| May 21, 2008 | -
Lebanese factions met in Qatar and gave Hezbollah veto power in Lebanon's new national unity cabinet. It was, said a U.S. State Department representative, “really a welcome development.”
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BBC News
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| January 2, 2007 | - The nation of Qatar appeared to have been blocked from editing Wikipedia.
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The Lede (New York Times)
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| May 2, 2006 | -
Qatar announced $60 million in aid for New Orleans.
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The New York Times
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| November 22, 2005 | - It was reported that President George W. Bush had, on April 16, 2004, revealed to British Prime Minister Tony Blair a plan to take “military action” against the headquarters of the Al Jazeera news network in Doha, Qatar. According to a leaked transcript, Blair talked Bush out of attacking the television station. The White House called the report “outlandish and inconceivable,” and Blair called the report a “conspiracy theory.” David Keogh, a former U.K. Cabinet Office official, was charged under the Official Secrets Act with leaking the memo, and U.K. Attorney General Lord Goldsmith warned British media that any further reporting based on the leaked memo could be subject to criminal charges. Al Jazeera demanded an inquiry.
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The Daily Mirror
Source 2:
The Toronto Star
Source 3:
The Guardian
Source 4:
News.Telegraph
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| June 6, 2003 | - President Bush flew over Iraq shortly after he told U.S. troops in Qatar that Iraqi weapons of mass destruction would eventually be found.
"We're on the look," he said.
"We'll reveal the truth."
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International Herald Tribune
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| March 11, 2003 | -
The Organization of the Islamic Conference met in Qatar; representatives from Kuwait and Iraq exchanged unpleasantries: “Shut up, you monkey,” said the Iraqi, to which the Kuwaiti replied, “Curse be upon your mustache, you traitor.” CBS admitted that it hired an actor to read the translation of Saddam Hussein's remarks to Dan Rather in a fake Iraqi accent.
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| December 24, 2002 | -
Meyers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took Roger Clemens and Drew Carey with him to Qatar to help cheer up the troops.
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| December 3, 2002 | - American forces were preparing for large-scale war games in Qatar, which is expected to be the base for command and control operations during the invasion of Iraq.
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| September 17, 2002 | -
General Tommy Franks was busy moving the U.S. Central Command from Tampa, Florida, to Qatar, in the Persian Gulf.
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| May 29, 2001 | - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, the cousin of the emir of Qatar, was sentenced to death for attempting in 1996 to overthrow the government; Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the current emir, took power in 1995 after he overthrew his own father.
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