Guiliani's troubles appear to be mushrooming. Read Joe Conason's whole story here. "Wayne Barrett's article in the Village Voice (below) probing the lucrative relationship between Giuliani's security firm and the emirate of Qatar -- prompts questions that "America's Mayor" might have found truly hard to answer. With Qatar's troubling record as both an American ally and a longtime haven for al-Qaida terrorists, including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, or "KSM," the little Gulf sheikdom is a curious client indeed for Giuliani Security and Safety, a division of Giuliani Partners. The interior minister appointed in 2001 and reappointed this year by the emir of Qatar is Abdullah al-Thani, the former minister of Islamic affairs and a strict Wahhabi Muslim who has been identified in U.S. press and government reports as a protector of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Abdullah al-Thani, a strict Wahhabi Muslim, reportedly hosted Osama bin Laden on two visits to his Qatari farm."
If you happened to have seen the film Syrianna starring George Clooney, the character he played was the real "CIA officer named Robert Baer who has accused Abdullah al-Thani of helping KSM escape from Qatar just before he was to be arrested in 1996 by the FBI. Baer's account, based on the testimony of a former Qatari official, implicates the emir in KSM's escape as well. Did Guiliani ever discuss Abdullah al-Thani's alleged terrorist ties with his friend Louis Freeh, the former FBI director, or with the two former FBI counterterrorism agents who work for Giuliani Security?"
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