Standing in the middle of the photograph below is the current Australian Ambassador to the NetherlandsThe Hon Dr Brett Mason. who was then, with George Brandis, a senator representing Queensland. Like Brandis, Mason also has maintained a stony silence with regards this photograph, and any dealings with Rahim Ghouse, a close business associate of the AL-Qaeda financier ,Yassin Al-Kadi, who was an UN and US specially designated
Zulfikar made no secret of his plans, often posting on Facebook messages such as these:
Zulfikar's postings contributed to the radicalisation of at least two other Singaporeans.
It was not as Zulfikar was an unknown.He did arrive in Australia in 2002 under a cloud, accused by none other than Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong of promoting Al Qaeda and its objectives in Singapore. Once here, as is now well known, he assumed a very high profile within the Muslim community,acting as the second in charge to Dr Abdul Rahim Ghouse, business associate of the Al-Qaeda financier Sheik Yassin Al-Kadi.
Brandis continues to maintain his silence, in Australia , about his dealings with Rahim Ghouse and Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy prime minister of Malaysia.It is more likely than not that under questioning,Zulfikar has already provided the Singaporeans answers to those questions. That makes our Attorney General and potential High Commissioner to the UK vulnerable to blackmail, "moral suasion", and a range of other coercive methods .
The fact that Anwar Ibrahim, a hero to some, is also in the picture should not provide any solace, given that Anwar's International Institute Of Islamic Thought was being at and around the time the photograph was taken being investigated in the United States for financing terrorism.
George Brandis QC, AG, needs to stand aside while the matter of his personal finances and funding obtained for political purposes is properly investigated.
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