Qatar has evidence ‘blockading country’ was behind government hack

He said the media in the UAE appeared ready and prepared to report the fabricated comments once the site was hacked.

Football is no less riddled with half-truths and manipulation of facts – the recently published Garcia Report being perhaps the most obvious example of contextually-absent interpretations of events. The secret Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 was the basis on which territorial boundaries were arbitrarily drawn by the British and French-totally disregarding their religious and tribal affinities.

Al Hashimy called the MOU “an excellent step”. Fleeing the censors at home, journalists found freedom in exile. It is also a powerful lever in shaping and swaying Arab public opinion – in Arabic.

These remarks were made by the Qatari Minister of State for Defense Affairs Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah in an interview with Turkey’s TRT World. Last month, Bahrain shut down its last independent newspaper, Al-Wasat. If there were anxious public debate about American support for Saudi Arabia and the UAE, then a rogue intelligence official might have leaked that assessment to the press in order to influence that debate and thereby shape the course of policy.

The Qataris are actively looking for lobbyists. Both dynamics, “official” leaks and unauthorized leaks, have played out repeatedly in the course of America’s wars in the Middle East. MBC, a popular London-based satellite channel, moved to Dubai. Riyadh was against foreign fighters in Afghanistan after the Soviet Union withdrew, and opposed them during the wars in Bosnia, Somalia and Iraq. The government also proposed to terminate mandates of the current Supreme Court judges, and let the justice ministry decide which ones get to stay on and which are replaced. It holds tight on two main principles: combating terrorism and political propaganda. Qatar moved new operations offshore. “Our dedicated team at Qatar Airways Cargo is well-trained and our QR Live product is fully-compliant with IATA’s Live Animal Regulations to ensure safe and comfortable air transportation of live animals”, said Ulrich Ogiermann, Qatar Airways’ chief cargo officer. Thus the deadlock remains.

London’s calling is a tradition. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been actively seeking to mediate. Both sides have the means and resources to dig in. International corporations are seizing the opportunity to forge economic ties with Iran. They would gather in Syria and be sent to Iraq. At that point, it would be just a matter of time before the whole thing started to unravel. Talk of a new independent paper is afoot.

The Saudis, meanwhile, are considering their own shake-up, according to three lobbyists familiar with the situation.

Why didn’t Qatar show a stronger initiative in Yemen? Leadership of the Shi’ite community are killed regularly in this land by torture and executions.

“Our Qatari allies informed al-Qaeda of our precise location and what we were planning to do”. As a candidate for president, Trump supported the legislation, as did Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent in the presidential election, although JASTA’s future now appears uncertain.