The outrageous ultimatum from the Saudi-led gang includes the following -
- Shut down al-Jazeera and its affiliate stations. - Shut down news outlets that Qatar funds, directly and indirectly, including Arabi21, Rassd, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed and Middle East Eye.
- Curb diplomatic ties with Iran and close its diplomatic missions there. Expel members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and cut off any joint military cooperation with Iran. Only trade and commerce with Iran that complies with US and international sanctions will be permitted.
- Immediately terminate the Turkish military presence in Qatar and end any joint military cooperation with Turkey inside Qatar.
- Pay reparations and compensation for loss of life and other, financial losses caused by Qatar’s policies in recent years. The sum will be determined in coordination with Qatar.
- Consent to monthly audits for the first year after agreeing to the demands, then once per quarter during the second year. For the following 10 years, Qatar would be monitored annually for compliance.
This is insane. This is not just "a dispute amongst arabs". Every man and his dog has weighed in on Syria, another middle-eastern country, yet we are all going to turn a blind eye as an extremist nation bullies and piles aggression onto a more moderate Islamic nation(?)
Islam is not going away: we should be supporting moderates, and people who do us no harm. How many Qatari's have been responsible for terrorist attacks in the West? I haven't heard of a single one. Not one! Moreover, the whole global community should be speaking up when a peaceful nations sovereignty is under attack.
Where is the evidence of Qatar's alleged crimes??? It is Saudi Arabia that has propogated war in Yemen, Saudi Arabia that has poured money and weapons into Syria, Saudi Arabia that has sponsored Wahabi terrorism, Saudi Arabia that crushes dissent and moderate forces in it's own country, Saudi Arabia that does not even allow it's women to drive cars.
Shame on our gutless and pathetic western governments for siding with the extremists and in doing so enabling evil to triumph. The silence is deafening. How come we never heard about these terrible Qatari's until Saudi Arabia decided they had a major problem with them(?) Now the Qatari's have been smeared and vilified by Saudi propoganda and it just seems to be accepted. Where is the justice in that? What a disgrace!!!!
