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Dentist Who was Writing Book about Hijackers Falls Ill

posted: 06-03-2004 A dentist who claims he met three of the Sept. 11 hijackers in Shreveport one year before the attacks has mysteriously fallen ill and is on life support.

Dr. David Graham was driving back to Shreveport from Houston on Saturday night when he became sick. A friend said Graham began suffering organ failure and medical tests show possible poisoning. He is hospitalized in Houston.

Graham is trying to publish a book that claims meetings with the hijackers and another Middle Eastern man who is a federal fugitive here. Mike Sledge, a friend of Graham, has a manuscript of Graham's book, "The Graham Report: The true story of three 9-11 hijackers who were reported to the FBI 10 months before 9-11." In it, Graham claims he met the hijackers at a home in Shreveport in September 2000 and thought they were plotting an attack on Barksdale Air Force Base. He said he reported them to the FBI.

"Certainly he was digging into some sensitive areas that may easily have caused some people some consternation," Sledge said. Houston police referred questions to the FBI office in Houston, which did not return calls for comment. Federal authorities in Shreveport said they are not involved and don't know if there is anything sinister to Graham's illness or if it was suicide attempt or was connected to Graham's personal or business life.

Graham also knew Jamal Khan, a Bossier City man who was convicted of trying to hide his wiring of $9,999 to his native Pakistan. In Khan's plea agreement in 2002, federal prosecutors added an unusual caveat: It said that while they had no proof of any connection to terrorism, Khan would get no immunity from possible prosecution in the future for crimes relating to Sept. 11. Graham was scheduled to testify against Khan at a deportation hearing that was postponed because of a crowded docket. That hearing had not been held when Khan skipped town after federal authorities moved to put him back in jail for violating probation on the financial crime conviction. Link to Article

Several Montreal Hospitals Hit with Outbreak of Virulent Infection (Canada, June 4th)

NELSON WYATT Canadian Press Friday, June 04, 2004

MONTREAL (CP) - Local hospital officials confirmed Friday that 36 people have died from a virulent infection but the Canadian Medical Association Journal says the number could be as high as 89, including 10 in Calgary.

The infection, Clostridium difficile, is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea in the industrialized world, and research suggests 20 per cent of people who contract it get it from taking antibiotics.

Dr. Francoise Chagnon, director of professional services at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, told a news conference that 780 patients had been treated for C. difficile in the past year and that 36 had died......

......"We're seeing an increased trend and we're alarmed," Louie said. Link to Full Article