...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. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...after fleeing his country over claims that his life was in danger because of a dispute with the UAE's rulers.
According to the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
on Sunday, Sheikh Rashid bin Hamad al-Sharqi, 31, is the second son of the emir of Fujairah and arrived in Doha on May 16.
Sheikh Rashid accuses Emirati leaders of blackmail and corruption, but does not seem to have evidence to support his claims.
Reports of the prince's defection to Qatar began to circulate in May.
He also noted that tensions were high among the UAE rulers over the country's involvement in the war against Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...and that the actual Emirati corpse count was higher than announced.
"There have been more deaths from Fujairah than anywhere else," he noted.
Last week,