US headquarters in Qatar in Al-Qaeda country?

According to a German TV news magazine, The US Headquarters are smack down in Al-Qaeda country: Qatar!

The Qatari Minister of the Interior, Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalid ath-Thani, has supported the leading cadres of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network for years. CIA has confirmed evidence that he has donated a lot of money (his own as well as money from the ministry) to Al-Qaeda. This support started about seven years ago (according to CIA). 1996 a CIA agent found in Qatar the later chief planner of the 9/11 attack, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. When the FBI was sent over to Qatar to prepare his extradition, the operation failed and the terrorist escaped. Richard Clarke (anti-terror chief of NSA until about 4 weeks ago) believes that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed received a warning from inside the Qatari Royal Family, most probably from Sheikh ath-Thani who was Minister for Islamic Affairs then.

An employee of Al-Qaeda’s inner circle told FBI interrogators that they have always felt rather safe in Qatar, as they were supported by a key member of the Royal Family. According to CIA sources, Qatar has repeatedly sheltered Al-Qaeda terrorists, mainly on the farm of Minister Sheikh ath-Thani in northern Qatar.

International anti-terror experts and CIA agents were very astonished when they heard that the Allied Forces were going to set up their headquarters in Qatar, although they had previously informed the administration of Qatar’s al-Qaeda-connections. Ironically, Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalid ath-Thani as Qatar’s Minister of the Interior is now responsible for the security of the US command in Doha!

Apart from that, you can buy Osama bin Laden propaganda videos in nearly every video shop in Doha. He seems to have quite a lot of supporters there.

Source: http://www.ndrtv.de/panorama/20030327/qatar_presse.html (in German)

This is not a literal translation but a shortened resume for those who don’t speak German. I thought it very interesting, and probably not widely known in the States.

Hmmm....interesting. I would nver have known that, Hal. Thanks for posting it.

Ann

That wouldn't surprise me one bit.The whole middle east is a mishmash
of politics,cultural differences,tribal-type strife,etc.The same problem is suspected in Pakistan,known to exist in Saudi Arabia, and in Jordan.

Yet another blunder by the United States. And isn't Al-Jazeera based in Qatar? I've never liked that channel, and perhaps now I know why.

Like the shark said Al Qaeda is all over the place this is why you have to eradicate them as you find them. You could probably go to Egypt and find a terrorist base there as well. The good news is a big terrorist base in Northern Iraq has been eliminted. So much for the myth that Iraqi's weren't helping out Al Qaeda. Apparently the thousands of chemical suits and a 100 acre hidden chemical plant loaded with Iraqi military and booby traps and an electric fence was also found. So much for the myth the Iraqi's weren't making chemical weapons. The only blunder here was not taking out this manical jerk years ago.