Human trafficking allegations test diplomatic immunity

By Traver Riggins

Allegations of human trafficking against Qatar diplomat highlight immunity issue

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"… matic community.” …"

"… n U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against Essa Mohamed Al Mannai, Qatar’s second-highest ranking diplomat in the United States. The case has reo …"

"… sible to hold accountable allegedly abusive diplomats. The lawsuit against Qatar’s Essa Al Mannai may be thrown out because of that immunity.The lawsuit …"

"… loyees marks the second round of legal trouble in less than a year for the Qatari diplomatic team in Washington: In April 2010, Qatari diplomat Mohamed Yaa …"

Foreign lobbyist database could vanish

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2004 — Justice Department officials say a huge database that serves as the public's lone window on lobbying activities

Excerpts from this story referencing "Qatar":

"… des powerhouse law firms, such as Patton Boggs (representing Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Angola, among many others). The Livingston Group, a government affairs …"

Jacques Monsieur arrested in Turkey

By Alain Lallemand

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 14, 2002 — A Belgian man alleged to be one of Europe's biggest gunrunners -- and who has threatened to reveal secrets

Excerpts from this story referencing "Qatar":

"… the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Chad, Croatia, Bosnia, Qatar, Togo, and Burundi, the Center’s International Consortium of Investigati …"

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Right on the money: The George W. Bush profile

By Charles Lewis

On January 30, 1990, Platt's Oilgram News, a respected trade journal of the petroleum industry, reported that a subsidiary of a small, Dalla

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"… separate from his famous father, who went on to become the chairman of the Republican National Committee, chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in China, and director of the Central In …"

"… became donors to the elder Bush’s 1988 presidential campaign and to the Republican National Committee.The two men also took care of the son. Rather than invest in Bush Explorat …"

"… two of whom became members of Team 100, an elite club of big donors to the Republican National Committee, during the elder Bush’s 1988 presidential campaign. The Bass family has …"

Afghanistan: Inside the Taliban

LAHORE, Pakistan, October 18, 2001 — UNITED STATES and British forces that launched their assault on Afghanistan this week can expect tough

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"… ed Omar and to make him triumph over the infidel forces,” bin Laden told Qatar’s al-Jazeera television in a faxed message on September 23.In turn, Omar …"

Making a killing

By Phillip van Niekerk

Overview story for Making a killing: The business of war

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"… e United States paid public lip service. Monsieur also dealt arms in Iran, Qatar, Zaire, Burundi and Congo-Brazzaville.Indeed, the failure of intelligence …"

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Privatizing combat, the new world order

By Laura Peterson

In 1998, the U.S. had a military presence in a remote African war that drew little attention from the media

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"… contract to provide security guard services for U.S. Army installations in Qatar required the company to create a quality control program that, while manda …"

Defending the internal water empire

They may talk free-market privatization abroad, but internally France closely guards its own borders against foreign water companies

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"… a November 2001 meeting of the World Trade Organization in Doha, Qatar, the European Union, led by trade commissioner Pascal Lamy of France, inse …"

Appealing to a higher authority

By Kevin Bogardus

Federal energy regulators smooth the way for liquefied natural gas terminals

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"… go, America's biggest LNG supplier, or as distant as Algeria, Nigeria, and Qatar.Proponents argue that LNG is a clean fuel and that better shipping technol …"

Government fails to keep eye on night-vision goggles in Mideast

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Alexandra Duszak

Pentagon, State Department lose track of valuable military equipment, GAO says

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"… ck on the location and safeguards surrounding night-vision goggles send to Qatar in 2008. When embassy officials tried to conduct the check, they discovere …"

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