1 Billion dollar ransom paid to alquaeda for qatar royal family...
 

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A ransom payment of up to $1 billion to Iranian and al-Qaeda-linked forces in Syria may have been the tipping point for Qatari-Gulf Arab relations, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Qatar paid out the hefty ransom to secure the release of 26 members of a falconry party, some of whom were members of Qatar's royal family, who had been hunting in southern Iraq, "commanders of militant groups and government officials in the region" told the Financial Times.

The news of Qatar's ransom comes after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and a powerful military leader in Libya all severed ties with Doha on Monday.

SPA, a Saudi state news agency, said that the kingdom cut ties because Qatar "embraces multiple terrorist and sectarian groups aimed at disturbing stability in the region, including the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS (Islamic State) and al-Qaeda, and promotes the message and schemes of these groups through their media constantly," according to Reuters.

The *heathens* have practiced kidnapping, hostage taking and ransoming for 1000's of years. It's a part of their heritage. The was no possible military action and reasonable hope for the hostages' extraction I suppose. So, they paid the ransom money -- culturally that was acceptable I assume.

Had a Saudi Prince and his hunting party had been the hostages would there have been another result -- IDK...

:2 cents:

*may* --want to see the ISIS receipt :laughing-

More likely it was really $200 million or something

Maybe, the Qataris made an inflated claim on their royalty ransom insurance policy.

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Maybe, it was an inside job