Qatar buys off Al-Qaeda attacks with oil millions

[Roland99]

May 01, 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1592472,00.html

THE government of Qatar is paying millions of pounds a year to Al-Qaeda in return for an undertaking to spare it from further terrorist attacks, official sources in the wealthy Gulf state claimed last week.

The money, paid to spiritual leaders sympathetic to Al-Qaeda, is believed to be helping to fund its activities in Iraq. In a recent message broadcast via the internet, Osama Bin Laden told followers that operations in Iraq were costing Al-Qaeda more than £500,000 a month.

The sources said a deal between Qatar and Al-Qaeda was first made before the 2003 invasion of Iraq amid fears that the oil state, a close ally of Washington, could become a terrorist target. The US Central Command for the invasion was based in Qatar.

A senior government source said that the agreement was renewed in March after an Egyptian suicide bomber — thought to be associated with Al-Qaeda — struck a theatre in Doha, Qatar’s capital, killing a British teacher during a performance of Twelfth Night.

Does this mean Qatar is on the "Axis of Evil" list? Nice to see our "allies" are funding al Qaeda.

[FloridaPat]

1. Time to invade Qatar right? Grab those bank accounts and see

where the money is going. Here's some real evidence just like they had with Saudia Arabia!

[Roland99]

2. Kick

[oblivious]

3. The US already owns Qatar.

The US Central Command for the (Iraq) invasion was based in Qatar.

[Roland99]

4. You think U.S. officials are already aware of this and even condoned it?

[oblivious]

5. I think Al-qaeda is a myth.

"spiritual leaders sympathetic to Al-Qaeda"

If they're sympathetic to supposed al-qaeda goals of getting the US out of the Middle East, I guess just about everyone in the Middle East could be said to be sympathetic to Al-qaeda.

The headline is misleading as usual. Giving money to spiritual leaders is not the same as giving money to Al-qaeda, but this is standard practice now. The propaganda masters control the message.

[leetrisck]

6. Still is

and will be for some time