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Kicking Qatar around on a long weekend: <\/strong>If you\u2019re into thrillers and crime capers, go read Jon Gambrell\u2019s fantastic \u201cQatari pays USD 2 mn to try to free royals abducted in Iraq<\/a>,\u201d which uses US Justice Department documents to \u201cshed new light on the opaque world of private hostage negotiation in the Middle East<\/strong> in a case that now involves hackers, encrypted internet communication and promises of millions of dollars in ransom payments.\u201d Near center stage: A Greek shoe salesman. If you prefer your dose of anti-Qatar sentiment straight up, head over to the Toronto Star<\/a>, where Mohamed Fahmy (of \u2018Marriott Cell\u2019 fame) writes of terrorist financiers who are \u201cstrolling freely in Qatar\u2019s malls and posting photographs of their expensive cars flanked by rare falcons and tigers<\/strong>.\u201d Their social media handles, he notes, are @binomeir<\/a> \u200eand @khalifasubaey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why stop with Qatar? Here\u2019s a kick for Turkey, too. <\/strong>The New York Times takes a deep dive \u201cInside Turkey\u2019s purge<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d explaining that \u201cas the ruling party expands the ranks of its enemies, life in a fragile democracy becomes stranger and stranger.\u201d The opening character in the drama: A medical doctor arrested at 6am and dragged off to detention for the crime of having opened a bank account at the wrong bank down the street after moving into a new neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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