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Despite hosting this strategic military installation, Qatar is not always a strong Western ally. Qatar has allowed the Afghan Taliban to set up a politica

Despite hosting this strategic military installation, Qatar is not always a strong Western ally. Qatar has allowed the Afghan Taliban to set up a political office inside the country and has close ties to Iran, including a shared natural gas field. According to leaked documents published in The New York Times, Qatar's record of counter-terrorism efforts was the "worst in the region". The cable suggested that Qatar's security service was "hesitant to act against known terrorists out of concern for appearing to be aligned with the U.S. and provoking reprisals". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar#Foreign_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar#Foreign_relations

bogomipz 10y ago
>"Qatar has allowed the Afghan Taliban to set up a political office inside the country and has close ties to Iran" You should have looked a little further: "Senior leaders of the Taliban are currently stationed in Doha, Qatar. The original purpose for the Taliban leaders’ presence in Qatar was to open an office that would facilitate reconciliation between members of the Taliban, Afghanistan, the U.S. and other countries. However, shortly after the opening of the Taliban office in 2013, the office was closed by the Qatari government."[1] >"According to leaked documents published in The New York Times, Qatar's record of counter-terrorism efforts was the "worst in the region"." That cable was part of the wikileaks dumps and the quote was widely seen as both suspect and confounding: "The details offered in these cables are particularly strange when compared with a 2008 Congressional Research Service report for Congress. The U.S. State Department called Qatar's terrorism support since 9/11 "significant," according to the CRS report. Since the attacks, Qatar established both a Combating Terrorism Law and the Qatar Authority for Charitable Activities (QACA) in March of 2004."[2] >"and has close ties to Iran, including a shared natural gas field." So you are faulting a country for having shared business interests with their neighbor in the region? You realize shared business interests represent stability right? You also realize that the Iran is fighting Isis in both Iraq and Syria right? sources: [1] "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_in_Qatar" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_in_Qatar" [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/11/qatar-worst-on-counterterroism-in-the-middle-east/67166/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/11/qa...

bogomipz 10y ago

>"Qatar has allowed the Afghan Taliban to set up a political office inside the country and has close ties to Iran" You should have looked a little further: "Senior leaders of the Taliban are currently stationed in Doha, Qatar. The original purpose for the Taliban leaders’ presence in Qatar was to open an office that would facilitate reconciliation between members of the Taliban, Afghanistan, the U.S. and other countries. However, shortly after the opening of the Taliban office in 2013, the office was closed by the Qatari government."[1] >"According to leaked documents published in The New York Times, Qatar's record of counter-terrorism efforts was the "worst in the region"." That cable was part of the wikileaks dumps and the quote was widely seen as both suspect and confounding: "The details offered in these cables are particularly strange when compared with a 2008 Congressional Research Service report for Congress. The U.S. State Department called Qatar's terrorism support since 9/11 "significant," according to the CRS report. Since the attacks, Qatar established both a Combating Terrorism Law and the Qatar Authority for Charitable Activities (QACA) in March of 2004."[2] >"and has close ties to Iran, including a shared natural gas field." So you are faulting a country for having shared business interests with their neighbor in the region? You realize shared business interests represent stability right? You also realize that the Iran is fighting Isis in both Iraq and Syria right? sources: [1] "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_in_Qatar" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_in_Qatar" [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/11/qatar-worst-on-counterterroism-in-the-middle-east/67166/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/11/qa...