Saudi Arabia Cuts Diplomatic Relations With Qatar Following Bahrain

SputnickNews ^ | 05.06.2017 | Middle East

[Mechanicos]

"The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, exercising its sovereign rights guaranteed by the international law, and protecting national security from the dangers of terrorism and extremism, decided to sever diplomatic and consular relations with the State of Qatar," the statement read.

[Mechanicos]

Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have all reportedly severed diplomatic ties with Qatar.Saudi Arabia also announced that it was cutting air and sea contact with Qatar. http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=81617

[samtheman]

Trouble in muzzie paradise?

[winner3000]

Finally. Qatar has been a huge funder of Jihadism. Worse than Saudi Arabia! You can’t fight Jihadism without draining the Qatari swamp.

[Diogenesis]

Qatar under Arab boycott for scheming with Iran

[mewzilla]

Yup. We better figure out why the pot’s calling the kettle black.

[samtheman]

Thanks.

[Liz]

According to an IBT report, “at least seven foreign governments received State Dept clearance for American arms AND are on-record as donors to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary was Secy of State.” Qatar was named as "favored for arms sales" by Hillary's State Dept.

CIRCA 2002--THE QATAR-CLINTON CONNECTION---
The Clinton Foundation took $1,250,000 (that we know of)
from Mideast kingdom--Qatar.

Qatar was recently exposed as beng embroiled in FIFA bribery).

The Clinton presidential library in Arkansas lists Brunei, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar as donors that gave between $1 million and $5 million (at the time of research).

In 2002, the Clinton Foundation, itself, confirmed the donations: "The Clinton Foundation's impact would not be possible without the generous support of our donors," the foundation's website reads. "Their contributions have made a difference in the lives of tens of millions across the world."

Read more at foxnews.com ...

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Qatar became the new home of the Gitmo Five via the infamous Bergdahl swap.

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Hillary later told Fox's Greta Van Susteren that Qatar was "not a threat to the US." Hillary never mentioned Qatar subsidizing the Clinton Library/Foundation.

Hillary's remarks lead some to believe the donation was a payoff....Hillary bribed to defend Qatar....blatantly ignoring America's ntl security interests.

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Qatar also donated to the Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock.

The Clinton Library bills itself as "linking the significance of a 20th century American presidency.....
.... with the ongoing and far-reaching work of The Clinton Global Foundation."

(waiting for hysterical laughter to die down)

No mention of Clinton being impeached and disbarred for lying or the numerous scandals besieging the nefarious Clinton Foundation.

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REALITY CHECK Despite its grandiose self-promotion, The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park---- is just another "Clinton Cash" snake pit.....subsidized by taxpayers,....and some shady foreign characters.

[yldstrk]

Just because?

[mr_griz]

I never saw a pic of the Clinton Library before. Strangely enough, it looks like a huge doublewide trailer home :)

[Fennie]

Why Tiny Qatar Angers Saudi Arabia And Its Allies - Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia and three of its Arab allies cut diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday, furious with what they see as the tiny emirate’s tolerant attitude toward Iran and Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood. The moves by the Saudis, Bahrain, the U.A.E. and Egypt came barely a week after U.S. President Donald Trump visited the region and joined Saudi Arabia in lambasting Iran for sponsoring terrorism from Syria to Yemen.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-05/why-tiny-qatar-angers-saudi-arabia-and-its-allies-quicktake

[ncalburt]

The reason is the radical Muslim brotherhood group .

Why isn't this group banned in the USA too..?

Why isn't Cair banned too ?

These are terrorist group .

Enough .

Ban these Terror groups the Middle east arab countries know all about and banned them there .

[Liz]

LOL........figures......the Clintons are nothing but trailer trash.

[mosaicwolf]

USCENTCOM Moving Hqs?

[T-Bone Texan]

"...Strangely enough, it looks like a huge doublewide trailer home..."

Friend, you are not the 1st person to make that observation.

In fact, I'd term it "universal", that innate response.

[M1903A1]

I seem to recall that a bunch of the FN-FAL rifles that turned up in rebels’ hands in both Libya and Syria were traced back to Qatar. (The UAE as well.)

[gymbeau]

The Trump effect?

[Grampa Dave]

Trump’s fault!

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks! From your link:

Qatar has come under a far-reaching boycott at the hands of the most powerful Arab governments for taking Iran’s side against its Sunni Arab fellows. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirate and Bahrain announced early Monday, June 5, that they were breaking off diplomatic ties and all land, sea and airports contacts with Qatar. Their nationals were told to sever business ties and quit the emirate, while Qataris were given 48 hours to leave those countries. This is the most serious diplomatic crisis to hit the Arab world – and split the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - in many years.

Qatar and its Al-Jazeera TV channel have long been a thorn in the sides of Doha’s Arab fellows, accused of hosting and providing a platform for terrorist groups and extremists, including the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.

[Grampa Dave]

The Dangers of Indulging Reckless Clients

The American Conservative ^ | June 5, 2017 | Daniel Larison
Posted on 6/5/2017, 7:15:03 AM by Colonel Kangaroo

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain have all cut ties with Qatar:

Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries severed diplomatic and some commercial links with Qatar Monday, a dramatic move that exposed divides among U.S. allies in the Middle East over policy toward Iran and the role of political Islam in the region.

Qatar has been a destructive actor in the region by promoting jihadist and Islamist groups in Libya and Syria at least since the time of the Libyan war six years ago, but it is telling that this public rift is happening now. These governments are moving to punish Qatar now largely because the latter is perceived as insufficiently hostile to Iran (the crisis was triggered when Qatar’s emir reportedly said some mildly accommodating things about Iran) and because the Trump administration let it be known in the president’s Riyadh speech that Washington would let them do whatever they wanted:

“It seems that the Saudis and Emiratis feel emboldened by the alignment of their regional interests—toward Iran and Islamism—with the Trump administration,” says Kristian Ulrichsen, a fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Needless to say, a very public rupture between different U.S. regional clients makes a mockery of the idea that Trump’s visit succeeded in “unifying” these governments in common cause. Instead, it gave some of them license to pursue their vendettas against another one. As part of the Saudis’ justification for severing ties, Riyadh claimed that Qatar was aiding the Houthis:

Explaining the reasons for the diplomatic break, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry on Monday said it had found evidence that Qatar was tacitly supporting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who are aligned with Iran. Qatar had been part of a Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen.

That is quite a claim, and given the Saudis’ tendency to lie about anything related to the war on Yemen I am extremely skeptical that there is any truth to it. Since one of the main reasons for punishing Qatar is its relatively less hostile attitude towards Iran, the accusation seems very convenient indeed. If the Saudis hadn’t completely destroyed their credibility over the last two years with distortions and falsehoods about their campaign in Yemen, their claims might be easier to believe now.

In practice, this is what it means when the U.S. backs its clients to the hilt and promises never to criticize their behavior: they think they have a green light from Washington to do as they like without any consequences. The administration has done nothing to suggest otherwise, and so we should expect from of the same bullying and intimidating behavior from the Saudis and their allies. That is likely to produce more conflict and instability, and the U.S. will probably be stuck dealing with the fallout later on.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3558214/posts

[fishtank]

Get Texas A&M out of Qatar.