An Anonymous Patron writes “The November 4-10, 2006 issue of The Economist has printed a full-page apology (p.47) by Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquie, authors of “Forbidden Truth: U.S.-Taliban secret oil diplomacy and the failed hunt for Bin Laden”, c2002. This title is held by over 900 U.S. libraries. The authors are retracting “…very serious and highly defamatory allegations about Sheikh Khalid Bin Mahfouz and Sheikh Abdulrahman Bin Mahfouz, alleging support for terrorism through their businesses, families and charities…” Brisard and Dasquie further state “…(W)e accept and acknowledge that all of those allegations about you and your families, businesses and charities are entirely and manifestly false.”
What are U.S. libraries doing with their copies of this title?
Full text of apology at: voltairenet.org“
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