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| Abortive coup in Qatar |
| 2011-02-28 |
| [Ennahar] The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamed Ben Khalifa, succeeded in defeating the end of last week and attempted coup, which occurred after the deposition of some thirty senior Qatari army, some are under house arrest. The news of the attempted coup coincided with a declaration of some people from families close to the emir of Qatar and opponents of the current regime, in which they announced the non-recognition of the legitimacy of the Emir Hamed Ben Khalifa, and seek to replace him by his brother Abdelaziz Ben Khalifa ben Hamed refugee to La Belle France. The statement of the Qatari opposition, signed by 66 political opponents as well as Qatari personalities and ruling families, including 16 figures from the ruling family, contained serious accusations against the current Emir of Qatar, among others, relations with Israel and the United States of America. He is accused of working for the United States and creating discord among Arab countries in addition to his involvement with the family of his wife in corruption and social injustice against thousands of Qatari citizens. The signatories of the statement have mentioned the wife of the Emir, known as "Sheikha Mouza Bint Nacer El Mesned ", whose appearances in various media, clothed contrary to the customs of Qatar which they considered "indecent". His children, they add, have monopolized power and property of Qatari through use of power. The signatories of the declaration encourage initiative on the social networking site Facebook, calling for bringing down the Qatari regime. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Were they forced out of Tampa? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-02-28 20:44 |
| #4 More importantly, it's hqtrs for CENTCOM |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-02-28 20:42 |
| #3 Qatar? That's where al-Jazeera is situated. |
| Posted by: Mad Eye Threreling5276 2011-02-28 19:05 |
| #2 What's the surprise here. This is the Arab way, "have monopolized power and property of Qatari through use of power". Saddam fell because he had done the same thing. Payoffs are the norm. If you want to do business in the Arab world this is all I have known how things get done. Look at Zimbabwe what has happened. They were the bread basket of Africa. They stole the farms and now they must import food. Land was given to the enablers. |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-02-28 18:51 |
#1 The signatories of the statement have mentioned the wife of the Emir, known as "Sheikha Mouza Bint Nacer El Mesned ", whose appearances in various media, clothed contrary to the customs of Qatar which they considered "indecent". His children, they add, have monopolized power and property of Qatari through use of power. A link to a pic of the Sheikha. Apparently, the hussy didn't cover her face.... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2011-02-28 14:25 |
