Writing to be heard in a sincere and disinterested way, the voice of those without voice, is not easy. In the face of human catastrophes of such an ampler, we often feel crushed by a feeling of importence, by a feeling that we didn't know how best to communicate the dramatic situations of which we were witness.

Writing an article sometimes takes weeks and one is left with the horrible impression that one's voice was not heard, that one must start over yet again, and undergo the solitude and sacrifices.

I know of the difficulties undergone recently by the site of the Voltaire Network. It is a site that is particularly threatened because it undertakes investigations on the terrifying activities that the concerned States wish to hide. Its president, Thierry Meyssan, who presented the attacks of September 11, 2001 as the result of a internal plot, continues to be attacked from all sides. I think also of his team of young journalists, whose abnegation and engagement in favour of the oppressed I know well. They do a job that merits our thanks.

The article linked here in French explains the reasons why the Voltaire Network website disappeared for nine days recently.

In early September, the functioning of our central server became chaotic. Finally our servers became desynchronized and the site was blocked. The technical examinations didn't permit us to determine the origin of the failure and whether it was a malfunction or malevolence. We changed out equipment and material: we purchased new better performing machines and switched software. However, a certain amount of our data was lost making the process of getting things back into service more difficult. Our technicians are reinstalling our sites in such a way that our various publications will start up again this weekend. A goodly number of articles are already accessible.

The Voltaire Network offers to over 2,000,000 internauts each month free access to information and analysis of international current events on its main site (voltairenet.org) and on its peripheral sites (911investigations etc). It freely publishes as well internet sites for magazines and press agencies from the Third World.

At the same time, the administrators and journalists of the Voltaire Network face strong adversity. Several of them are barred from entering the United States or the territories occupied by Israel, there names are inscribed on no fly lists for Anglo-Saxon airlines or on lists prohibiting international banking transactions. Some are confronted with serious security problems.

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