Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Mohammed Gargash-Twitter
CAIRO – 2 November 2017: Papers of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden reveal evidence that Qatar supports terrorism and extremism, said UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Mohammed Gargash on Thursday.
The papers prove that Qatari-owned and controlled Al Jazeera Arabic provided a platform to Bin Laden. Additionally, ties were revealed between Bin Laden and Libya-based Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi to cause chaos in Bahrain, tweeted Gargash.
On the computer seized in the U.S. raid on May 2, 2011 in the al-Qaeda founder’s hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, 470,000 files were found. The documents revealed Qatar’s ties with al-Qaeda.
Qatar has been accused of financing terrorist groups. Salim Khalifa Rashid al-Kuwari, who works at the Qatari Interior Ministry, is accused of transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars to al-Qaeda. Kuwari was part of the U.S. list of persons officially accused of financing terrorism in 2011, according to Al Arabiya.
Among these documents was a long letter Osama bin Laden sent to Khayria Saber, his younger wife, before his death, where he asked if she was willing to travel to Qatar, according to Al Arabiya.
On June 5, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Libya and Yemen decided to cut all diplomatic ties with Qatar, hurling allegations that the state supports terrorism. Ports and airspaces were cut off to Qatari vessels. Since then, Kuwait has played the role of the mediator to put an end to this rift. Additionally, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held several meetings with the disputed parties to heal the rift, but the discussions have not yet led to a settlement.
The Arab countries listed 13 demands to be met by Qatar, including severing ties with terrorist groups, closing down the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera satellite channel, downgrading ties with arch-rival Iran and the closure of a Turkish air base in Qatar.
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