[MAPC-discuss] News from the Gulf - Qatar

[MAPC-discuss] News from the Gulf - Qatar

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2001-11-08

Shooting at Qatari air base
BBC World News Report

Officials in Qatar say that security forces have shot
dead a Qatari national after he opened fire on an air
base in the Gulf emirate.

The man, named as Abdullah Mubarak al-Hajri, opened
fire at 1030 (0730 GMT) on Wednesday on the Al-Adid
base 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital Doha, the
official Qatari news agency reported.

According to the US embassy in Doha, an unknown number
of Americans were injured in the attack, but in
Washington the Pentagon said it had no such
information.

The air base is being used by US military aircraft, in
line with a military cooperation agreement between the
two countries.

the BBC Middle East correspondent says the attack will
heighten fears of the Arab states rulers that their
populations are opposed to any support for the US-led
campaign against Afghanistan and the al-Qaeda network.


Security fears

The attack comes ahead of the opening of a World Trade
Organisation [WTO] conference in Doha on Friday.



Security is tight in the runup to the WTO meeting

WTO chief Mike Moore said the attack was not related
to the conference, and would not affect it.

Organisers of the conference have considered moving it
to a different venue following security fears in the
wake of the 11 September attacks, but Qatar fought to
keep it.

The United States trade representative, Robert
Zoellick, said he had decided to keep the size of his
delegation "as small as possible" for security
reasons.

Doha was originally chosen in an effort to stem the
likely mass of protesters, who were instrumental in
making the last WTO meeting in Seattle in 1999 an
ignominious failure.

Organisers expect 141 countries to attend the
conference, which runs from 9-13 November.


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Thursday, November 08, 2001 7:52 AM

[MAPC-discuss] News from the Gulf - Qatar