Chapter 2: Big Fish

Enemy of the State: The Ahmed Zaoui File by NZME

Aug 1, 202132:37News & Politics

In a post-9/11 world, Ahmed Zaoui’s arrival immediately thrusts New Zealand into the US-led War on Terror, and he is locked up in solitary confinement. The problem for his defence team is that the SIS refuses to reveal i...

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