- PUTRAJAYA (Bernama) -- A group of concerned Americans and their sympathisers
has sought the support of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
in their effort to push for an international investigation into the Sept
11 2001 (9-11) tragedy.
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- Representatives of the group, including
a survivor of the attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC) in New York,
met Dr Mahathir here Monday with a claim that the official version of what
transpired on that day was far from the truth.
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- "We want him (Dr Mahathir who is
chairman of Perdana Global Peace Organisation) to help us set up an international
commission to reopen the investigation," said Jimmy Walter who has
brought together individuals under the Reopen 911 organisation dedicated
to opening a real investigation into the tragic attacks.
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- Joining him today were American Free
Press journalist Michael Collins Piper, Yvonne Ridley who is the political
editor of Islam Channel United Kingdom and William Rodriguez -- the last
man to run out of the WTC before it collapsed.
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- They claimed to have evidence that the
towers came down in a controlled demolition, and that a much bigger agenda
lurked behind the war on terror, unleashed soon after with the attack on
Afghanistan and Iraq by United States-led forces.
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- Convinced that that was what really happened,
the Reopen 911 organisation is offering US$1 million to anyone who can
prove that explosives were not used in the catastrophe that killed thousands.
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- Recounting his ordeal, Rodriguez, a janitor
of Puerto Rico descent, said he heard a huge explosion occurring in the
basement of the North Tower seconds before an aircraft struck the building.
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- He single-handedly rescued 15 persons
from the WTC, and as Rodriguez was the only person at the site with the
master key to the North Tower stairwells, he led firefighters up the stairwell,
unlocking doors as they ascended, thereby aiding in the successful evacuation
of unknown hundreds of those who survived.
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- "We have access to evidence and
information... that we realise that the whole thing was a scheme. The government
knew it was going to happen, they needed to shock the world so they can
create an agenda and have an excuse to attack Iraq, Afghanistan and others,"
said the man who was recognised as a national hero.
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- Rodriguez said the so-called international
war on terror meant that there would be a never-ending war that would benefit
entities like weapon manufacturers.
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- Journalist Piper said that everything
in the US revolved around 9-11 with the survivors held up as heroes and
Americans told that it was important to honour them as well as those who
died.
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- "But here is the problem -- although
they put his (Rodriguez's) face on magazines, they will not tell you what
he really has to say. What he told you today has never been reported by
major US newspapers or newsmagazines," he said.
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- Piper said the fact was that in the US
today there were "Jewish and Christian extremists" who used their
combination of money and influence in Washington, taking command of the
levers of power.
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- "And we are saying we do not appreciate
this, they do not represent us, nor do they represent most Americans of
all races," he said.
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- Piper said it was important for Malaysia
and Muslims all over the world to realise that the agenda of the detractors
of Islam was much bigger than events in West Asia.
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- "Islam is considered to be a major
pillar of opposition to the establishment of a worldwide empire. The image
they convey is that (former Iraqi leader) Saddam Hussein is an evil man,
so we have to eliminate him.
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- "Now they say we have to go after
the Iranians because they are building nuclear weapons, ignoring of course
the fact that it was Israel who started the arms race in West Asia,"
he said.
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- The team is also heading for countries
like Chile, Venezuela, Japan, South Africa and the UK to canvass support
for the reopening of 911 investigations.
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