Anti-terror quartet to hold talks in Bahrain
Meeting from today will press Qatar to comply with its demands
Saudi Arabia, the UAE Bahrain and Egypt will meet in Manama today to discuss the latest developments on their boycott of Qatar, Egypt’s foreign ministry said yesterday.
The anti-terror quartet cut ties with Qatar early last month for backing terrorist groups, and developing ties with Iran.
In the two-day meeting, the four countries will press Qatar to comply with their demands, which include stopping interference in their internal affairs, the Egyptian statement said.
Meanwhile, a documentary released by television channels on the so-called “secret terrorist organisation in the UAE” has revealed new details concerning “Qatar’s plots against the UAE and the Gulf states”.
Citing audio and video confessions by Mahmoud Al Jaidah, who received a seven-year jail sentence for supporting the illegal Islamist group, Al Islah, the report revealed that Doha took advantage of the process to dissolve the secret organisation within the UAE.
Anew documentary released by Emirati state television channels has revealed new details of Qatari “plots” against the UAE and Gulf states.
Citing audio and video confessions by Mahmoud Al Jaidah, who received a sevenyear jail sentence for supporting the illegal Islamist group, Al Islah, the report revealed that Qatar supported Al Islah and a provided hotel accomodations to members of the group.
The organisational fabric of the Qatari Muslim Brotherhood was also revealed in Al Jaidah’s testimonies, detailing the presence of an ‘Executive Office’ and ‘Shura Council’ within its structure.
In his confessions, Al Jaidah highlighted the transformation of Qatar over the past two decades into “the preferred” and “only” mediator of terrorist organisations.
He noted that these actions and meetings resulted in the “blatant financing” of terrorist organisations.
The report highlighted Qatar’s embracing of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The admissions by Al Jaidah, who had been granted amnesty but quickly returned to attack the UAE on Qatar’s state television, serve as the most incriminating proof of Qatar’s role as the primary incubator of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Al Jaidah also said the Qatari government provided material and moral support to fugitive members of the organisation.
Qatar’s contact with Al Islah members began with Khalid Mohammad Abdullah Al Shaiba, who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for links to the Muslim Brotherhood and setting up a branch of the organisation in the UAE.
The group then infiltrated Qatari state facilities with the support of members of the ruling family, with 30 representatives of the group governing the ‘Ahl Al Hall Wa Al Aqd’ Council.
Al Jaidah named the members as: Eisa Al Ansari, Mohammad Thani, Nasser Mohammad Eisa, Ebrahim Al Ebrahim, Abdul Hamid Mahmoud and Khamis Al Mohannadi.
The organisation’s actions were supported by the Qatari government, as well as organisations such as, the Shaikh Thani Ibn Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services, and the Shaikh Eid Bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association.
The confessions are expected to embarrass Qatar, exposing how terrorist organisations have taken control over the state.
The confessions also revealed Doha’s efforts to recruit GCC nationals to carry out terrorist acts inside the UAE and in the region.
They also prove that the UAE has been the chief target of the Muslim Brotherhood for years.
Al Jaidah also revealed that Hakim Al Mutairi, a Kuwaiti citizen active in financing and directing the Al Nusra Front in Syria, often attended meetings held in Istanbul in the presence of Mohammad Saqr Al Za’abi and Said Nasser Al Taniji.
Al Mutairi is also associated with the financing of terrorist operations in Yemen and Libya.
Al Jaidah also confessed to coming to the UAE to raise money under the guise of attending the Sharjah International Book Fair, at the request of Mohammad Saqr Al Za’abi.
Al Za’abi is currently belived to be living in the UK and that the funds were dispered to other extremist parties who then gave the money to individuals who implemented terrorist operations, including Saeed Nasser Al Taniji, a UAE-born resident of Istanbul.”
Doha has helped recruit GCC nationals to carry out terrorist acts inside the UAE and in the region. The UAE has been a chief target of the Brotherhood.” Mahmoud Al Jaidah| A former supporter of Al Islah