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2022-11-16 Arabia

Hosting Hamas and Taliban, negotiating ceasefires: Qatar’s outsized, contrarian role

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Qatar (MB)

#1 The article notes, "In the early days of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, [Qatar] bet on Islamists across the region. In Egypt, Qatar and its Al Jazeera news network backed the former... elected but divisive president from the Moslem Bro."
However, the Thani family that runs Qatar are very slick customers. After promising Egypt billions in aide they very soon backed out when they didn't think the Muslim Bros. were strong enough to survive an Egyptian military counter-coup.

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2022-11-16 07:09|| 2022-11-16 07:09|| Front Page Top

#2 I think Rodman does a better job. I think he will take over for Jimmy Carter when the penultimate peanut harvest precipitates.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-11-16 11:15|| 2022-11-16 11:15|| Front Page Top

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