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MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts) Wed Oct 21, 2015, 01:20 PM Oct 2015

Qatar says could intervene militarily in Syria but prefers political solution

Source: Reuters

DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar, a major supporter of rebels in Syria's civil war, suggested it could intervene militarily following Russia's intervention in support of President Bashar al-Assad but said it still preferred a political solution to the crisis.

The comments by Qatar's foreign minister, made in a CNN interview on Wednesday, drew a swift reply from Assad's government with a senior official warning that Damascus would respond harshly to such "direct aggression".

Gulf Arab backers of Syrian rebels such as Qatar have been unsettled by Russia's three-week-old air strike campaign that has allowed Assad's forces to wrest back some territory to help secure his strongholds in western Syria.

Qatar has been a leading supporter of anti-Assad rebel groups, providing arms and financial and political backing.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/qatar-says-could-intervene-militarily-syria-prefers-political-142231010.html

I think Qatar needs to check itself before it wrecks itself.

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Qatar says could intervene militarily in Syria but prefers political solution (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 OP

Will Qatar be sending their Filipino "migrant workers" (i.e. the semi-enslaved) to do the fighting? uawchild Oct 2015 #1

Yes, that's what missing from this clusterfuck eissa Oct 2015 #2

These filthy rich oil emirates nyabingi Oct 2015 #3

Nailed it. Plus..... eissa Oct 2015 #4

Qatar has been intervening militarily since 2011. Qatar and Muslim Broth led the armed uprising leveymg Oct 2015 #5

+1 (n/t) Nihil Oct 2015 #6

uawchild

(2,208 posts)

1. Will Qatar be sending their Filipino "migrant workers" (i.e. the semi-enslaved) to do the fighting?

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 01:36 PM

Oct 2015

"Broken promises: Qatar's migrant workers caught in the kafala system. Immigrants are left powerless under the kafala employment system that ties them to a sponsor – regardless of their treatment

When they came to Qatar last year, Maria and Maricel* thought it was their big break. Their contract for waitressing promised a salary of 1,200 Qatari riyals (£200) a month plus a food allowance of 200 riyals – far more than they had been making back home in the Philippines. Though they were leaving their children 4,500 miles behind, they felt the move was worth it, as the money they sent home would shore up their future.

It didn't take long for their aspirations to fade. As soon as they arrived in Doha, their employer confiscated their passports. The women say they have gone for long periods without pay, receiving barely 400 riyals in six months, and are only surviving because of part-time, piecemeal work for other companies – an endeavour that is illegal in Qatar."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/26/broken-promises-qatar-migrant-workers

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Qatar, please. It's little more than a wholly owned subsidiary of the theocratic dictatorship of Saudi Arabia.

eissa

(4,238 posts)

2. Yes, that's what missing from this clusterfuck

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 01:36 PM

Oct 2015

More foreign fighters. Qatar has done enough damage in Syria, if it wants to help out it can start by taking in some of the refugees its intervening has helped create.

nyabingi

(1,145 posts)

3. These filthy rich oil emirates

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 01:45 PM

Oct 2015

don't do anything but hire jihadist mercenaries and sow unrest all over the world. This includes Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and all the other US allies in the region.

These countries are headed by rich, spoiled brats who talk big but don't have armies to back up their talk.