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Report: Western intel officials suspect Qatar knew more before Oct. 7 than it let on
2024-01-12
[IsraelTimes] Anonymous Western intelligence officials tell POLITICO that they suspect 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. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
knew more about Hamas
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
’s October 7 onslaught ahead of time than it let on, but say they lack hard evidence to back up the suspicion.

"We’re still looking into it," says a top intelligence official of a major European power, adding that there was "smoke" but no smoking gun.

They certainly see a motive for Qatar to back such an attack: "It is in Qatar’s interest to put obstacles in the way of the normalization process between Saudi and Israel," says one of the officials. "Any refitting for the balance of power is going to undermine Qatar’s position as the top diplomatic player that can do everything."

Qatar has positioned itself as an indispensable mediator in indirect hostage talks between Israel and the Hamas terror group.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  I suspect a great many people "knew more" before Oct 7.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-01-12 07:06  

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