German Newspapers Refute Blair Circles' Lies in Duggan Case
April 20 (EIRNS)--On April 19, two Wiesbaden, Germany, newspapers, the Wiesbadener Kurier and the Wiesbadener Tagblatt , carried articles by one Wolfgang Degen, in which the Wiesbaden State Attorney's office once again refuted the Jeremiah Duggan murder story as a British-inspired media campaign without any factual basis.
The Wiesbadener Kurier carried the story on page four, under the headline: "Only the Legend has a Long Life; Four Years after the Suicide of Jeremiah Duggan, the Murder Conspiracy is Finding New Supporters, but No Evidence." The article begins: "Four years after the suicide,-- determined beyond any doubt,-- of Britisher Jeremiah Duggan, legends are still being cultivated. A murder version is still circulating. British media, primarily, are making accusations against the German State Attorney." A tough commentary by the author and excerpts from a chronology accompany the article. The latter mentions Sarah Lundford, a British Member of the European Parliament, who brought the case there in April, 2005, and attended a March 2007 London press conference.
The article in the Wiesbadener Tagblatt is written by the same journalist, headlined, "The Never-Ending Duggan History; Wiesbaden State Attorney Focus of Media." Both articles carry a picture of State Attorney spokesman Hartmut Ferse with ten folders of files, piled more than a foot high.
The conclusions of both articles take up the accusation of murder made by the Berliner Zeitung and the British press, although without naming particular newspapers. Ferse says he knows that his agency is in no position to give Jeremiah's mother the answer she wants to hear, which would restore her peace of mind. But, the Wiesbadener Kurier says, he does have a problem with media which "make everything out of anything," in his words. And which even take a fancy to the absurd idea that the accident was actually staged, that Jeremiah had died before he was run over, and that he had been placed on the highway by persons unknown. That his wounds had actually been made by a blunt instrument. That the yellow clay on the shoes of the deceased was an important clue. Ferse's comment: a sigh.
Ferse refuses to comment on the new efforts by the British Parliament to put political pressure on Germany. "Why should I?" he asks. The State Attorney's office has done its duty by the investigation. It has made the point again and again, that there is nothing which would justify reopening the case.
The commentary by Degen accompanying his article in the Wiesbadener Kurier , headlined "A Matter of Faith," shows how greatly the British intervention has upset part of the German establishment. Degen, who clearly dislikes the LaRouche movement, nevertheless sharply attacks the role of the British media, which have for years been accusing the State Attorney of high-handedly ignoring evidence in this case. But they fail to mention, he says, that Hesse's highest court, the Oberlandesgericht , agrees with the State Attorney's findings. "Hence, a gigantic conspiracy of Hesse jurists to cover up the truth? Absurd!" Stereotypes are used. "On the one side, you have a fun-loving, good English boy of Jewish faith, now dead; on the other side, the Office of the State Prosecutor,-- German, bull-headed and evil. Evil, because incompetent and unwilling.... Nazis will always be Nazis, is the refrain. You can't get any dumber than that."
"Since the authorities do not see anything corresponding to the wishes of the `clear things up' group, they will have to be softened up by political pressure from England. A cheap attempt to bend the law."
