Reclusive novelist learns the hard way that the Witness Protection Program doesn't have a clause for people who become famous.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 2, 2007 -- Sudanese-born American novelist and former Bin Laden mistress Kola Boof asked on Pacifica radio yesterday that American reporters stop attacking her for the "alias identities" she and her children had to live under during the years she was being protected by the federal government.
Ms. Boof said Tuesday, "The problem with the witness protection program or being federally protected is that you aren't expected to become famous after you've been entered into protection, which is what happened with me. I was in hiding with my kids at the same time that my name was making the international press, and because of that, the assumed identities and the multiple names that were assigned to me now make it appear that all names lead to a dead end or that I'm some fugitive chameleon. I had to show MSNBC and FOX news all kinds of passports and other restricted government paperwork before appearing on television interviews, and I think I've more than proven myself. I am Naima Bint Harith, that is my real name, in North Africa as an actress I was Naima Kitar ... but any other names that the U.S. reporters are trying to connect to me were Witness Protection aliases given to me so that my identity and whereabouts could be protected from people who wanted to harm me and my children. When people are trying to kill you, you really have no interest in proving anything to the media."
On April 9th, 2003, an investigative report by the United Nations proved that a 2002 Fatwa order of assassination had been issued against Kola Boof because of books she wrote that were judged anti-Arab and anti-Muslim by the ruling regime in Sudan. The author is highly criticized in the United States media for her support of America's war on terrorism, her support for Israel over Palestine and for her belief that the crisis in Darfur will not end until the government in Khartoum is overthrown. Boof claims there is a "fatwa" on America.
Kola Boof is the author of seven books published in 8 countries. In 2004, she secured guns and ammunition from Israel to support the South Rebel Army in Sudan. Her autobiography "Diary of a Lost Girl" (ISBN: 1592320120) was chosen Best Book of 2006 by noted Princeton critic Kam Williams.
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