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'Grudges' remain as Qatar marks second year of embargo
[DAWN] In a region of tight media control and official statements, the body language of Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's king and Qatar  ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...'s prime minister spoke volumes about one of the Gulf's deepest fault lines. Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser al-Thani did not bow or kiss the cheek of King Salman  ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians...., whose country has led a two-year economic boycott of Qatar, when they met in Mecca on Thursday. Their closely watched meeting was the highest level encounter between the neighbours since the crisis began on June 5, 2017. Diplomats said the embargo enforced by Riyadh and its allies over Doha's alleged support for Islamist movements and Iran ‐ charges Qatar denies ‐ was unlikely to ease following the frosty encounter. "At least they're meeting at the highest level in two years, but so many grudges (remain)," said a Western ambassador in Doha. The weekend talks in Mecca were aimed at addressing soaring regional tensions between Iran on one side and the United States and its allies, including Riyadh, on the other. Posted by: Fred 2019-06-04 |
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