WOW! This may be a great time for the USA to crank up the pressure on Qatar. They have played a terrible role, helping terrorists and destabilizing Syria to the benefit of ISIS.
Finally. Perhaps President Trump has clued these moronic islams in to what the future looks like for retarded islams.
Wise up or GTFO.
Will they appeal their dismissal to the 9th Circuit?
Isn’t Qatar where Barry sent the GITMO prisoners he released.
Countries like Bahrain and Saudi Arabia may hate our guts, but are they going to give up their western lifestyles, the luxurious mansions and their fleet of Rolls or Bentleys to show solidarity and support for Quatar? Money talks and everything else walks.
WTF!
Is that where Obama has a house? Figures he would.
https://southfront.org/us-military-presence-in-qatar-al-udeid-airbase/
Largest presence of command personnel in the region
Interesting.
This is an indication that the Saudis may well be serious about cutting off funding to jihadis (which they signed an agreement to do when Trump visited).
In addition to the Saudis, Egyptians and Bahrain cutting ties with Qatar, the body of the article reports that the UAE did as well - all today. The UAE only gave Qatari diplomats 48 hours to clear the country.
Saudi Arabia is Qatar’s only link by land, and the UAE is it’s closest neighbor by sea (which includes Dubai, the main economic and cultural hub of the region).
There is a lot of business that takes place (and family ties) between Qataris, Saudis and Emiratis. This is a big move in the region.
Trump has done the impossible and made the Gulf States become reliable allies. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and even Qatar all signed a communique earlier this month around the time that the arms package was approved condemning terror and promising to go after private individuals who are funding terror. Aside from the madrasas, the biggest issue in the Gulf is that most people who sponsor terror are privately wealthy people.
Qatar has been waffling on that commitment since. Meanwhile, we’ve got folks like Prince Bandar (aka Bandar Bush) in Saudi Arabia and Prince Mohammed bin Zayed in the UAE that are getting serious about reform, on top of people we already know like el-Sisi in Egypt.
“All the nations also said they planned to cut air and sea traffic to the peninsular country.” (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_QATAR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-04-23-36-52)
“The decision comes after Qatar alleged in late May that hackers took over the site of its state-run news agency and published what it called fake comments from its ruling emir about Iran and Israel. Its Gulf Arab neighbors responded with anger, blocking Qatari-based media, including the Doha-based satellite news network Al-Jazeera.” (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/05/saudi-arabia-and-bahrain-break-diplomatic-ties-with-qatar-over-terrorism)
All four countries cited Qatari support to terrorists among their reasons.
There does not seem much unity among Arab nations. How will all this affect Trump’s speech in Riyadh? BTW, we still have not received an official response from the Saudi king on DJT’s speech.
Isn’t Gutter the place that took so many of the terrorists released by obozo?
Qatar...
Where Obama shipped many terrorists that he released from GITMO.
Just read in AlJezeera (owned by Qatar) that its not just diplomats - all Qatari citizens must leave those countries within two weeks.
No more partying or shopping in Dubai, no Hajj in Mecca. A lot of Qataris who own property or run businesses will be hard hit, as will many families.
This is some serious hardball.
Isn’t ramadonnadingdong the time of year that all musselemen are supposed to join hands and sing “I’d Like to Buy the World Some Coke” together in harmony?
Yemen has now cut ties with Qatar as well.
Up to five.
Well that is going to put a dent in the physical gold movement operations.