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The altantic has a good over view. Perhaps I'll look for a book on post WW1 history in that region.
I do use aljazeera for a lot of news, they're good, to get a different take on the west.I guess I'm trying to figure out who the good and bad guys are, but I don't think its so simple as that. It seems a lot of grey. Maybe they're both as bad but in different ways.
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T.E. Lawrence [of Arabia] worked with various communities to draft a proposed map for the middle-east which would respect the recognisable regional identities (e.g the Kurds). The British and French governments did https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes–Picot_Agreement, ignoring the work Lawrence had done and the commitments he had made.
http://www.telstudies.org/biography/TEL_and_ME_frontiers.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Qatar#British_protectorate_.281916.E2.80.931971.29
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Qatar reading:
This is a useful overview of the British-led security structure in the Gulf prior to full independence:
https://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/downloads/Onley_Britain_and_Gulf_Shaikhdoms2009.pdfAnd here’s an article looking specifically at Qatar’s entry into this system:
http://www.qdl.qa/en/when-maritime-protection-not-enough-britain%E2%80%99s-agreement-protect-qatar%E2%80%99s-borders-sea-and-landArticle about Qatar’s soft power politics (mainly arguing that it’s a misnomer – it’s all about money):
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=20&ved=0ahUKEwisqPqzl6nUAhVpK8AKHYI7B9Q4ChAWCFMwCQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fperiodicos.pucminas.br%2Findex.php%2Fconjuntura%2Farticle%2Fdownload%2FP.1809-6182.2016v13n1p22%2F10251&usg=AFQjCNH7zyEP49Ni2oaS6fei0NcpqOwAAg&cad=rjaIntro chapter to a book about political/economic development of Qatar
https://www.rienner.com/uploads/513fa0a74e57c.pdfArticle about the Al Thanis
http://www18.georgetown.edu/data/people/mk556/publication-43121.pdfArticle about Islamism in Qatar – includes important note about the role of Muslim Brotherhood in building up state/education system in the 50s
http://noref.no/var/ezflow_site/storage/original/application/ac81941df1be874ccbda35e747218abf.pdfUS-Qatar relations
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An investigation into the foreign funding and support of jihadi groups that was authorised by David Cameron may never be published, the Home Office has admitted.
The inquiry into revenue streams for extremist groups operating in the UK was commissioned by the former prime minister and is thought to focus on Saudi Arabia, which has repeatedly been highlighted by European leaders as a funding source for Islamist jihadis.
The Saudi Arabian pot calling the Qatar kettle black
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/31/sensitive-uk-terror-funding-inquiry-findings-may-never-be-published-saudi-arabia -
they were country de jour when europe was planning to invade syria, install large gas pipeline from qatar to turkey and ship all that natural gas into europe
now syria has russian support the gas pipeline will never be built, russia controls gas in europe so they'll make sure it doesn'ti guess europes backing for qatar is waning
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Who needs a pipeline?
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Not quite a monopoly, at least into the UK;
The nature reserves and other green areas, out here in outer west London were damaged a couple of years back, as a new main gas pipeline, from Milford Haven was tunnelled through to Hayes power station.
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they were country de jour when europe was planning to invade syria, install large gas pipeline from qatar to turkey and ship all that natural gas into europe
now syria has russian support the gas pipeline will never be built, russia controls gas in europe so they'll make sure it doesn't
i guess europes backing for qatar is waning
I'm sorry, but this is bollocks. The Qataris have been shipping gas to Europe by LNG tanker for years, and there's no economic rationale at all to building an expensive pipeline to replicate this capacity.
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Who needs a pipeline?
That's the facility that turns gas into synthetic diesel.
You want Qatargas and Rasgas, which are the companies that cool gas into liquid form for transportation.
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What I found odd was that Saudi accused Qatar of funding islamist groups in Syria, including the Al Queda affiliate there, even though Saudi was also supporting the islamist groups in Syria fighting the regime.
They were then also pissed that Qatar was supporting Hamas and by proxy Iran, which was fighting for the regime.
Very confused.
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