Friday, November 4, 2011

" Who is Qatar? I do not rule out Qatar setting up a Hezbollah party in Libya..."

"... Until now, such criticism has been couched in polite, but firm terms: Thanks for helping liberate us, but you need to butt out now. Qatar even signed an agreement pledging non-interference in Libya's internal affairs.
But yesterday, Abdel Rahman Shalgham, Qaddafi's longtime foreign minister and later U.N. ambassador who broke with the old regime in a dramatic, tear-filled speech in New York on Feb. 25, unloaded on Qatar.
Emirati commentator Sultan al-Qassemi translated some of Shalgham's extraordinary remarks, which were broadcast by Deutsche-Welle's Arabic channel and published on YouTube:
On possible Qatar led coalition in Libya - Shalgam: I don't understand this coalition & I don't accept itShalgam: Even the Libyans don't understand this (possible Qatar led coalition) Qatar leading America & France? Who is Qatar?Shalgam: Does Qatar even have an army? Qatar only has mercenaries, from Nepal & from Bangladesh & from Pakistan.Shalgam: What capability does Qatar have? Our brothers from Qatar helped us but I fear Qatar will meet the fate of Gaddafi's megalomania.Shalgam: Qatar might have delusions of leading the region. I absolutely do not accept their presence (in Libya) at all.Shalgam: The number of Libyan martyrs & injured & missing, if you count them, is greater than the number of Qatar's residents.Shalgam: What is Qatar doing there (in Libya)? Qatar isn't neutral with all parties. Qatar will gather these weapons & give them to others.Shalgam: Libya is in no need of Qatar's money. It was Nato that played a decisive role.Shalgam: The professionals who run the oil & banking industries in Qatar are Libyans.Shalgam: What makes Qatar so special that it sets up an operations room (in Libya) to lead Britain & the US, this is totally unacceptable.Shalgam: All of Qatar isn't worth a neighbourhood in Libya. The Libyan experts are the ones who are leading Qatar.Shalgam: We don't need Qatar in anything, thanks for their efforts, we will decide our own destiny, we don't want them to interfereShalgam: We don't consider them neutral in Libya, they are backing certain people, we know their names.Shalgam: We don't need America or Qatar, we have officers and everything. | Question from anchor - "Was Qatar forced on the Libyans?"Shalgam: This is unacceptable. There was no document. They gathered in meeting in Doha. Qatar forced Qatar (on Libya)Shalgam: Sheikh Mustafa Abdul Jalil (NTC head) went to Qatar with apolitical people who don't know the background & didn't read the documentShalgam: They accepted the document. I warn our brothers in Qatar, if they continue this path to dominate Libya they would be delusional.Shalgam: We will resist the Qataris by all means. We will not accept to be used by Qatar.Shalgam: We will not accept to be a new emirate that belongs to the new "Emir of the Believers" in Qatar.Shalgam: I do not rule out Qatar setting up a Hezbollah party in Libya. We don't want a foreign country to interfere...."

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