Posted on 02/26/2011 11:52:44 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
A Facebook page demanding the ouster of Qatar's moderate, pro-Western emir, accusing him of being an agent of Israel, had attracted 18,262 fans by Saturday in the latest web-driven push for change in the Arab world.
In what is apparently the first call for change in the gas-rich state since popular revolts began sweeping the Arab world, the page has a profile picture with an image of Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, crossed out in red.
Against a backdrop of Qatar's flag is the tagline: "For Qatar: try the traitor, an agent of Israel."
Entitled "Freedom Revolution, March 16, Qatar," the page calls on Qataris to hit the streets to demand change."
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In any event, I'm SE Asia - when are they gonna call for the overthrow of the Burmese regime?
I hate to see Qatar go.
Their airline, one of the top five in the world, is far
and away the best way to get from any big city in Europe
to the Philippines.
There is one stop in Doha, then direct to Cebu or Manila.
Qatar...sits on the worlds biggest reserve of natural gas....some trillions of cubic meters in volume....
Hmmmm? Who is behind the calling of all of these Facebook overthrows? Iran? AQ? Facebook itself?
They do benefit...
It could just be some kid in Milwaukee.
How dumb has the world gotten, it is now getting run by a pimpled faced kid on a computer.
Or Twitter.
It's ridiculous.
If the country could pronounce its name one way, I’d have more sympathy for them. Is it:
1. Cutter
2. Cuttar
3. Gutter
4. Guitar
5. Katar
Or one of ten others?
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