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Naphezu kwemibiko eputshuziwe yezobuchwephesha baseMelika ngeQatar kanye nesimangalo sabo sokuthi iwumthombo omkhulu woxhaso “lwabashokobezi”, iWashington ingenza kahle ngokungaxabani no-Emir, uSheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani.
Uyena kuphela umholi womhlaba ophume ehhovisi lesekela likamengameli waseMelika ecasukile ngemuva kwemizuzwana eyisikhombisa nje kuphela. Futhi isiteshi sakhe sikamabonakude i-Al-Jazeera - ngoba ngesakhe ngempela - siguqule ukubika eMiddle East. I-Qatar ingaba yincane kodwa esifundeni, inkulu kakhulu impela.
U-Emir uyindoda ebukhali enekhono elilinganayo lokuhlekisa. Uyaziwa ngokuthi utshele isivakashi ukuthi uma ejikijela abantu baseMelika esikhumulweni sezindiza e-Doha - indawo enkulu kunazo zonke e-US efakwe eMpumalanga Ephakathi - "abafowethu abangama-Arab bazohlasela iQatar." Ebuzwa ukuthi angenzenjani uma kuke kwabikwa lokhu, uvele waphela yinsini wathi uyophika ukuthi akakaze akusho. Ngicabanga ukuthi yilokho azokusho mayelana nengxoxo yakamuva ye-diplomat-speak yase-US evela ku-WikiLeaks, ephakamisa ukuthi isiteshi sakhe sikamabonakude "sizibonakalise siyithuluzi eliwusizo kubaphathi [baso] bezepolitiki", okuhlinzeka "ngomthombo omkhulu we-Qatar. , okungeke kwenzeke ukuyiyeka". Ngiyangabaza ukuthi u-Emir angakhathalela kancane.
I-Al-Jazeera, vele, ibilokhu ijabulela ukuphoxeka kwe-Washington, yabelana ngokudalulwa nababukeli kuzo zombili iziteshi zayo zezindaba, isi-Arabhu nesiNgisi, ngenkathi icindezela abakhulumeli bakahulumeni waseMelika nabesifazane. Lapho izintambo zase-Iraq ziphuma, okufakazela ukuthi i-US yayishaye indiva ukuhlukunyezwa nguhulumeni waseMaliki, u-Al-Jazeera wabeka umkhuzi wangaphambili wase-US e-Iraq esikrinini; imizamo yakhe yokuziphendulela imibuzo yayiphoxa kakhulu.
Futhi u-Emir uyakwazi ukuphoxa abantu abangena endleleni yakhe. Ngaphandle kokuceba ngendlela emangalisayo nokuba nezingxenye ezinkulu zaseLondon - kanye nomkhiqizi omkhulu wegesi ewuketshezi eMpumalanga Ephakathi - akakuthathi ngomusa ukuthuka. Lapho evakashele eWashington ngesikhathi sokuphatha kukaBush futhi wamenywa ukuba azobona uDick Cheney, wamangala lapho ebona lowo owayeyiphini likamongameli ngaleso sikhathi ephethe ifayela elikhulu etafuleni lakhe, elibhalwe ukuthi “Al-Jazeera”. Kwenzelweni lokho, u-Emir wabuza? UCheney umtshele ukuthi uhlose ukukhononda ngokusakazwa kwesiteshi ngempi yase-Iraq. "Khona-ke kuzodingeka ukhulume nabahleli baseQatar," u-Emir waphendula - wase ephuma egumbini.
Kepha ingabe i-Al-Jazeera iyi-bargaining chip ephakanyiswa yizintambo zezikhulu zase-US? Umlayezo wangoNovemba 2009 ovela kwinxusa laseMelika eDoha uphakamisa ukuthi lesi siteshi "singelinye lamathuluzi abaluleke kakhulu e-Qatar kwezombusazwe kanye nezokuxhumana". Ubudlelwano beQatar-Saudi bube ngcono ngesikhathi i-Al-Jazeera yehlisa ukumboza kwayo umndeni wasebukhosini baseSaudi, kusho inxusa. Kodwa abaphathi balesi siteshi abakaze babe ngaphezu kokuqamba izindaba “ezikhohlisayo” abebengahlosile ukuziqhuba bese bephakamisa omakhelwane babo abangama-Arab ukuthi zihoxisiwe ngenxa yokuhlonipha imizwa yabo. Ngamanye amazwi, "izindaba" ezikhanseliwe bezingahloselwe ukuthi zisakazwe.
Impela iQatar iyakwazi ukucasula “abafowabo” bama-Arab. UMongameli Moubarak wathukuthela kakhulu ngendlela u-Emir aduna ngayo izingxoxo zePalestinian Authority-Hamas - ukubusa kwe-Egypt phambilini kulezi zingxoxo kwakungesinye sezisho ezimbalwa zayo ezibalulekile ne-United States - futhi uma u-Emir encoma i-Lebanese Hizballah ngokulwa kwayo ngo-2006. ne-Israel, wayejabule kakhulu ukuba noMongameli wakwa-Israel u-Shimon Peres mpikiswano nabafundi base-Arab e-Doha. Bukhona ubudlelwano bezohwebo phakathi kweQatar ne-Israel. U-Emir waze wazibandakanya ezindabeni zaseLebanon - phambilini i-monopoly yaseSaudi eGulf - futhi isivumelwano esibizwa nge-Doha sakhiwe ngenhloso yokugwema udlame oluzayo phakathi kuka-Hizballah nohulumeni waseLebanon okhethiwe (lapho i-Hizballah inezihlalo). Ngeshwa kwabaseLebanon, iphinde yanikeza uHizballah amalungelo e-veto ezinqumweni zekhabhinethi yaseLebanon. AbakwaSaudi babengajabule.
Abantu baseGibhithe basadidekile - u-Emir angachitha "intando yeningi" yase-Egypt lapho i-National Democratic Party kaMoubarak iwina ivoti eliwumgunyathi lamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-80 okhethweni lwangesonto eledlule - futhi abantu baseMelika ngeke bahlakaniphe ukukholelwa ukuthi undunankulu waseQatar uthembise ngempela uMoubarak. ukumiswa kokuhlaselwa okubucayi kwe-Al-Jazeera ukuze kubuyiselwe ukuthula okuhlala njalo phakathi kuka-Israyeli namaPalestina. Lapho uMoubarak evakashele eDoha futhi ecela ukubona indlunkulu ye-Al-Jazeera, wamangala ngobukhulu bayo obulinganiselwe. "Usho ukuthi leliyabhokisi likamentshisi yilona ebelinginika yonke le nkinga?" wabuza. Kwaba njalo.
Kunzima ukwazi ukuthi kufanele wenzeni ngeQatar njengesizwe. Igesi ewuketshezi yenza izigidigidi, kodwa kubiza kakhulu ukuthunyelwa emhlabeni wonke ngamathangi ngoba kufanele iqhwa. Mhlawumbe iQatar iyisimo sokucatshangelwa, ngoba iningi labantu bakhona bangabokufika futhi izinhlelo zayo zesikhathi esizayo zifana noCroesus ekufiseni kwabo. Kuzokwakhiwa uhlelo olusha lwe-metro eneziteshi zesitimela ezingama-60; ukuthi i-Qatar izongena kanjani kuzo zonke iziteshi emhlabeni wayo nakanjani iwumcabango. Alikho iphalamende, alikho intando yeningi - u-Emir wenza ukuketula umbuso ngaphandle kwegazi ngenkathi ubaba wakhe esayobheka ama-akhawunti akhe asebhange eSwitzerland - kodwa futhi, ngendlela emangalisayo, alukho uxhaxha lwamaphoyisa omshoshaphansi.
Yiqiniso, u-Emir ukhathazekile nge-Iran. I-WikiLeaks idalule ukuthi iNkosi u-Abdullah waseSaudi Arabia, ekhuluma nge-Iran, yatshela abantu baseMelika ukuthi kwakudingeka "ukunqunywa ikhanda lenyoka", kubangele umhlangano ophuthumayo waseGulf e-Abu Dhabi kuleli sonto. Akudingeki ukuthi, amaQatari akhathazeke ngendlela efanayo - nakuba esaba kakhulu - futhi eminyakeni emibili edlule kuphela acela abantu baseMelika buthule ukuthi basuse isizinda sabo sezindiza esidumile kude nenhloko-dolobha yaseDoha. U-Emir akafuni ukuthi kuqhume imicibisholo yase-Irani enhlokodolobha yakhe ekhazimulayo uma ivulela ngenhlamvu emasosha ase-US ayibambayo.
Akungabazeki ukuthi ama-Irani azosindisa i-Al-Jazeera. Noma bazokwenza? Baxoshe intatheli yalesi siteshi kanye nabasebenzi eTehran becasukile ngokusakazwa kwabo ngokhetho lwase-Iran lwangonyaka odlule. Kodwa-ke, nguGeorge Bush owasabisa kakhulu ngokuqhumisa ikomkhulu lesiteshi, umbono uTony Blair ameluleka ngawo ngokuhlakanipha. Ngesikhathi uBlair evakashele amahhovisi esiteshi, wabuzwa yintatheli ukuthi ngabe le ndaba kaBush iyiqiniso yini. "Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele siqhubeke," ngokusobala uBlair waphendula. Ngakho kwakuyiqiniso.
Lesi siteshi - okuyizwi langempela lesizwe - siphinde sibe nesiteshi sezemidlalo esizokwazi ukuvuna izithelo zaso njengoba sekuzobanjelwa iNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2022 eQatar lapho kuzotheleka abalandeli abacishe babe yikota yesigidi eDoha, abanye babalandeli. izivakashi zizohlaliswa kulayini eGulf. Uma u-Emir esaphila futhi ephilile, uzophinde aphakanyiswe - emoneni omkhulu wabo bonke labo "bazalwane" bama-Arab. I-Al-Jazeera igcizelela ukuthi izimele. Iziteshi zayo zezindaba azenzi - futhi azikwazi - ukwenza imali, ngakho ukupha kuka-Emir kuntanta phezu kwamakhanda abo bonke abasebenzi bayo. Kodwa bagxeke undunankulu nezikhulu, beqhuba inhlolokhono nabaphikisana nabakhala ngokuhlukumeza amaphoyisa.
Ubudlelwano obuyinqaba. Mayelana nayo yonke leyo mali okuthiwa iya e-Al Qaeda, yini abantu baseMelika abayilindele? IGulf yadala uBin Laden ukuthi alwe namaRussia futhi baxhasa amaTaliban iminyaka ngePakistan. Asikho isizathu sokucabanga ukuthi kuzophela manje. Ama-Gulf Arabs ayazi ukuthi kufanele alondoloze ubuhlobo obubili nezwe langaphandle, ingxenye yalo neMelika kanye nengxenye yalo "ngaphakathi" esifundeni. I-US kufanele ibonge izinkanyezi zayo ezinenhlanhla ukuthi ubuzwe base-Arab ayiselona ikhadi lokubiza. I-Wahabism (yohlobo luka-bin Laden) ingase idonse izinhliziyo zamaSulumane - kodwa nezentengiselwano ziyakwenza lokho.
I-Qatar: Umlando omfushane
Umlando: Phakathi neminyaka yawo-1940, i-Qatar yaziguqula isuka kwesinye sezifundazwe ezimpofu kakhulu e-Gulf yaba enye yezindawo ezicebe kakhulu ngokuxhaphaza izinqolobane zesizwe zikawoyela negesi. Izwe elalikade liyisivikelo saseBrithani, lamemezela ukuzimela kwalo ngo-1971.
Ubuholi: Ebuswa umndeni wakwaThani cishe iminyaka eyi-150, u-emir wamanje nguSheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, owathatha amandla kuyise ngokuvukela umbuso ngaphandle kwegazi ngo-1995. Uyaziwa ngezinguquko zakhe ezikhululekile, ezihlanganisa ukukhuthaza inkululeko yabezindaba kanye nokuvumela abesifazane. ukuba neqhaza kuhulumeni. Abagxeki basikisela ukuthi inkulumo yakhe ayikaze ifaniswe ngokoqobo.
Population: Abantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.7 bahlala eQatar, nakuba bangu-200,000 kuphela abomdabu. Iningi labo ngabakwamanye amazwe kanye nabasebenzi bakwamanye amazwe abasebenzisa leli thuba lokukhula komnotho.
Industry: Yake yaba isikhungo sokudoba i-pearl, i-Qatar manje isiziqhenya ngamaphesenti angu-15 ezinqolobane zegesi emhlabeni.
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