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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQatar bankrolls Syrian revolt with cash and arms
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86e3f28e-be3a-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html#ixzz2dZB4hGrqThe gas-rich state of Qatar has spent as much as $3bn over the past two years supporting the rebellion in Syria, far exceeding any other government, but is now being nudged aside by Saudi Arabia as the prime source of arms to rebels.
The cost of Qatars intervention, its latest push to back an Arab revolt, amounts to a fraction of its international investment portfolio. But its financial support for the revolution that has turned into a vicious civil war dramatically overshadows western backing for the opposition.
In dozens of interviews with the Financial Times conducted in recent weeks, rebel leaders both abroad and within Syria as well as regional and western officials detailed Qatars role in the Syrian conflict, a source of mounting controversy.
The small state with a gargantuan appetite is the biggest donor to the political opposition, providing generous refugee packages to defectors (one estimate puts it at $50,000 a year for a defector and his family) and has provided vast amounts of humanitarian support.
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Qatar bankrolls Syrian revolt with cash and arms (Original Post)
dkf
Aug 2013
OP
I thought the US telling other sovereign countries what to do is imperialistic bullying...
Cali_Democrat
Aug 2013
#5
Everyone else calls it, stopping their conspiracy to commit murder and larceny.
Arctic Dave
Aug 2013
#6
Well since the rebels have this local backing, what are we being drawn in for? nt
Waiting For Everyman
Aug 2013
#4
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)1. If the US was serious about ending suffering in Syria
they would put a leash on their Qatar and Saudi dogs.
dkf
(37,305 posts)2. Qatar and SA are about oil and money.
What leverage do we have over Qatar anyway?
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)3. Military hardware.
Without us, the royals would be bloodstains in the sand.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)5. I thought the US telling other sovereign countries what to do is imperialistic bullying...
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)6. Everyone else calls it, stopping their conspiracy to commit murder and larceny.
But you just go on with your bad self.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)7. Perhaps the US shouldn't even get involved
That would make the most sense.
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)8. That would be the best course of action.
Either directly or selling arms.
Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)4. Well since the rebels have this local backing, what are we being drawn in for? nt