Border Control (Saudi Arabia issues demands to Qatar)

[stui magpie]

Isn't just the province of the west.

Interesting developments in the middle east, Qatar has effectively been isolated. The surrounding countries, including Bahrain, UAE and Saudi Arabia have closed their borders to Qatar.

Citizens of Qatar have been given 2 weeks to get out of the other countries, citizens of their countries aren't allowed to travel o Qatar, and airspace has been closed to them which will have a serious impact on their airline and economy.

The notional reason for this is Qatar's links with Terrorist organisations. The cynic in me says there's something other agenda at play.

Interesting that when western countries talk about restricting immigration from countries with a propensity to produce Islamic terrorists, the world loses it's collective mind, yet when majority Muslim countries take it to a new extreme, not a murmur.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40168856

[Mountains Magpie]

Yes Stui, I mentioned this yesterday, on page 75 of the terror attacks thread.

Further coverage here:

http://www.middleeasteye.net

MM

[stui magpie]

Sorry MM, I missed it.

[Mountains Magpie]

All good It's a pretty busy thread!!

That middleeasteye site is worth a look, if only for another perspective.

[stui magpie]

Cheers, it is interesting.

Qatar is Trumps fault?

[Tannin]

I was very worried about the third Qatar but after Treloar's great goal in the final Qatar I knew that we'd be OK.

[HAL]

OK. Where were you worried about the third Qatar but after Treloar's great goal in the final Qatar he or she knew that we'd be?

[ronrat]

All those crooks at FIFA who took bribes to allow Qatar to host the world cup will be careful about when they spend the money. It could well be that spots will be won by countries who are won't allow athletes to go. Time for a revisit I think and all delegates in the original vote banned from voting.

[Mountains Magpie]

An article from the UAE dated 30 May:

http://m.thenational.ae/opinion/comment ... -islamists

MM

PS: Everything is Trump's fault. I'll try to figure out why you didn't get the memo

[Mugwump]

I was very worried about the third Qatar but after Treloar's great goal in the final Qatar I knew that we'd be OK.

I was not too concerned before, but when Tannin is posting Dad jokes, it's clear that we are in crisis and Buckley has to go.

[David]

[HAL]

Not much more.

[Mountains Magpie]

An article on the muslim brotherhood from earlier this year:

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/ ... ism-214757

Been around for 90 years I thought it was about 60.

MM

[Culprit]

Two good things will come from this:

1 - Cheap Oil as Qatar will need the $$$
2 - The World Cup will be in Australia as no one will be able to get to Qatar.

[Mountains Magpie]

Two good things will come from this:

1 - Cheap Oil as Qatar will need the $$$
2 - The World Cup will be in Australia as no one will be able to get to Qatar.

Cheap gas I'm sure you mean

IIRC, Qatar is the largest LNG exporter or has the world's largest reserves of LNG. It's one or the other, maybe both!

I'm starting to think this is about LNG, not terrorism or the funding thereof.

MM