by AlicetheCurious » Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:20 am
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Belgian king wins paedophile rebuttal<br></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>A formal denial by King Albert II will go into every book<br><br>By Hugh Schofield in Paris</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>The French publishers of a book about paedophelia in Belgium have been ordered to insert a formal denial by the Belgian King, Albert II, of some of the allegations it contains.<br><br>King Albert and the Belgian Government went to court in Paris because they said the book, The Paedophile Dossier, contained a series of unfounded libels.<br><br>The book, by two French journalists, is a sensationalist account of the case of Marc Dutroux, the alleged sex offender and killer whose discovery five years ago caused such trauma in Belgium and the country's political establishment.<br><br>Apart from general accusations of government cover-ups, the authors personally connect the name of King Albert with the scandal, saying that as crown prince he attended parties at which paedophiles were present.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Royal fury</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>The royal palace in Brussels was furious at the book's publication.<br><br>In court, the king's lawyers said the book was founded on rumours, insinuations and lies and they demanded the inclusion of a rebuttal.<br><br>The judge agreed and now every copy of the book must contain an addendum indicating the king's protests at the attack on his personal reputation.<br><br>The judge did not, however, uphold a parallel plea from the Belgian Government complaining about allegations concerning its handling of the affair.<br><br>She said it was a political matter which did not come under the court's jurisdiction.<br>                <br>See also:<br><br>18 Sep 01 | Europe<br>Belgium defends king against 'assault'<br>10 Aug 00 | Europe<br>Belgium concerned over paedophile list<br>31 Aug 01 | Country profiles<br>Country profile: Belgium<br>Internet links:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1609411.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...609411.stm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>Thursday, 2 May, 2002, 13:31 GMT 14:31 UK<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Regina Louf's testimony<br></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Regina Louf was the first of 11 people to come forward to talk of their harrowing experiences at the hands of Belgium's paedophile networks.<br><br>She told investigators how, from her earliest childhood, she'd been used in a paedophile ring. This had included her grandmother, her parents and a pimp - Tony.<br><br>She now says "It was big business - blackmail - there was a lot of money involved." She knew, she said, that sessions were secretly filmed without the clients' knowledge.<br><br>The house frequented by men in high places<br>Regina recalled judges and politicians in this horrific house<br>'Influential people were involved'<br><br>In 1996, she named and described in great detail, to a specially assembled police team, the people and places involved in the paedophile ring.<br><br>Senior judges, one of the country's most powerful politicians - now dead - and a very influential banker were included.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Dutroux and Nihoul</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>One of the regular organisers of these parties, she said, was the man she knew as 'Mich', Jean Michel Nihoul. The sessions not only involved sex, they included sadism, torture and murder; and again, she described in detail, the place, the victims and how they were killed.<br><br>She also claimed the young Marc Dutroux was there.<br><br>"At these parties Nihoul was a sort of party beast while Dutroux was more on the side."<br><br>If true, it placed Dutroux and Nihoul, suspected accomplices in the latest child abductions, together at the scene of similar crimes 10 years before.<br><br>Read more:<br>The Belgian justice system<br><br>Dutroux and the network<br><br>Gino and Carine Russo, parents of Melissa, one of Dutroux's victims<br><br>Belgium's X-Files:<br>an Olenka Frenkiel investigation<br>Sunday 5th May 2002 on BBC Two at 1915 BST<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent_europe/1962244.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/progr...962244.stm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>If you have a strong stomach, read the whole mind-boggling, meticulously researched and infuriating report, which included excerpts from the two articles above:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.the7thfire.com/Politics%20and%20History/Pedophocracy/child_sexual_abuse_in_Brussels.htm">www.the7thfire.com/Politi...ussels.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br> <p></p><i></i>