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Although the State Department has declared Qatar a significant terrorist financing risk they have signed an $11 Billion dollar agreement with Qatar for the following: WASHINGTON, July 14, 2014 – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today hosted Qatars Minister of State for Defense Affairs Hamad bin Ali al-Attiyah at the Pentagon to sign letters of offer and acceptance for Apache helicopters and Patriot and Javelin defense systems valued at $11 billion. dsca.mil/news-media/news-archive/us-qatar-sign-letters-11-billion-helicopters-defense-systems. The Secretary of Defense executes these offers, but the State Department decides what countries will receive these arms deals. These are most often funded by US tax dollars. See Clinton article: Qatar, which has been designated by the State Department as a “significant terrorist financing risk,” has pledged more than $400 million to Hamas since 2012 and has long harbored one of the terror group’s senior leaders, Khaled Mashaal. At the same time, Qatar has sought to curry favor with elite Westerners, donating between $1 million and $5 million through 2013 to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. freebeacon/politics/clinton-foundation-hamas-share-major-donor/
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:02:52 +0000

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