The Qatari Foreign Ministry has issued a statement today condemning the decision by a number of regional states to sever all ties with them as “unjustified,” and based on “false and baseless claims.” Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates have all severed ties.
This cut in ties is just the latest in a series of escalations mostly related to Saudi and Egyptian displeasure at Qatar not being hostile toward the Muslim Brotherhood, and allegations that Qatar is secretly in league with Iran because of a single quote in which the Emir expressed concern about rushing into a conflict with Iran.
Tensions between Qatar and the rest of the GCC are a regular concern, mostly related to Qatar’s state media taking positions contrary to the Saudi kingdom. The new split is much bigger, with Saudi Arabia closing Qatar’s lone land border, and the involved nations expelling diplomats, banning ships and flights, and Egyptian banks even reportedly cutting financial ties with the emirate.
Locals are taking it a lot more seriously too, with reports that many in Qatar, one of the richest nations on the planet, are desperately stockpiling food today, amid reports that large numbers of food trucks are stranded on the Saudi side of the border, with no possibility of getting in through the lone crossing.
More wonderful acts by our “friends” who financed our worst ever act and even piloted the planes into the buildings… Such good friends as Trump is fond of saying… “When money talks nobody squaks”
Have no fear, for things that are bad always go from bad to worse. For this is our destiny and when things cannot possibly get any worse, then all things will turn toward the good.
Imagine a world without wealth, a world where everyone had just enough to enjoy a comfortable life. For be it by an enlightened society that has witnessed the ultimate conclusion of wealth or by intelligent design, it shall come to pass.
I heard that Iran has offered to supply the peninsula. This could get interesting.
Cui bono? Umm…”‘Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s defence minister, has praised the measures against Qatar, saying “there is no doubt that this opens very many possibilities of cooperation in the struggle against terror.'”
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/qatar-diplomatic-crisis-latest-updates-170605105550769.html
Last week the Intercept exposed emails from the UAE ambassador in Washington proving that the UAE was working closely with the pro-Israeli Neocon think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former Bush and Obama official Bill Gates in a campaign to undermine and isolatre Qatar, which has maintained cordial ties with Iran.
Zionists and the Neocons are trying to turn the Arab League into a subordinate ally of Israel to fight a war against Iran.
The break with KSA/UAE and Qatar is the culmination of the Zionist plan to purge the Arab League of its anti Zionist roots. The main strategic goal of the Zionists in the 21st century has been to manipulate the USA and the Arab League into forming a strategic alliance to topple the regime in Iran. The Zionists and their Neocon allies have succeeded in purging or undermining anti-Zionist regimes in Egypt under the Muslim Brotherhood, Libya, Syria, Iraq, and Sudan. The reactionary Persian Gulf sheikdoms have been unable to publicly embrace Israel because the people in those countries are strongly in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance.
Qatar outraged trhe Saudis, Egyptians and Emeratis because (1) Qatar maintained cordial relations with Iran because Qatar and Iran jointly the largest off shore natural gas reserve in the world (2) Qatar has hosted Palestinian resistance groups including Hamas and (3) Qatar has refused demands by KAS and Egypt to curb Qatari-based Al-Jazeera which has exposed human right abuses in both of those countries and challenged the official narratives of the reactionary pro-Zionist Arab regimes.
So this break is ominous for the antiwar movement. It means that KSA and UAE are moving to prepare the GCC and the Arab League for war against Iran in alliance with the USA and Egypt. This break ith Qatar could also lead to”normalizing” relations between Israel and KSA and UAE. But the King and the emirs may still be wary of offending the pro-Palestinian sympathies of their people.
By the way, KSA closed Qatari-based Al-Jazeera’s office in the kingdom yesterday. And the Iranians have offered emergency transport of food to Qatar if the Saudis follow through with their intention to stop commerce with Qatrar that imports 40% of its food from KSA.
Clearly Saudi Arabia is treating the Persian Gulf as its sphere of influence and acting more aggressively than Russia on their worst day. Funny how we tolerate their behavior but go ape crazy in other cases.