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Hosting Hamas and Taliban, negotiating ceasefires: Qatar’s outsized, contrarian role
2022-11-16
[IsraelTimes] Tiny, gas-rich host of 2022 soccer World Cup has mediated in conflicts far afield, from Afghanistan to Israel and the Paleostinians, while often providing conduit for US diplomacy

For decades, Doha has flung open its doors to Taliban
...Arabic for students...
warlords, Islamist murderous Moslems and dissidents, African rebel commanders and exiles of every stripe.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  I think Rodman does a better job. I think he will take over for Jimmy Carter when the penultimate peanut harvest precipitates.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-11-16 11:15  

#1   The article notes, "In the early days of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, [Qatar] bet on Islamists across the region. In Egypt, Qatar and its Al Jazeera news network backed the former... elected but divisive president from the Moslem Bro."
However, the Thani family that runs Qatar are very slick customers. After promising Egypt billions in aide they very soon backed out when they didn't think the Muslim Bros. were strong enough to survive an Egyptian military counter-coup.
Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672   2022-11-16 07:09  

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