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| More on Qatar paying off al-Qaeda through Learned Elders of Islam |
| 2005-05-02 |
| The government of Qatar is paying millions of dollars a year to Al-Qaeda in return for an undertaking to spare it from further attacks, official sources are quoted as saying by the latest edition of The Sunday Times. The money, paid to spiritual leaders sympathetic to Al-Qaeda, is believed to be helping to fund its activities in Iraq. The sources said a deal between Qatar and Al-Qaeda was first made before the 2003 invasion of Iraq amid fears that the tiny oil state could become a target. A senior Qatari government source said that the agreement was renewed in March after an Egyptian suicide bomber attacked a theatr in Doha, killing a British citizen. "We're not sure that the attack was carried out by Al-Qaeda, but we ratified our agreement just to be on the safe side," said a Qatari official. "We are a soft target and prefer to pay to secure our national and economical interests. We are not the only ones doing so." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 Khalid Shiek Mohammed was working for the Qatary goverment in 1995 was he was a known terrorist plus they fund Chechen terrorism. |
| Posted by: Spoluck Snineck8032 2005-05-02 2:47:12 PM |
| #4 We’re not sure that the attack was carried out by Al-Qaeda, but we ratified our agreement just to be on the safe side I wonder how much, if any, of the swag makes it to Al-Q? Or does it end up in some spiritual leader's "Koran Purchasing Fund"? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-05-02 1:38:36 PM |
| #3 Qatar? Don't they fund al'Jazeera? Could part of that funding count as the pay-off? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-05-02 12:43:00 PM |
| #2 Mayhaps they are buying time to get their shite together to deal with the threat or think they can ride it out through payoffs but something tells me they are just plain fools hoping the inevitable will not come to pass. Do they actually think that just because of an "agreement" AQ wouldn't pull the trigger on them when the opportunity arises? |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-05-02 8:30:25 AM |
| #1 Paying extortion,yeah that'll work.Dumbass' to me it would be cheaper and easier(in the long run)to hunt them down and kill them.Must be the Cowboy in me. |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-05-02 7:00:54 AM |