Posted on 09/09/2025 7:06:42 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Qatar “strongly condemns” the Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, calling it “cowardly.”
Saying that the strike “targeted residential buildings housing several members of the Political Bureau of Hamas,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari says that the “criminal assault constitutes a blatant violation of all international laws and norms, and poses a serious threat to the security and safety of Qataris and residents in Qatar.”
Ansari adds that Qatar “will not tolerate this reckless Israeli behavior and the ongoing disruption of regional security, nor any act that targets its security and sovereignty.”
Qatar is investigating “at the highest level,” he says.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
The idea of “bringing terrorists to justice” is a breathtaking mockery of any civilized understanding of justice. The feral psychopaths of Hamas and Hezbollah never display the civility required for Geneva Convention definitions for militia, armed force, or volunteer corps, but are so dissociated from country or culture, so committed to butchery that they best match Webster’s definition for a virus. They are not insurgents or freedom fighters, and when captured, certainly not prisoners of war. These killers are not members of an organized resistance movement carrying arms openly, and they have no distinctive identifier. The Geneva Conventions place terrorists beyond the pale, place no limits in dealing with their depredations, and consider their eradication as the best means of justice.
The Geneva Conventions, which attempt to grasp rational, moral threads to apply during wars’ barbarity formed the basis for our operations. For my Navy experience helping to pulverize a major enemy base in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, I especially liked the obvious reading of Articles 28 and 29 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The VC were responsible for any civilian deaths in the base our ship shelled. Those civilians qualified as Protected Persons within the enemy’s physical control and could not be used to render certain points and areas immune from military operations. The Convention articles are as follows:
ART. 28. — The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.
ART. 29. — The Party to the conflict in whose hands protected persons may be, is responsible for the treatment accorded to them by its agents, irrespective of any individual responsibility which may be incurred.
The passages furnished the basis for rules of engagement we followed when attacking a legitimate military target. The base the SEAL team identified in the U Minh forest had been continuously used at least since the Vietnamese had fought the Japanese, so families of the VC would have been residents as well. Distance provided me with the blessing of avoiding the cleanup afterwards for the mess I helped create. However, I am certain our task force was effective. We helped to permanently shatter the last intact VC main force unit, forcing it to surrender the region to South Vietnamese control.
<< Ansari adds that Qatar “will not tolerate this reckless Israeli behavior and the ongoing disruption of regional security, nor any act that targets its security and sovereignty.” >>
Typical Arab empty words.
Israel won’t tolerate the harboring of terrorists who were among those responsible for the Oct 7 massacre. Message sent and received.
Hiding out in another country is what’s cowardly.
No, actually cowardly is Hamas’ sneak attack civilians on the Sabbath and a Jewish holiday on Israel on Oct 7.
Cowardly was the plan that Iran had made to perpetrate that attack on multiple fronts all at once. But hamas jumped the gun.
If this attack had been coordinated on the Israeli border on multiple fronts all at once including other terror organizations, it would have been far more devastating than it was.
Inshallah!
;-)
But hiding out in a residential area is not cowardly?
I smell Qatar set-up of Hamas Leadership. Perfectly arranged to save face in the Arab states, yell at Israel jewz, placate Trump, and set a more stable table for Arab States to hold peace talks and Gaza governance plans.
But harboring known kidnappers and murderers is not cowardly?
Interesting, and plausible.
Qatar sheltering terrorists
I wonder what will happen to the billions of dollars they held
Cowardly is using humans as shields like Hamas.
True!
Correct.
Marshall was reportedly worth over $4,000,000,000.00.
Glad I’m not taking Qatar Airways through Doha anytime soon - nice business class but who needs to deal with this?
Qatar has provided safe haven for the Hamas billionaires for decades. These billionaires do not share their wealth with their “people” and would never enter Gaza itself. Whatever “sharing” occurred was for their war against Israel. Between direct foreign aid $$$ (which only “aids” the billionaires) to the proceeds of the Rafah smuggling tunnels, the Hamas billionaires grew their wealth.
Destroying Hamas in the Gaza Strip needs to be complete. The billionaires needed to be addressed as well.
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