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BREAKING;
IS THE GCC PETRODOLLAR GANG ABOUT TO BREAK UP - FOR GOOD?
It's
morning in Asia - and the 24-hour ultimatum issued by the House of
Saud against Qatar expires today. It's reported without details in
Arab media; Qatar must fulfill 10 conditions - not specified (Dump
al-Jazeera? Dump Qatar Airways? Dump buying half of London and
Paris?) The emir of Kuwait relayed the package to the emir of Qatar.
What if they say no? Warrior Prince MBS - make no mistake, he's
behind it all - will switch from bombing Yemen (where he's losing) to
bombing malls in Doha?
There
are infinite reasons to rejoice at those GCC entities cannibalizing
each other.
Saudi Arabia Gives Qatar 24 Hour Ultimatum As Analysts Warn Of "Military Confrontation"
Developing: Saudi Arabia issues ultimatum to #Qatar demanding it end all ties Muslim Brotherhood & Hamas
6
June, 2017
Shortly
after imposing a
naval blockade in
the immediate aftermath of the Qatar diplomatic crisis, one
which left the small Gulf nation not only politically isolated and
with severed ties to its neighbors but potentially locked out of
maritime trade and crippling its oil and LNG exports, on
Tuesday
Saudi Arabia gives #Qatar 24 hr ultimatum to fulfill 10 conditions that have been sent to #Kuwait https://twitter.com/SkyNewsArabia_B/status/872190564824907776 …
#Iran #QatarCrisis
SkyNews
Arabia reported that
Saudi Arabia has given Qatar a 24 hours ultimatum, starting tonight,
to fulfill 10 conditions that have been conveyed to Kuwait, which is
currently involved in the role of a mediator between Saudi and Qatar.
According to media report, among the key demands by Saudi Arabia is that Qatar end all ties Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.
While
there was little additional information on the Ultimatum and more
importantly what happens should Qatar not comply, Al
Jazeera reported that
Kuwait's emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, left Saudi
Arabia on Tuesday after holding mediation talks with the Saudi King
Salman bin Abdul Aziz to try to defuse an escalating crisis between
Arab countries and Qatar. No details were given on the talks.
In
addition to Saudi Arabia's aggressive approach, Egypt's Foreign
Ministry accused Qatar of taking an "antagonist approach"
towards Cairo and said "all attempts to stop it from supporting
terrorist groups failed". Qatar denied the allegations, with a
Foreign Ministry statement describing them as "baseless" on
Monday.
Speaking
to Al
Jazeera,
analyst Giorgio Cafiero of Gulf State Analytics, a geopolitical risk
consultancy based in Washington, DC, said: "I think the Kuwaitis
as well as Omanis ... fear the prospects of these tensions escalating
in ways which could undermine the interest of all six members of the
GCC.
"There
are many analysts who believe that a potential break-up of the GCC
has to be considered right now."
"If
these countries fail to resolve their issues and such tensions
reaches new heights, we have to be very open to the possibility of
these six Arab countries no longer being able to unite under the
banner of one council," said Cafiero.
He
added that if tension escalates, some have warned of a "military
confrontation".
Washington
(CNN)US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar's state
news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a
crisis among the US' closest Gulf allies, according to US officials
briefed on the investigation.
The
FBI recently sent a team of investigators to Doha to help the Qatari
government investigate the alleged hacking incident, Qatari and US
government officials say.
Intelligence
gathered by the US security agencies indicates that Russian hackers
were behind the intrusion first reported by the Qatari government two
weeks ago, US officials say. Qatar hosts one of the largest US
military bases in the region.
The
alleged involvement of Russian hackers intensifies concerns by US
intelligence and law enforcement agencies that Russia continues to
try some of the same cyber-hacking measures on US allies that
intelligence agencies believe it used to meddle in the 2016
elections.
RT
With
the Gulf state of Qatar facing isolation by its neighbors, the US
media are seeking a simple and familiar explanation to the complex
diplomatic rift. The country is accused of supporting terrorism, but
according to CNN, it's Russian hackers who are to blame.
On
May 23, the official Qatari state news agency QNA and its social
media accounts published remarks attributed to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad
Al Thani, in which he allegedly discussed Iran's role in the Middle
East, his views on the presidency of Donald Trump and the role of
Hamas and Hezbollah in the region
With
the Gulf state of Qatar facing isolation by its neighbors, the US
media are seeking a simple and familiar explanation to the complex
diplomatic rift. The country is accused of supporting terrorism, but
according to CNN, it's Russian hackers who are to blame.
On
May 23, the official Qatari state news agency QNA and its social
media accounts published remarks attributed to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad
Al Thani, in which he allegedly discussed Iran's role in the Middle
East, his views on the presidency of Donald Trump and the role of
Hamas and Hezbollah in the region
Eventually,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and several other
Eventually,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and several other
countries cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of backing
terrorist groups.
Now,
according to an ‘exclusive’ CNN report,
those Qatari and US investigators allegedly found traces of Russian
involvement the Arab rift.
Without providing any names or direct quotes from its sources, CNN asserted that “intelligence gathered by the US security agencies indicates that Russian hackers were behind the intrusion first reported by the Qatari government two weeks ago.”
Without providing any names or direct quotes from its sources, CNN asserted that “intelligence gathered by the US security agencies indicates that Russian hackers were behind the intrusion first reported by the Qatari government two weeks ago.”
According
to unnamed US officials, the alleged motive for the hack was “to
cause rifts among the US and its allies.” And
since nothing happens in Russia “without
the blessing of the government,” the
Kremlin was likely involved, another CNN source alleged.
The
FBI and CIA predictably declined to comment on the CNN report.
Meanwhile, the director of the Qatari Government Communications
Office, Sheikh Saif Bin Ahmed Al-Thani, said only that the FBI and
the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency is helping Qatar
investigate the incident and that the findings will be revealed when
the probe is complete.
The
latest allegations of Russian involvement seem to fall in line with
the relentless Russian hacking hysteria that has been making
headlines across mainstream Western media in the past year.
Legal
analyst and media critic Lionel told RT that the latest CNN report
follows a well-established tactic – where the report starts off
with “US
sources say” without
ever naming the persons behind the allegations, or even clearly
explaining what the Russians are being accused of this time
“The
American news consumer has apparently been so habituated with this,
that they have forgotten to ask, 'Wait a minute, what news source?
Who was told this? What agency?”
“And
you always say within the article itself: CIA, FBI never answered
this,” Lionel
told RT, stressing that these kind of reports are groundless unless
they offer some concrete proof.
While
Moscow categorically denies its involvement in any of the alleged
hacking activities, CNN has repeatedly accused Russia of hacking and
interfering with the US and a number of EU elections. The latest
report seems no different, with a number of US media outlets and even
a respected news agency AFP rushing
to repeat the baseless claims.
“CNN
in particular just wants to hear anything that uses the word Russia
and leaked, Russia and hacked,” Lionel
stressed. “No
investigation. No critical thinking. No analysis of the allegation.”
U.S.
President Donald Trump took sides in a deep rift in the Arab world on
Tuesday, praising Middle East countries' actions against American
ally Qatar over Islamist militants even though the tiny Gulf state
hosts the largest U.S. air base in the region.
Trump
wrote on Twitter that his recent trip to the Middle East was "already
paying off" and cast an anti-Islamist speech he made in Saudi
Arabia as the inspiration for a decision by Arab powers to sever ties
with Qatar in protest at what they say is the Gulf nation's support
for terrorism.
"So
good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries
already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding
extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will
be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!" Trump
wrote on Twitter.
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