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Did Qatar pay a billion dollar ransom?

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Re: Did Qatar pay a billion dollar ransom?

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> These were obtained by a government hostile to Qatar and passed to the BBC. Israel?

> Shortly after the money was flown to Baghdad, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt began their economic blockade of Qatar. They still accuse Qatar of having a "long history" of financing "terrorism".

Re: Did Qatar pay a billion dollar ransom?

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This is why government by royal families doesn't work. When the state and the family are the same thing, the inevitable family crisis become a national crisis. A billion-dollar ransom that then sparks a trade war? This is a group of families fighting a petty grudge match against a background of slight religious differences, reminiscent of the worst of the Tudors.
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