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Qatar FM: The list of demands was meant to be rejected
2017-07-02
[Al Jazeera] 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...
's foreign minister has said Doha will not meet any of the 13 demands made by 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...
and its allies, offering instead "a proper condition for a dialogue" to resolve the Gulf crisis.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaking at the news conference in the Italian capital Rome on Saturday, said the list "was meant to be rejected", pointing to the fact that it arrived with a 10-day expiration date.

"Everyone is aware that these demands are meant to infringe the illusory sovereignty of the state of Qatar, shut the freedom of speech and impose auditing and probation mechanism for Qatar," he said.

"We believe that the world is not governed by ultimatums, we believe that the world is governed by the international law, it is governed by an order that does not allow large countries to bully small countries."
Posted by:Fred

#3  We believe that the world is not governed by ultimatums

But by their implementation.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-07-02 13:31  

#2  Am I missing something?
We just went over this. Would you understand it if I said it in Japanese?
Posted by: newc   2017-07-02 12:06  

#1  "Webelieve that the world is not governed by ultimatums, we believe that the world is governed by the international law, it is governed by an order that does not allow large countries to bully small countries."

How cute
Posted by: Frank G   2017-07-02 11:42  

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