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| Qatari interior minister tries to sweep past ties to terrorism under the rug |
| 2006-06-07 |
| A member of the ruling family of Qatar, accused of once harboring Al Qaeda members, has asked a federal judge to vacate a default judgment entered against him in a Sept. 11 lawsuit. His lawyers say he has no connection to the 2001 attacks. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalid Al Thani, Qatar’s interior minister, made the request in papers last filed Friday in US District Court in Manhattan. In a declaration filed with US District Judge Richard C. Casey, Al Thani said he had “never appeared on any official list of persons under investigation for terrorist activities in connection with such matters outside of this case.” |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |