Qatar has been hiding behind huge PR propaganda and good publicity. The small but rich Middle eastern nation has indeed kept its promise- presence felt without needing the backing of any other bigwig nation in the middle east.
Qatar was placed under an embargo by neighbouring nations because it was revealed that Qatar was sheltering and supporting various Islamic thought led jehadist military factions.
Now, in a stark revelation, one media house claims that Qatar’s intelligence had information about attacks at Gulf of Oman where Iran was instrumental. But Qatar never informed its allies. A report exclusive to Fox News claims that Qatar had prior knowledge of the May 12 attack of two Saudi tankers, a Norwegian tanker and a UAE bunkering ship near the port of Fujairah in the vital waterway, which connects the Strait of Hormuz to the Indian Ocean, near the United Arab Emirates.
Strangely, the elements of civilian government of Iran, as well as the State of Qatar, were aware of many of the above mentioned acts of terrorism but never reported the same to France, Britain or US either.
Of these attacks, the IRGC-Quds Forces Naval unit is said to be responsible for the Fujairah Port attacks.
This western intelligence report has now send ripples of concern amongst the NATO partners who wish to demand an explanation from the rich but small Middle East nation that has been under a trade embargo by UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, due to its alleged terrorism financing tactics.
Further, it seems that the former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton has reasons to accuse Iran’s clerical regime of engineering of the May attacks on the four ships. Speaking to the media agency, he said, that “there’s no doubt in anybody’s mind in Washington as to who is responsible for this,” while visiting the United Arab Emirates recently. He also added that the four vessels were attacked using “naval mines almost certainly from Iran.”
The allegations against Qatar come at a sensitive time for U.S.-Qatar relations, amid other accusations that it has financed Islamic terrorism in the past.
The Western report had been initially submitted to the French government and is under investigation for authenticity. When asked for a comment, the Qatar government has always been forthcoming to make their presence felt and did give out a statement. The spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it "had no advance knowledge of the attack on commercial vessels in the Gulf of Oman on May 12, 2019."
Now, Britain, US and France have reasons to question Qatar’ motives behind withholding important intel which could have prevented a lot of prior damage to public property in these nations as well as in the middle east.
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