Iqbal’s lawyers to seek information on what the officials knew about the abuse.

As part of their efforts to dismiss the case, lawyers for Mueller and Ashcroft argued the officials could not be held personally accountable, but the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed and ruled Ibqal’s suit could go forward.

It was “plausible” that Ashcroft and Mueller and other senior Justice Department officials “would be aware of policies concerning the detention of those arrested by federal officers in the New York City area in the aftermath of 9/11,” the appeals panel said.

The panel also disagreed with lawyers for Mueller and Ashcroft who argued their actions were reasonable “in the post-9/11 context” and that Iqbal received proper treatment.

The court said while they recognized “the gravity of the situation that confronted investigative officials of the United States as a consequence of the 9/11 attack,” Iqbal still had the right to not be harshly treated or discriminated against.

“The exigent circumstances of the post-9/11 context do not diminish the plaintiff’s right not to be needlessly harassed and mistreated in the confines of a prison cell by repeated strip and body-cavity searches,” the court said.

Iqbal said he lost nearly 40 pounds (18 kg) and suffered depression after his detention. Shortly after his release in 2003, he pleaded guilty to having false Social Security papers and writing bad checks and served time in prison before being deported.

The panel did not rule whether there was any truth to Iqbal’s claim that there was no evidence connecting him to terrorism.

U.S. authorities detained 762 non-citizens — almost all Muslims or Arabs — in the weeks after the attacks.

The U.S. government in February paid $300,000 to settle with Iqbal’s co-plaintiff and fellow detainee Ehab Elmaghraby, an Egyptian, although it did not admit wrong-doing.

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