Actor in 9/11 film denied US entry

FACT and fiction appear to have been mixed up by US immigration officials after an Iraqi actor who plays a terrorist in a new film was denied entry to the United States to attend the film’s premiere.

Apparently British-based actor Lewis Alsamari was considered a security risk, although no official reason for his visa refusal was given by the US Embassy in London yesterday.

Mr Alsamari plays the lead terrorist in United 93, the controversial new film about the fourth hijacked plane on September 11, 2001, which went down in Pennsylvania.