Posted on 02/26/2015 5:14:43 AM PST by NorthMountain
Washington (CNN)Qatar, a key Arab partner in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, believes the coalition is not doing enough to fight the terror group, Qatari officials tell CNN.
In particular, these officials say the training of moderate rebels needs to be accelerated and expanded. To date, Qatar has trained some 600 fighters. Training is also underway in Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The U.S. is still in the process of vetting moderate rebel groups.
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More recently, U.S. and Arab officials have credited Qatar with reducing its support. However, in a meeting with the Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew continued to emphasize the vital importance of combating the financing of terrorism.
In addition, Qatar allows groups such as Hamas, which the U.S. designates a terrorist organization and the Muslim Brotherhood to keep offices in the Qatari capital Doha.
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That's nuts.
John Kerry trusts them...
I trust them, too.
I trust them to stab us in the back at every opportunity.
Today’s ‘moderate rebels’ are tomorrow’s extremist jihadis.
When is the liberal West going to figure that out?
We should arm just the Kurds.
a dog returns to its own vomit,
And the western nations don’t care about Qatar and its terrorist supporting export Al-Jazeera because Qatar’s money supports the world economic order.
Qatar is several notches above Saudi Arabia when it comes to double dealing and two-facedness.
WOWEE!! That many??? That's an incredible force!
FMCDH(BITS)
Indeed. I would never turn my back on a muslim, any muslim, period.
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