Qatar has sent hundreds of millions of dollars to terror group - report
Qatar, whose rulers have been accused by Germany’s Development Minister Gerd Mueller of financing the Islamic State terror movement in 2014, is slated to host the 2022 soccer World Cup.
A group of Syrians filed legal action in London last week against the Qatari regime for allegedly sending hundreds of millions of dollars to the al-Nusra Front in Syria, an internationally designated terrorist group. The Times of London reported on its front page on Friday about Qatar’s alleged state sponsorship of the al-Qaeda-affiliated group.
“A private office of the Gulf state’s monarch was at the heart of clandestine routes by which money was transferred to… the Nusra Front,” according to the report, and that “two Qatari banks, several charities, wealthy businessmen, leading politicians and civil servants are among the defendants in a claim for damages lodged by nine Syrians.”
According The Times, the nine Syrians claimed in the High Court in London that “each played a part in an alleged conspiracy on behalf of the Qatari state, acting in coordination with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Sunni Islamist organization.”
Qatar, whose monarchy was accused by Germany’s Development Minister Gerd Mueller of financing the Islamic State in 2014, is slated to host the soccer World Cup in 2022.
According to the legal action filed by the Syrians, the pro-al-Nusra Front plot was activated “by high-ranking members of the Qatari ruling elite” who issued money to “actively support and facilitate” al-Nusra Front terrorists in Syria.
The Times wrote that Qatari individuals and organizations acting “on behalf of the state of Qatar” provided al-Nusra Front with hundreds of millions of dollars.
The US, UK and the United Nations Security Council have all designated the al-Nusra Front as a terrorist organization.
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