How come Dubai and Qatar do not seem to have to worry about terror?

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I do too, but I do think it's somewhat less of a target than others for a simple reason: Middle Eastern terrorism is more organized and directed than Western terrorism. In the US, we have had terrorists like Timothy McVeigh that pull off major attacks without being told, with little help. It might be called the "rugged individualist" terrorist. Even today, some of the terrorists that the FBI is talking into action are small groups, but others, like the guy from Portland and the Times Square bomber, are individual terrorists. An individual terrorist is more likely to attack the symbol of whatever he is against nearest him, while a "terrorism network" would be more selective. Individual Muslim extremists may be appalled by Dubai and Qatar, but the terror networks get at least some funding from people that live there, and aren't going to bite the hand that feeds them.

 

lol I'm sure you assumed that before starting the thread.

Also, it's not a viewpoint. It's factual.

Al Qaeda exists solely because the "protector" of the Kaaba in Mecca (Saudi king) is, in his view, an American puppet >> which is unacceptable because it is against a major sharia law which says foreign troops should not be allowed to have a stronghold in the "holy" country of Saudi Arabia.

This is why Al Qaeda attacks the US, and this is why it attacks others that are viewed as puppets of the US.

It's presence in Yemen is to annoy Saudi, and it chose Yemen because this is the easiest place to be annoying and be able to hide.

It doesn't annoy the other nations as much because they have historically been viewed as the "litte brothers" of Saudi, but seeing as they are not in the "holy land", they are not so important so long as they don't mess with the mission.

How can you not know this?

 

ATW,

Why did OBL go to Afghanistan?

Why does he attack Saudi, home of the Kaaba and where he tries to do most of his recruiting, and where his family lives?

 

hahahaha riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. No, I'm telling you as a fact, the rationale for their existence is different than what you seem to think.

I'm not pulling your leg. Can you please watch any documentary or read any book that covers the birth of Al Qaeda?

 

That's not what I said.

Do you know the answers to those questions?

Why did he go to Afghanistan and why does he attack Saudi, a country that most closely follows his deluded view of Islam?

 

Assuming you're correct that Muslim terrorists spare the UAE because it would interfere with their own finances, then what? What are you proposing be done?

Also, my undereducated assumption on why Egypt has terrorism that UAE does not is that Egypt has a signficant domestic group of extremists which is making attacks locally to affect the politics in their own country, while the UAE doesn't have a significant native presence (because of culture, security/law enforcement, self-interest, or I-don't-know-what) and would therefore need to be attacked by foreign terrorists. And those foreign terrorists simply have their eyes elsewhere.

 

glynch FTW!

 

Well, I think there is nothing to prove such claims, so they are just on the opposite end of the bias scale when I say it's not true.

Money laundering can be done with far more ease through other GCC countries, more importantly, through hundreds of other countries in the world.

Though the UAE's money laundering enforcement leaves a lot to be desired in terms of enforcement, it's certainly head and shoulders above the rest of the region. I can't see why they would selecet the UAE to launder money.

Ofcourse, never say never. It happens everywhere, so the UAE's susceptibility to it and proximity indicates that - if it EVER happens in developed economies, then certainly it is likely to be missed in Dubai as well.

As far as the thread is concerned, I think it's clear now that you need to know more about Al Qaeda before rushing to conclusions based on rumors.

There's a FATF report out there somewhere, it's from a few years ago, which discusses AML regulations in the UAE. Maybe you can dig it up if you're so interested in the truth.

 

ATW, you can't really be this ignorant, considering the amount of your life you seem to devote to the"study" of violent Muslim extremists.

In short, al Zawahiri, the #2 in al Qaeda and the person most believe to be its architect/puppet-master, used to be the #1 in Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

He's from Egypt. He was imprisoned (and tortured) in Egypt for being part of a failed coup attempt. He is, notably, still a bit pissed at Egypt, and he's the sort that holds on to his grudges.

Please, buy a copy of Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower. It's a pretty good history of al Qaeda, well-researched and clinical in its point of view, and takes a look at the various viewpoints of its members and (whatever you think of them) their justifications for their actions/its founding.

 

The founding members of al Qaeda have blood vendettas against the leaders of Egypt & Saudi Arabia, and, completely ignoring their easily-researched backstories, you think it odd that they prefer to attack those places rather than others?

WTH?

 

Omg.

Dude, I answered your question. What's wrong with you?

OBL was pissed that the Saudi king did not let him defend Saudi from Saddam, and preferred to let America station troops in the kingdom.

Realizing that Saudi is ultimately under the control of the US, his target becomes the US.

Why don't they attack China? Why don't they attack Rwanda? Why don't they attack Brazil?

Are you intentionally ignoring this, or are you too proud to admit that you are not well informed on the topic?

 

Also, the UAE is about 7 million people concentrated in two cities.

Saudi is around 30 million spread out, huge border with Yemen.

Now that I think about it, this is a great question for you.

Considering how liberal the UAE and Qatar are, versus how conservative Saudi is, why does Qaeda not attack the UAE or Qatar?

Also, I just want to check because many people have told you this.. You realize that Dubai is not a country right?