Qatar, Terrorism Central -- Friend and Benefactor of the West

"We will be a moderate country."

"I have a genuine fear of prosecution from the Qatari government. And I've faced a lot of issues being outside Qatar. [There is a] high cost [for a security detail]. If they have the chance to get me, they will get me."

"I support peace with Israel and I definitely have opened the diplomatic channels with Israel."

"[Under my leadership Qatar would] absolutely never [bankroll designated terror groups]."

"That's one of the main things that a lot of Qatari people actually want. Because Hamas should not be existing in Qatar, al-Qaida should not be in Doha. Taliban should not be in Qatar."

"We should not pay the salaries of Hamas leaders. We should not pay the salaries of all these terror groups."

Sheikh Khalid Al-Hail, exiled Qatari political leader

Sheikh Khalid Al-Hail, the president of the Qatari National Democratic Party, and self-proclaimed opposition leader. Photo by Handout /Postmedia

 

President of the Qatari National Democratic Party, founder and opposition leader to the current Qatari government, Sheikh Al-Hail lives in exile in London, building a government-in-waiting, for a Doha far different from the current reality. As a wealthy businessman, Sheikh Al-Hail had once served as chairman of the board of over 30 Qatari companies with large-scale ventures country-wide. He left for London in 2013 as chairman and chief executive of Qatar Investment and Development Co.

 

In the space of a year, political differences of vast dimension between himself and newly-installed Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani saw his status changed from a highly respected Qatari businessman to a political opponent no longer welcome in his country of birth. A country while ostensibly an ally of the United States, the ruling elite of Qatar shelters and bankrolls Islamist Hamas, Taliban, al-Qaida affiliates and networks of the Muslim Brotherhood as one of the world's key state jihadi terrorism enablers.

 

Al Jazeera, the state's media arm, while barred in ten Arab countries, acts as a spokespiece for the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas positions in the interests of shaping opinion through media propaganda across the West and throughout the Arab world. Formerly an associate of a previous Qatar prime minister Hamad bin Jassim, Sheik Al-Hail was once welcome within the inner circle of the ruling elite before his break with the regime. The party he now leads began in 2010 as the Qatari Youth Rescue Movement, its goal to "reform the system in Qatar".  

"[I envision a Qatar governed by a constitutional monarchy, with a] normal parliament, house of commons, house of lords -- democracy is key. We believe in freedom of speech and freedom of faith."

"[The sitting rulers, a coterie of family members, are] a gang and a mafia, that control our country and our wealth, and that's not acceptable."

"What you face in Qatar is actually the policy makers, most of them Muslim Brotherhood, and pro-Hamas. Qatari people have nothing to do with Muslim Brotherhood."

Sheikh Khalid Al-Hail 

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He first began to loom in the critical notice of the regime when he spoke publicly of "a corrupt financial system", propped up by political favouritism and patronage from the emir of Qatar. In 2014, the Sheik returned to Qatar after the assurances of Al Thani that he would be welcomed back. On his arrival back in Qatar he was taken to a "national security detention" centre, under accusations of planning a regime change. "I was surprised and shocked". In the 22 days that followed, he was tortured and bound through 20 hours of daily interrogation. 

 

He managed to escape with outside intervention, ("my people managed to smuggle me outside") -- fled to Egypt with over 9,000 documents revealing the extent of corruption by Qatari officials which included a scheme to overthrow the ruling family of Saudi Arabia. Qatar, he said "turned on Israel" in stages; cutting formal ties under regional pressure at the time of the Second Intifada; followed by  patronizing the terrorist group Hamas and its leaders. As a first act on becoming leader of Qatar, the Sheikh spoke of putting the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas on a plane to be "sent to Israel to face justice".  

 

Qatar's influence and the Muslim Brotherhood networks reach deep into Canada and other western democracies, stated the Sheikh. The largest foreign investor in US. higher education routing $6.6 billion into major universities, as a design to buy influence. Billions of Qatari dollars were infused into U.S. governmental institutions and policy-shaping systems, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as well as a report by the Wall Street Journal.

 

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As for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent trip to Qatar and announcement of increased ties with the country -- in defence, trade and high tech -- this would have the effect of further ensnaring Canada into the same trap laid out for the United States, of a benign, trustworthy Middle East country -- despite all indications to the contrary -- with the allure of profitable bilateral trade, blinding Ottawa to the threats inherent in the presence of Qatari-aligned groups in Canada; Hezbollah and Hamas along with the Muslim Brotherhood among them. 

"The Canadian government has given tens and tens of millions of dollars to Muslim-Brotherhood-aligned groups, for Islamophobia file projects."

"For you to be Liberal is not an issue; but for you to be stupid, that's the problem."

Sheikh Khalid Al-Hail 

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"Under the ATA [U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act], any American institution, organization or company that provides any sort of services to the designated [terror] organization is liable, criminally and civilly for the wrongful acts of the designated organization."

"Al Jazeera provided services to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. They pay Hamas terrorists to serve as their journalists. They're not really journalists, but they give the access to what's going on inside closed doors, inside the Hamas command, inside the Gaza Strip."

"Al Jazeera provides Hamas with tremendous services to spread their propaganda, to disseminate their genocidal narrative, to help them to achieve their goals, which are committing terrorism and destroying the State of Israel."

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Attorney, Lawsuit Leader 

Al Jazeera network is based in Qatar (AFP)

 

A legal battle is  underway for justice on behalf of all those affected by the savage attacks carried out by thousands of Palestinian terrorists led by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. American victims of October 7 have filed a lawsuit against Al Jazeera Media Network and its American subsidiary, in the U.S. district court for the District of Columbia.

 

Brought under the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act, the lawsuit charges that the news organization based in Qatar provided direct support to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, terror groups designated as such in the United States.

 

According to the plaintiffs, Al Jazeera acted as an accomplice for terrorist propaganda and recruitment. It incited violence through broadcasts, employed people with connections to Hamas and PIJ, paid for interviews with terrorist leaders, and disseminated extremist narratives. According to the lawsuit, responsible for actions that contributed to the planning and execution of the October 7 bloodbath where over 1,200 people were murdered and 250 taken hostage into Gaza. 

 

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Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, founder of Shurat HaDin, an Israeli NGO which takes legal action to combat terrorism, is leading the case. "We were determined to file this case and to get it into court as soon as possible. We wanted to hold accountable all those parties and groups that assisted Hamas in murdering the innocent Bibas family, and also all the victims of October 7."

 

"Ultimately, if we win this case, Al Jazeera will not exist as it does today. They will have to shut down, because the way Al Jazeera is handling their media broadcasts and handling their biased journalism, is literally aiding and abetting terrorism. Wherever they go, whatever they do, they endorse extremist terrorism, not only Hamas but also every other anti-Israel, anti-Western terror organization."

"Its reporters are embedded with all the Palestinian organizations in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world. We know that Qatar is the ATM for many terrorist organizations in the world. And therefore, Al Jazeera is the voice of Qatar, supporting them as well, not necessarily monetarily per se, but with the media broadcasts and services, and therefore, if the families win a judgement, every terror victim can bring a similar lawsuit against Al Jazeera."

Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, founder, Shurat HaDin

Al Jazeera is being sued in the US by a group of October 7 survivors (Image: Getty)