Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Qatar "hesitant to act against known terrorists" fearing reprisals and appearing to be too close to the US - WikiLeak US embassy cable

The State Department labeled Qatar the worst country in the region for counterterrorism efforts. The country's security services were "hesitant to act against known terrorists out of concern for appearing to be aligned with the U.S. and provoking reprisals," according to one cable.

Source: The Lookout (A Yahoo News blog)


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