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| Arabia |
| Coup attempt in Qatar? |
| 2002-10-18 |
| Source is Khilafah — take with a grain of salt until proven otherwise... News reports were rumored in Cairo and several Gulf states on a campaign of arrests which targeted scores of Qatari army officers, in which members of the American forces deployed in Qatar took part. Sounds unlikely, but pray, tell on... The news said that unusual movements were observed for the American forces on Saturday evening on al-Wakra road which leads to al-Aides airforce base where the road was blocked before the traffic. And this was before four mosques in Doha witnessed a wave of arrests for high ranking army officers who were said to have planned for a coup against the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifah al-Thani. Rounding up thugs in some mosques, huh? What were they doing there? Well-informed sources said that the people involved in the coupe are presumed to belong to the Islamic trends and that many of them have links to al-Qaida organization. The sources said that these developments coincided with the state of dissatisfaction in the country as a result of the Qatari policy which the sources characterized as supporting an American strike against Iraq. More likely, they'd coincide with the Bad Guys' counteroffensive that's under way even as we speak. Sure would be a feather in their cap to snatch Qatar from under us just when we're ready to whack Iraq. Wonder if Sammy dreamed this up? Diplomatic sources indicated that American personnel in civilian costumes took part in the breaking in and detention acts which targeted Pakistani and Yemeni recruited soldiers in the Qatari army, and that American forces are deployed in the streets of Doha and around sensitive areas and points. So the Feds are there, and they're helping to root out fifth columnists from Pakland — terrorism's GHQ — and Yemen, home of the Cole bombers, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and a host of other nutbags... The sources explained that members of al-Thani ruling family expressed recently in a statement their rejection to the practices of the current Qatari leadership, noting that these practices alienated Qatar from its Islamic and Arab venue. Islamic trends also expressed the same in sermons at Friday's prayers and secret publications. The mullahs were firing up the Worthy mentioning that Qatar's relations with several Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia and Egypt, witnessed a new deterioration in recent months because of these states' disappointment over Doha's opening political lines on many sides including Israel and the USA in a way that confuses the Arab policies, and due to the critical programs broadcast by the Qatari al-Jazeera TV on the internal affairs of these states which see in this TV channel as a contributor to increasing tension between the Arab states. That Free Press thing'll get you every time. Al-Jazeera may cheese off the Merkins regularly, but they're a thorn in the side of the turbans, too. And the Soddies are probably having hissy fits, since they're leading and the Sheikh Hamad isn't following... The Egyptian daily al-Joumhoreyah said that the acts of arrest covered members in al-Thani ruling family who were planning to topple the current regime. I have no idea how accurate this might be. Since the source is Hizb ut-Tahrir, it could well be made up out of whole cloth. Assuming it's true, there seems to have been a move by one branch of the al-Thani family to oust the current ruler and install a pretender who's more to the liking of the If it happened approximately that way, the U.S. wouldn't want to talk about it too much at this point. For one thing, it could give other bad guys ideas. For another, they have an interest in presenting the appearance of a united alliance; I don't imagine Thanks to Steve for the link... I confess, I don't read Khilafah much anymore, because it's so awful... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |