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2013-07-11 Arabia

Qatar Losing Mideast Ground To Saudi Diplomacy, Say Experts

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-07-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Suliman is effective.

Posted by newc 2013-07-11 00:57|| 2013-07-11 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 ~~Bigger regiments~~ deeper pockets will win every time.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-07-11 01:30|| 2013-07-11 01:30|| Front Page Top

#3 some of this is due to a change in Qatar's govt

a week or so ago Tamim bin Hamad formally took over from his father (Hamad bin Khalifa) and for some time before that the son's priorities were being entrained into policies

word is that Tamin is concerned about finances (he headed the qatar investment authority and may have learned something) and even though Tamin is close to the Moslem Brotherhood, he was planning to curb their subsidy

Posted by lord garth 2013-07-11 11:06|| 2013-07-11 11:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Diplomacy = moola

Posted by Zhang Fei 2013-07-11 17:04|| 2013-07-11 17:04|| Front Page Top

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