Report: Qatar Arming Islamist Extremists

[Sally]

Qatar must really like terrorists. It spreads around money and weapons to them via their apparent bottomless pockets.

Report: Qatar arming Islamist extremists

Islamist fighters in the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) coalition stand guard at the entrance of Tripoli international airport. (File Photo: AFP)

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By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News
Sunday, 21 September 2014
Qatar is supplying Islamist coalition Libya Dawn with weapons, British newspaper the Daily Telegraph reported, amid rising concerns over the Gulf state’s dealings with other Islamist groups in the region.

The newspaper reported that Western officials have “tracked Qatari arms flights as they land in the city of Misrata,” about 160 km east of Tripoli, which the Islamists now claim to control since it was stormed last month.

The report says despite Doha claiming to be one of Britain’s “best friends in the Middle East,” owning several high-end London landmarks, it is helping to thwart London’s goal of maintaining stability in Libya.

“So it is that Qatar buys London property while working against British interests in Libya and arming friends of the jihadists who tried to kill one of our ambassadors. A state that partly owns 1 Hyde Park, London’s most expensive apartment block, and the Shard, the city’s tallest building, is working with people who would gladly destroy Western society,” the report states.

It goes on to cite why “few in the Middle East would be shocked” at such claims.

“From Hamas in the Gaza Strip to radical armed movements in Syria, Qatar’s status as a prime sponsor of violent Islamists, including groups linked to Al-Qaeda, is clear to diplomats and experts,” the Telegraph added.

On Tuesday, Qatar denied an accusation by Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni that it sent three military aircraft loaded with weapons to a Tripoli airport controlled by an armed opposition group.

In a statement to the Qatar News Agency, Assistant Foreign Minister Mohammad bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi described the allegation as misleading and unfounded.

“The policy of the state of Qatar is based on clear and consistent foundations: mutual respect and non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries,” said the statement.

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[Mr. H.]

We (the U.S.) import oil from Qatar. The Keystone XL would alleviate this.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

You're right, Mr. H. We've got to stop financing OPEC. We know they are financing these terrorists with that money. It's insanity.

 

[irosie91]

You're right, Mr. H. We've got to stop financing OPEC. We know they are financing these terrorists with that money. It's insanity.

not so easy, Jeremiah----private persons are
"in business" with the oil pigs. It's not like the USA government is buying the oil

 

[waltky]

4 nations cut diplomatic ties to Qatar as Gulf rift deepens...

Qatar rejects 'blockade,' denies terror allegations
Jun 8,`17: Arab states have no right to "blockade" Qatar, the country's top diplomat said Thursday, insisting the campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies to isolate the tiny, energy-rich nation is based on "false and fabricated news."

In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani repeatedly denied that his country funded extremists and he rejected the idea of shutting down its Al-Jazeera satellite news network. He said Qatar, as an independent nation, also had the right to support groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, despite the fact that its neighbors outlawed the Sunni Islamist organization. Sheikh Mohammed's hard line mirrored that of a top Emirati diplomat who told the AP on Wednesday that the United Arab Emirates believes "there's nothing to negotiate" with Qatar.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and other countries severed diplomatic ties with Qatar earlier this week and cut off air, sea and land travel to the peninsular nation. Kuwait's emir is working to mediate the Gulf crisis around Qatar, which is home to a major U.S. military base and is the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. "If anyone thinks they are going to impose anything on my internal affairs or my internal issues, this is not going to happen," Sheikh Mohammed said. Worried residents have responded to the crisis by emptying grocery stores in the capital of Doha, and Saudi Arabia has blocked trucks carrying food from entering the country across its only land border.

Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Qatar’s top diplomat struck a defiant tone Thursday, saying no one gave Arab nations the right to “blockade” his energy-rich country, and that the campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies to isolate Qatar is based on “false and fabricated news​

Doha is a major international travel hub, but flag carrier Qatar Airways now flies increasingly over Iran and Turkey after being blocked elsewhere in the Middle East. On Wednesday, Emirati officials shut down the airline's offices in the UAE. Al-Jazeera's offices have been shut down by authorities in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Turkey's parliament, on the other hand, has approved sending troops to an existing Turkish base in Qatar as a sign of support. "No one has given them the right to blockade my country, not to allow cars, or my flights to fly over their countries or my ships to park in their port," the foreign minister said. "No one is giving them the right to separate families and displace people. No one has given them the right to separate Qatari women from their Saudi children, or Emirati women from their Qatari children." He added: "I don't know in which century we are living. Are we living really in the 21st century?"

Throughout the interview, Sheikh Mohammed repeatedly denied that Qatar funded extremists and terrorist groups, the main reason given for this week's moves against it. Western officials long have accused Qatar's government of allowing or even encouraging the funding of some Sunni extremists, and the Qatari government has openly supported the Palestinian militant group Hamas. U.S. President Donald Trump, who tweeted Tuesday about Qatar funding extremists, called Qatari ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Wednesday and offered to host leaders at the White House to resolve the crisis. But Sheikh Mohammed told the AP that Sheikh Tamim "is not going to leave the country while the country is in blockade," in effect turning down the mediation offer.

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