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Gulf tensions rise: UAE official claims Qatar is UAE’s ‘eighth emirate’
Special to WorldTribune.com
ABU DHABI — Qatar has been threatened by a Gulf Cooperation Council neighbor.
UAE security chief Gen. Dahi Khalfan
The United Arab Emirates has claimed that Qatar was part of the emirates. A senior official said Qatar represented the eighth emirate of the UAE.
“We must put up signs on our borders with Qatar stating: ‘You are now entering the UAE’s eighth emirate,’” UAE security chief Gen. Dahi Khalfan said.
In a statement on April 3, Khalfan issued the first threat against Qatar’s sovereignty.
A month earlier, the UAE, along with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, withdrew their ambassadors from Doha in protest of what was termed Qatar’s support for Hizbullah and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Khalfan, regarded as the No. 2 figure in UAE security, did not detail Abu Dhabi’s claim on Qatar. He said the UAE, which severed other relations with Doha, was now ready to “reclaim” Qatar.
“Qatar is an integral part of the UAE,” Khalfan said.
1. Either this is gross stupidity (which I doubt but anything is possible with gulf Arabs) or
2. This has been co-ordinated with Saudi Arabia and is a form of intimidation against Qatar.
Qatar does not even border the UAE.
If the UAE wants to drive Qatar closer to Iran then this is the perfect way to do it.
The UAE does not have the ability to invade or conquer Qatar and their military like the rest of the GCC states has poor quality soldiers.
UAE soldiers in Afghanistan.
*To Feroz Afridi and Arooj Khan over there in Qatar, don't worry the Pashtun air force pilots that fly planes for the Qatari air force will defend you from the Emiratis.
UAE soldiers.
Special to WorldTribune.com
ABU DHABI — Qatar has been threatened by a Gulf Cooperation Council neighbor.
UAE security chief Gen. Dahi Khalfan
The United Arab Emirates has claimed that Qatar was part of the emirates. A senior official said Qatar represented the eighth emirate of the UAE.
“We must put up signs on our borders with Qatar stating: ‘You are now entering the UAE’s eighth emirate,’” UAE security chief Gen. Dahi Khalfan said.
In a statement on April 3, Khalfan issued the first threat against Qatar’s sovereignty.
A month earlier, the UAE, along with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, withdrew their ambassadors from Doha in protest of what was termed Qatar’s support for Hizbullah and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Khalfan, regarded as the No. 2 figure in UAE security, did not detail Abu Dhabi’s claim on Qatar. He said the UAE, which severed other relations with Doha, was now ready to “reclaim” Qatar.
“Qatar is an integral part of the UAE,” Khalfan said.
1. Either this is gross stupidity (which I doubt but anything is possible with gulf Arabs) or
2. This has been co-ordinated with Saudi Arabia and is a form of intimidation against Qatar.
Qatar does not even border the UAE.
If the UAE wants to drive Qatar closer to Iran then this is the perfect way to do it.
The UAE does not have the ability to invade or conquer Qatar and their military like the rest of the GCC states has poor quality soldiers.
UAE soldiers in Afghanistan.
*To Feroz Afridi and Arooj Khan over there in Qatar, don't worry the Pashtun air force pilots that fly planes for the Qatari air force will defend you from the Emiratis.
UAE soldiers.