06-06-2017, 01:54 PM
06-06-2017, 01:54 PM
06-06-2017, 02:31 PM
Ol scammy should tell the saudi goatshaggers to piss off .... and glass riyadh an mecca to remind the goatshaggers to stay in their proper place .....
06-07-2017, 09:35 AM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-06...frontation
You have to wonder sometimes..
Qatar was obviously not radical enough for the Saudi regime...and since we just sold them (Saudi Arabia) a couple of billion worth of weapons I guess they are feeling frisky. IMO we are on the wrong side with our support of the Saudi regime and their Wahhabis B.S.
Quote:Saudi Arabia Gives Qatar 24 Hour Ultimatum As Analysts Warn Of "Military Confrontation"
by Tyler Durden
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Shortly after imposing a naval blockade in the immediate aftermath of the Qatar diplomatic crisis, one which left the small Gulf nation not only politically isolated and with severed ties to its neighbors but potentially locked out of maritime trade and crippling its oil and LNG exports, on Tuesday SkyNews Arabia reported that Saudi Arabia has given Qatar a 24 hours ultimatum, starting tonight, to fulfill 10 conditions that have been conveyed to Kuwait, which is currently involved in the role of a mediator between Saudi and Qatar.
According to media report, among the key demands by Saudi Arabia is that Qatar end all ties Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.
While there was little additional information on the Ultimatum and more importantly what happens should Qatar not comply, Al Jazeera reported that Kuwait's emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, left Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after holding mediation talks with the Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz to try to defuse an escalating crisis between Arab countries and Qatar. No details were given on the talks.
In addition to Saudi Arabia's aggressive approach, Egypt's Foreign Ministry accused Qatar of taking an "antagonist approach" towards Cairo and said "all attempts to stop it from supporting terrorist groups failed". Qatar denied the allegations, with a Foreign Ministry statement describing them as "baseless" on Monday.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, analyst Giorgio Cafiero of Gulf State Analytics, a geopolitical risk consultancy based in Washington, DC, said: "I think the Kuwaitis as well as Omanis ... fear the prospects of these tensions escalating in ways which could undermine the interest of all six members of the GCC.
"There are many analysts who believe that a potential break-up of the GCC has to be considered right now."
"If these countries fail to resolve their issues and such tensions reaches new heights, we have to be very open to the possibility of these six Arab countries no longer being able to unite under the banner of one council," said Cafiero.
He added that if tension escalates, some have warned of a "military confrontation".
You have to wonder sometimes..
Qatar was obviously not radical enough for the Saudi regime...and since we just sold them (Saudi Arabia) a couple of billion worth of weapons I guess they are feeling frisky. IMO we are on the wrong side with our support of the Saudi regime and their Wahhabis B.S.
06-07-2017, 01:43 PM
http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/06/05/gu...-cold-war/
Quote:Andrew Korybko
21st Century Wire
The Gulf Cooperation Community was shocked shortly after Trump’s trip to Riyadh to read reports in Qatar media that Emir al-Thani supposedly spoke very favorably about Iran’s regional role and against the US’ anti-Iranian policies during his time in Saudi Arabia. It turns out, if the Qatari authorities are to be believed, that their leader didn’t actually say these things and that the media website was hacked by unknown perpetrators, though it looks like Saudi Arabia isn’t buying it because there’s a chance that he did in fact say what was reported but everyone thought that it wouldn’t be made public.
Therefore, the Kingdom’s media still promoted the story even after Doha said that it was debunked, and the influential descendants of al-Wahhab, whom the ultra-conservative strand of Wahhabi Islam is named after, called on Qatar to rename a mosque which was dedicated to its religious leader.
In case some observers thought of writing this all off as a series of harmless coincidences, UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash chimed in by saying:
“The Gulf Cooperation Council countries are passing through a new sharp crisis that carries within it a great danger. Fending off sedition lies in changing behavior, building trust and regaining credibility”
So, apparently hinting at the reemerging rift between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The two sides were engaged in a tense Cold War of sorts in 2014 over Doha’s patronage of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is banned in Saudi Arabia, Syria, and even Russia as a terrorist organization, though they were eventually able to bury the hatchet after Qatar promised not to let the Brotherhood operate in the country.
We don’t know for certain exactly what’s going on right now because these countries are very opaque and it’s difficult to get a clear understanding of things, but if the Qatari-Saudi rift widens, then it’s expected to have several interrelated consequences. The first is that the falling out between both sides might be most visible in Syria, where they might order their respective proxies to fight one another or cut deals with Damascus to their rival’s disadvantage.
Another thing is that Qatar, by virtue of its geography and shared offshore gas resources with Iran, might actually side more closely with Tehran than Riyadh in general, which could instantly spark an intra-GCC security dilemma that might cause the Saudis to militarily overreact.
And finally, the last forecasted consequence of any prolonged distrust between Qatar and Saudi Arabia is that Doha might team up with Tehran and Moscow to form an OPEC-like gas cartel in bringing together three of the top four countries with the largest reserves in the world.
Qatar has thus far shirked this idea but might be compelled to reconsider it as a way to institutionalize any forthcoming pivot away from the GCC and closer to Iran. In any case, this wouldn’t happen overnight, but if it did eventually transpire, then it would pair nicely with Russia’s OPEC partnership in giving Moscow leverage over both global energy markets and the potential to position itself as a neutral mediator between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, thereby promoting its vision in becoming the supreme balancing force in Eurasia.
06-13-2017, 01:26 PM
I would never have dreamed of this angle... maybe an indirect way of dealing with MR. Big pants in Turkey is the best way ?
http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/saud...qatar.html
http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/saud...qatar.html
Quote:By Brandon Turbeville
Only days after the falling out between Saudi Arabia and Qatar that resulted in a virtual blockade of Qatar by Gulf countries and Egypt, overtures are apparently being made between Saudi Arabia and Kurdish political and military units. While many may not understand the connection between the two events, rest assured there is a direct cause and effect between the Qatari row and the newfound interest in Kurds by Saudi Arabia.
Shortly after the Qatari isolation, Turkey announced that not only was it not taking part in the isolation, but that it was moving troops to a base in Qatar. Turkey did not take part in the movement against Qatar likely because of Qatari support for the Muslim Brotherhood, a powerful force in Turkey to which Erdogan is close to, to say the least. Thus, with both Turkey and Qatar engaged in supporting the Brotherhood and terrorists in Syria, it was logical that the two would retain ties.
Saudi Arabia, however, having long worried about Muslim Brotherhood activity in KSA (and for other reasons) and the country leading the charge against Qatar is thus now sending overtures toward Kurdish forces in all four countries – Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. These overtures, some analysts suspect, may very well turn into direct financial payments at some point in the future.
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