Posted on 12/04/2003 9:32:18 AM PST by NativeNewYorker
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Rocco Galati, a Canadian lawyer representing a man linked to al-Qaeda, said he's dropping all cases involving national security after receiving a death threat, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Galati was working for Abdurahman Khadr, a Canadian captured in Afghanistan and recently released from the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the CBC said. Galati said he received a threat on his telephone answering machine after appearing at a news conference with Khadr this week in Toronto.
Galati, who has represented other suspected Islamic terrorists, said the caller referred directly to Khadr and sounded like a professional.
``It's not the run-of-the-mill, usual sort of ranting and raving sort of lunatic hate call that you might expect or usually get, he said, the CBC reported.
Galati had seven clients involved in national security issues, including Mahmoud Jaballah, a teacher in Toronto accused of being a member of al-Jihad, a group linked to al-Qaeda, the CBC reported.
Is he a french canadian?
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