Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani in combat in the Bosnian war. While the U.S. pushed for Sheikh Mohammed’s arrest, Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani allegedly told Khalid Sheikh Mohammed about the growing pressure for his arrest, leading to him reportedly leaving the country with a Qatar-provided passport on a ‘government executive jet.’ After this, Al Thani was "briefly confined to house arrest." In a 2003 article by The New York Times, Sheik Abdullah bin Khalid al-Thani is mentioned as "the same official who had repeatedly allowed Arab extremists who had fought in Afghanistan to live on his farm." The article also describes a Qatari government
Roman Catholic Diocese of Udon Thani On December 18, 1965 the Prefecture Apostolic was elevated to a diocese. The "Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help" (Thai: อาสนวิหารพระมารดานิจจานุเคราะห์) is located in Udon Thani town. Roman Catholic Diocese of Udon Thani The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Udon Thani ("Dioecesis Udonthaniensis", Thai: สังฆมณฑลอุดรธานี) is in northeast Thailand. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng. The diocese covers an area of 50,046 km², covering five provinces of Thailand: Khon Kaen, Loei, Nongbua Lamphu, Nong Khai, and Udon Thani. As of 2001, of the 5.3 million citizens, 5,612 are members of the Catholic Church. It