Saturday, June 22, 2013

your Qatari ruling dynasty

"The Qataris agreed, called the bluff of Glencore founder Ivan Glasenberg, and green-lit the deal only after the terms had been sweetened following the intervention of a certain Tony Blair." "But it also means questions tend to get glossed over. If Qatar bought the World Cup, nobody's really making a fuss about it. The links between its favourite rebel group in Syria and al-Qa'ida? No problem. There are even fewer questions raised about what goes on inside Qatar, the austere version of Islam that predominates, the treatment of migrant workers. The Saudis must be green with envy. Perhaps they could do with an HBJ of their own."