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Ruppert Addresses Private, Mostly Muslim Group in New York; Reports
Israel Did Not Perpetrate 9-11 Attacks
by Greta Knutzen, FTW Canadian Correspondent
Long Island, N.Y., April 30, 2002 (FTW) -- Michael C. Ruppert, FTW
editor and publisher, delivered here on April 27 his 12th lecture
titled, "Truth and Lies of 9-11."
During the two-and-a-half-hour lecture held at a Holiday Inn, Ruppert
detailed the mounting and irrefutable evidence proving U.S.
government foreknowledge of 9-11; the obvious inconsistencies of the
official line dictated by the U.S. and dutifully relayed through
mainstream media institutions; the evidence suggesting that the "war
against terror" is fronting a U.S. imperial agenda aimed at securing
the world's oil resources; and the dependence of the global economy
and financial markets on drug money. Ruppert presented this evidence
to a gathering of 100 professional men and women including doctors,
lawyers, stockbrokers and academics. Many were Muslim.
The private lecture was organized and funded by Dr. Faiz Khan and Dr.
John Kahoun. Both men specialize in emergency medicine and
experienced, first-hand, the destruction that occurred on Sept. 11.
Khan explained the decision to invite Ruppert to present a private
lecture to their associates and peers was motivated by the belief
that "the more people who know [the truth behind] what is going on,
the better."
The goal shared by Khan and Kahoun was to present a "highly
educational evening that promised to provoke serious re-examination
of paradigms used to interpret the current state of affairs," Khan
said. He made it clear the decision to host Ruppert's lecture was not
motivated by Islamic, leftist, or progressive impulses. Ruppert's
investigative journalism instinctively resonated with Khan, who first
learned about Ruppert through the FTW website. Ruppert's research and
analysis appealed to Khan because, he said, it transcends party-
political division, religious preference and racial difference, and
simply seeks the truth.
Khan and Kahoun intentionally limited the size of the audience, and
intended to use the private event as a litmus test designed to gauge
the reaction to Ruppert's lecture among their friends and peers. Khan
and Kahoun hope the interest generated by the event will in turn
generate the capital and support necessary to fund a public forum in
New York, wherein Ruppert will be invited to deliver his lecture to a
much larger audience. Khan stated frankly, "The best way to
facilitate the truth is to help provide capital [for a cause you deem
worthwhile]. Mike Ruppert has done all the legwork, what he needs is
capital. Facilitating a worthwhile enterprise through funding is the
easy way to contribute and act."
The Long Island audience responded positively to Ruppert and the
evidence he presented -- many wanted to know when and where he would
be speaking next. Attorney Raymond D. Kohlman, who presently serves
as a legal consultant to the government of Pakistan, witnessed the
positive response to the lecture and thought it very likely Ruppert
would be returning to New York before long.
In 1999, Kohlman and his law partner, Dr. William Pepper,
successfully represented the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr. in a lawsuit claiming the civil rights leader was the victim of a
murder conspiracy involving the U.S. government and not a lone
assassin. The many years Kohlman has spent defending controversial
clients such as Bill Tyree, has taught him "what the government is
capable of." Reacting to Ruppert's lecture, Kohlman said, "it sits
very well," adding the true value lay in the audiences' ability to
take the factual information given by Ruppert and "start their own
search."
The information and analysis included in Ruppert's lecture was
unfettered by ideological bias and offered a unique and accurate map
of how the world works. Ruppert delivered a frank assessment, based
on the evidence of the precise nature of Israeli connections to 9-11.
Ruppert detailed evidence that supports the conclusion that, while
Israeli intelligence sources had learned of impending attacks, they
promptly informed the U.S., which did nothing to stop them. Ruppert
stressed there is no evidence to suggest Israel perpetrated the 9-11
attacks. Ruppert made it clear he believes Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's government may be blackmailing the Bush
Administration, because the Israelis have evidence that the Americans
had foreknowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks and did nothing to stop
them. This blackmail, according to Ruppert, is what has given Sharon
the leverage he needs to "act like an 800-pound gorilla in
Palestine."
Arshad Majid, a junior partner of a prominent law firm in New York,
attended Ruppert's lecture. In addition, Majid opened a production
company this year, Tiger Eye Productions, which produces
documentaries and hard news programs. Majid, who was employed for
many years as an assistant district attorney and prosecutor for the
state of New York, said the various theories circulating within the
Muslim community concerning the extent of Israeli involvement in 9-11
run the gamut, including the theory propagated in right-wing and some
Middle Eastern circles, claiming 9-11 was the direct result of a
Mossad operation.
Majid said Ruppert was the first journalist many had heard who
presented evidence that Israeli intelligence had in fact warned the
U.S. of pending attacks, and, he said, Ruppert provided information
that encouraged people to think for themselves and begin asking the
right questions of their government. Kohlman stated many people
seek "to blame the Muslim community for the events of Sept. 11, and
Ruppert gives [Muslims] information they can use" to defend
themselves against the tide of disinformation.
Everyone in the audience stayed for the entire lecture, and most
stayed in their seats for an additional hour-and-a-half to listen and
participate in the "questions and answers" part of the event. Ruppert
said after the lecture he "was pleasantly surprised that the
questions indicated a general consensus that the conflict between
Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East was secondary to the
broader issues of 9-11."
Khan and Kahoun's written invitation to their guests at Ruppert's
lecture encouraged the attendance of anyone "wishing to live up to
the responsibilities of true American citizenship -- echoed in the
intents of the founders of this nation, who explicitly and implicitly
stated that the citizen should forever remain a watchdog over her/his
government."
Within the present socio-political context, debate regarding adequate
definitions of the terms "democracy" and "patriotism" is not merely
an academic exercise. Since Sept. 11, traditional definitions of
patriotism and democracy have been compromised by the sweeping
measures curtailing civil liberties enacted by the U.S. government in
response to acts of terrorism.
The sentiment implied within the Patriot Act and reiterated in the
speeches of President Bush and members of his administration distil
the concept of patriotism into stark binary terms defined by the now
familiar sound-bite, "you are either with us, or you are with the
terrorists." The weight of law behind these words was evidenced by
the detention of approximately 1,400 non-U.S. nationals, many from
Muslim and Middle Eastern countries, who were detained by the U.S.
government without explanation in the months following Sept. 11.
According to some sources, most of them are still incarcerated, seven
months after the attacks with no charges having been filed against
them. An Amnesty International report released in March stated many
of the 300 individuals it had documented as still in custody continue
to be deprived of their human rights in violation of international
law. The exact number of incarcerated Muslims, held for no other
reason than their religion and ethnicity, remains unclear as many
thousands are being held in a limbo state over immigration paperwork
and can neither be deported, nor released until the Immigration and
Naturalization Service addresses their status.
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