UN UAE security official blames TV for Egypt attack, encourages bombing Al Jazeera

A top Emirati security official suggested Friday that Al Jazeera headquarters must be bombed, blaming the Qatari news network for Friday's terror attack in Egypt's Sinai peninsula that killed 305 people and injured 128 others.

In the comments he made on Twitter, Dhahi Khalfan, the often-outspoken head of security in Dubai, said: "The alliance must bomb the machine of terrorism ... the channel of Daesh, al-Qaeda and the al-Nusra front, Al Jazeera the terrorists."

Khalfan, who has 2.42 million followers on the social media site, tweeted: "For how long will they [Al Jazeera] continue to tamper with the security of Egypt and the Arab world?"

He also posted an images of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Daesh terror group, former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and 91-year-old prominent Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi with the channel's logo.

It is hardly the first time Khalfan's remarks led to controversy. The senior Dubai police official previously announced "complete support" for U.S. President Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim countries.

"Every country has the right to protect its security ... Trump, what you're doing is right," he said

In March 2016, he called on Arabs to ally with Israel against "enemies of the Middle East," mentioning Iran without openly naming the country.

In October, Khalfan's comments caught controversy once again when he said the only way for "Qatar's crisis" to end is if Doha gave up hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

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God damn it.
The entire Middle East is on a blaming frenzy except Kuwait and Oman who happen to be the mediators in this Saudi Arabia-Qatar episode.
 
I hope that leftist twitter is reeeing about this guy's tweets because he didn't figuratively say "Let's bomb someone", he literally said "Let's bomb someone".
:story: But we know they won't, they'll ree about Trump being mentioned tho I'm sure.
 
A top Emirati security official suggested Friday that Al Jazeera headquarters must be bombed, blaming the Qatari news network for Friday's terror attack in Egypt's Sinai peninsula that killed 305 people and injured 128 others.

In the comments he made on Twitter, Dhahi Khalfan, the often-outspoken head of security in Dubai, said: "The alliance must bomb the machine of terrorism ... the channel of Daesh, al-Qaeda and the al-Nusra front, Al Jazeera the terrorists."

Khalfan, who has 2.42 million followers on the social media site, tweeted: "For how long will they [Al Jazeera] continue to tamper with the security of Egypt and the Arab world?"

He also posted an images of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Daesh terror group, former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and 91-year-old prominent Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi with the channel's logo.

It is hardly the first time Khalfan's remarks led to controversy. The senior Dubai police official previously announced "complete support" for U.S. President Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim countries.

"Every country has the right to protect its security ... Trump, what you're doing is right," he said

In March 2016, he called on Arabs to ally with Israel against "enemies of the Middle East," mentioning Iran without openly naming the country.

In October, Khalfan's comments caught controversy once again when he said the only way for "Qatar's crisis" to end is if Doha gave up hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

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Wonderful, now there's going to be a fucking war between them.
 
Wonderful, now there's going to be a fucking war between them.
Probably not. This is pretty typical for politicians and news media in the area. Violent rhetoric against someone based on religion, race, nationality, tribe, etc is pervasive as hell over there. The people are violent savages for a reason.
 
Oman seems pretty chill, especially since their neighbors are Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Might have something to do with being Ibadi, which no other country has a majority of.
The Omanis are some of the most friendly and respectful fellow Arabs I’ve ever met.
I truly believe that their openness to other cultures influencing them (East African and Indian in particular) as well as this reason you’ve stated are factors in it, but also because that they believe whether you’re Sunni, Shiite, or Ibadi in their case, it doesn’t matter in the end as we’re all Muslim. It’s this specific mindset which many countries in the Middle East lack.
Source: I’ve been to Oman. It’s worth it
 
God damn it.
The entire Middle East is on a blaming frenzy except Kuwait and Oman who happen to be the mediators in this Saudi Arabia-Qatar episode.

What do you expect? Someone will come out on top and when it does it's going to look around and see who was on its team and who wasn't. The Saudis have a long memory and very deep pockets. They WILL make any country that sides against them in the region pay, one way or the other.
 
A top Emirati security official suggested Friday that Al Jazeera headquarters must be bombed, blaming the Qatari news network for Friday's terror attack in Egypt's Sinai peninsula that killed 305 people and injured 128 others.
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