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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by Consultant32452 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:50AM (#16211328)
Worth the read: https://www.mintpressnews.com/wikileaks-us-israel-and-saudi-...
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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by nikcub on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @01:31AM (#16211486)
Have a link to the original cable?

A lot of what is written there doesn't pass the basic smell test of anybody even vaguely familiar with the conflict

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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by zapfranklin on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @02:17AM (#16211656)
MintPress is a rather unreliable source. [0][1]

[0] https://www.minnpost.com/media/2015/11/mystery-mintpress-new...

[1] https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/the-inside-story-of-one-w...

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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by mdekkers on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @02:50AM (#16211776)
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06DAMASCUS5399_a.html
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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by nikcub on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @07:27AM (#16213029)
I know that cable - it's rather famous for predicting a lot of what took place but is far from a US plot to overthrow Assad
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