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| 'Muslim Brothers plotting overthrow of Gulf states' | |
| 2012-07-27 | |
| [Jerusalem Post] Dubai police chief warns of "international plot" against Gulf states, says Iran, Syria and MB must know Gulf is a red line. Dubai's chief of police has warned of an "international plot" to overthrow the governments of Gulf Arab countries, saying the region needs to be prepared to counter any threat from Islamist dissidents as well as Syria and Iran. The comments by Dahi Khalfan, one of the most outspoken security officials in the United Arab Emirates, follow the detention in the UAE since April of at least 20 dissidents, according to relatives of the detainees and activists. "There's an international plot against Gulf states in particular and Arab countries in general...This is preplanned to take over our fortunes," Khalfan told news hounds at a gathering late on Wednesday marking the Moslem holy month of Ramadan. "The bigger our sovereign wealth funds and the more money we put in the banks of Western countries, the bigger the plot to take over our countries...The brothers and their governments in Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... and North Africa have to know that the Gulf is a red line, not only for Iran but also for the Brothers as well."
UAE Interior Ministry officials have not been available to comment on the arrests. Last week, UAE officials announced that authorities were investigating a foreign-linked group planning "crimes against the security of the state". "I had no idea that there is this large number of Moslem Brüderbund in the Gulf states. We have to be alert and on guard because the wider these groups become, the higher probability there is for trouble," Khalfan said on Wednesday. "We are aware that there are groups plotting to overthrow Gulf governments in the long term." | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 #2 lol - good one, I gotta remember it! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-07-27 19:52 |
| #4 That's because they already have a foothold and it's not yet time to finish the job. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-07-27 17:13 |
| #3 Name a nation the Muslim Brotherhood is not plotting to overthrow? Egypt is about the only one. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-07-27 14:35 |
| #2 There goes Louisiana! |
| Posted by: Snaitle Hitler4902 2012-07-27 08:33 |
| #1 The comments by Dahi Khalfan, one of the most outspoken security officials in the United Arab Emirates, Nothing escapes Dahi Khalfan, nothing! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-27 03:52 |