Posted on Oct 14, 2023
Terror Watch: It's Time to Rethink Our Relationship With Qatar
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As the horrific scenes of the terrorist Hamas attack on Israel played out on social media, with videos of mutilated corpses, gang rapes and abductions, Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh—safe and likely in his penthouse hideaway in Doha—celebrated and prayed over the successful massacre of over 1,200 people. The Qatari Foreign Ministry said it held Israel "solely responsible" for the bloodshed due in part to its "incursions into the Al Aqsa Mosque."
Qatar has a long history of supporting terror. Qatari funds and political support have reportedly made their way to groups like the Janjaweed who carried out the infamous genocide in Darfur, Sudan, to various branches of Al Qaeda, and to the Taliban. According to a 2017 congressional hearing, a top Qatari official "provided support" to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. Top U.S. officials have said that Qatar created a "permissive terrorist financing environment."
Qatar has a long history of supporting terror. Qatari funds and political support have reportedly made their way to groups like the Janjaweed who carried out the infamous genocide in Darfur, Sudan, to various branches of Al Qaeda, and to the Taliban. According to a 2017 congressional hearing, a top Qatari official "provided support" to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. Top U.S. officials have said that Qatar created a "permissive terrorist financing environment."
Terror Watch: It's Time to Rethink Our Relationship With Qatar
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Israel is not the only country in the region to feel the impact of Qatari-funded terror or destabilization. In 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt severed relations with Qatar and created a blockade due to the latter's funding for terrorism, close relations with Iran and funding of the Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar fought back the way they do best, through manipulation of the press. In English-language media, they claimed the blockade was breaking up families. In Arabic, through Al Jazeera, they accused the U.A.E.'s policy of religious tolerance as "idolatry." The blockade was opposed by the Trump administration and the Kuwaiti government but was brought to an end in 2021. According to the Atlantic Council, the reason for the end of the blockade was not because Qatar acquiesced but to preempt additional pressure from the incoming Biden administration.
If there is any lesson to take from the latest massacre in Israel, it is that we cannot tolerate any easing of pressure against terrorists and their supporters. The U.S. must immediately call on Qatar to hand over any terrorists on its soil or at least expel them from its territory and stop the funding and support for extremists. How many more massacres, genocides, and terrorist attacks from groups supported, financed and "deeply ideologically tied" to Qatar do we need?"
..."Israel is not the only country in the region to feel the impact of Qatari-funded terror or destabilization. In 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt severed relations with Qatar and created a blockade due to the latter's funding for terrorism, close relations with Iran and funding of the Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar fought back the way they do best, through manipulation of the press. In English-language media, they claimed the blockade was breaking up families. In Arabic, through Al Jazeera, they accused the U.A.E.'s policy of religious tolerance as "idolatry." The blockade was opposed by the Trump administration and the Kuwaiti government but was brought to an end in 2021. According to the Atlantic Council, the reason for the end of the blockade was not because Qatar acquiesced but to preempt additional pressure from the incoming Biden administration.
If there is any lesson to take from the latest massacre in Israel, it is that we cannot tolerate any easing of pressure against terrorists and their supporters. The U.S. must immediately call on Qatar to hand over any terrorists on its soil or at least expel them from its territory and stop the funding and support for extremists. How many more massacres, genocides, and terrorist attacks from groups supported, financed and "deeply ideologically tied" to Qatar do we need?"
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