Qatar could witness new terror attacks, but this would not affect the country's reform process, though it imposes a revision of its security policies, the country's foreign minister said. Shaikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jabr Al Thani, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, also said he didn't believe Al Qaida was behind the attack that killed one Briton and injured several others earlier this month, but declined to speculate on who might have carried out the attack. "Such terror attacks could happen anywhere, it could happen here again," said
| "Coulda been the IRA, maybe the ETA. Coulda been Viet Cong. Who knows? I'm sure they weren't Islamists, of course. Moose limbs don't do that sorta thing..." |
Shaikh Hamad was speaking at a question-and-answer session following a speech he delivered on Qatar's internal reforms in Doha late Monday. "There could be another ten, a hundred bombings, but Qatar would still continue on the path of democratic reforms. If this is the price we have to pay for choosing democracy, then we are ready to pay it," he added in the session attended by dignitaries, diplomats and journalists who took part in the session. |