Direct link Qatar - Al Qaida

The article is now online.

Gestern, ARD, Panorama? Der US-Teil (Ex-CIA, Ex-FBI, Ex-Antiterror) des Beitrags war mal wieder ein echter Hammer! :-///

-> Qatar made a clear and open member of Al-Qaeda, Scheik Abdullah bin Khalid al-Thani, the Minister of Inner Affairs. As such he is also the patron for the American etc. Anti-Terror Forces in his country (!).
The Panorama Reporter tried some joke with his (military) interview partner, like "Don't you have to bomb Qatar now?" :-)))


PB.

Yes, Panorama (total s��e Moderatorin ;o)
I'm suprised that nobody is bothered by the link between Qatar administration and Al Qaida.
What was wrong with the ex-CIA/FBI guys?

With them, nothing, of course. With their incompetent organisations which frustrated them enough to made them "Exes" much more!

PB.

The world is a complex place with lots of interrelationships. If you look very close you quickly find that any two groups are related in some way.

The issue isn't whether there is a relationship. The issue is the nature of the relationship.

For instance given the publicized Al Qaida - Iraq connections there were connections but probably not that serious of a connection. (Which is not to say there are no further connections not publicized or impossible to establish at the time)

I personally believe that there is no connection whatsoever between Saddam and Al Quaeda. Saddam Hussein is a dictator, but not a theocrat, he is not religious in this sense. Al Quaeda is religiously motivated.

Well, then, WHAT ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP?

It's the Minister of the Interior who PERSONALLY prevented the arrest of one of the most wanted men, and the USA isn't bombing them as a "haven of terrorism", but on the contrary, is SETTING UP CAMP THERE!?

Am I the only one who finds this outrageous in the light of the war?

-s*

Kurds:
In Turkey: bad terrorists
In Iraq: good freedom fighters

Al Qaeda:
In Afghanistan: bad terrorists
In Qatar: good politicians
In Saudi Arabia: good business partners

Es geht um den Zusammenhang...

Actually I'd say any group who targets civilians intentionally is a terrorist and deserves to be criticized (or worse). Certainly some Kurdish movements we have to be careful of.

This isn't some random relationship. This is the Minister of Interior transfering personal and governmental money to Al Qaida and personally protecting a key Al Qaida member from arrest.
One ex US counterterrorism coordinator said "we have the impression he was in fact a memeber of the Al Qaida network".

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Now, where is the educated part of America?!
I hope not everyone is waiting until the usual "Because my prezident says so"-attitude suits well? No one wants to share his thoughts?

PB

Yes, interesting. Apparently Al Qaida doesn't matter really if a country is in the "coalition of the willing".

But the slightest link around thousand corners to Al Qaida is fine to justify war against Iraq.

Nice double standards.

Well, I don't know much about this particular situation, but the US having a double standard in it's foreign affairs?! NEVER! I am in shock & awe.

None of this answers the burning question... why can't newscasters say "Qatar" two times in a row with the same pronouciation?

"Gutter"
"Cutter"
"Guttar"
"Cuttar"
"Guitar"

Up until this war, I'd always pronounced it "Ka - Tar." Well, I stil do, but nobody else seems to.

I wouldn't call that double standards, this would include deeper knowledge of the whole situation. This is just stupid. I'm really going to believe the puzzled faces if some terrorist act in Qatar would happen. Stuff like, "But we thought they are our friends?!"


PB.