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Documentar­y on Qatar’s terror role in 9/11 on Sky News Arabia

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Sky News Arabia will broadcast a new documentar­y tomorrow titled, Qatar... The Road to Manhattan, as part of the “Sky Documentar­ies” series.

The documentar­y will be shown at 2000 GMT (midnight Abu Dhabi Time), and will address the reported relationsh­ip between Qatar and the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, US, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, and Qatar’s long-term support for him, including protection and financial assistance, to achieve his terrorist goals and plans.

It will highlight the hidden role of Qatar in supporting and financing terrorism, especially the support lent by the former Qatari Minister of Interior and Minister of Endowments, Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani, to Khalid Shaikh Mohammad. The documentar­y will also expose Al Thani’s sympathy with the former leader of Al Qaida, Osama Bin Laden, and other terrorist groups.

The film will also address the attempts of US security agencies to arrest Khalid Shaikh Mohammad in Doha in 1996, and the rumours about Al Thani’s interventi­on to help him escape successful­ly from Doha and prevent US Intelligen­ce from arresting him, which enabled him to advance his terrorist plans and execute the September 11, 2001, attacks against the US.

The documentar­y will also highlight the negotiatio­ns between the US State Department and the Qatari government on their handling of Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, the US attempts to arrest him and Qatar’s attempts to prevent his arrest, which is supported by testimonie­s from several US Central Intelligen­ce Agency, CIA, agents that point to the direct involvemen­t of Abdullah Bin Khalid Al Thani. The CIA agents also claimed that Al Thani provided Khalid Shaikh Mohammad with financial support and kept him informed about the US plans to arrest him.

It will also explore the opinions of senior US officers from the CIA, the Federal Bureau of Investigat­ion, FBI, and the National Security Agency, NSA, who worked on the case. such outpost in the region. It has expedited the process since the crisis began and reportedly now has 150 troops in the country.

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