[Peace-discuss] FW: Qatar Crisis: 'It's Clear That Saudis Have Been Emboldened by Trump's Visit'

[Robert Naiman]

The Senate is expected to vote today on Trump's Saudi arms deal. There's
still time to call your Senators.

*1-855-68-NO-WAR. Talking points here
<https://www.fcnl.org/updates/today-call-your-senators-block-bombs-to-saudi-arabia-849>.*


https://www.fcnl.org/updates/today-call-your-senators-block-bombs-to-saudi-arabia-849



Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Boyle, Francis A via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boyle, Francis A
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 8:07 AM
> To: sectns.aals at lists.aals.org
> Subject: Qatar Crisis: 'It's Clear That Saudis Have Been Emboldened by
> Trump's Visit'
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> https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201706081054423820-
> qatar-saudi-arabia-trump-encouragement/
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> University of Illinois Professor of International Law Francis Boyle told
> Sputnik the Trump administration was irresponsibly supporting the Saudi
> aggressive policy against Qatar to advance its own anti-Iranian agenda.
>
> "It appears that President Trump is encouraging Saudi Arabia to put the
> screws into Qatar in order to force it into line with their hostile
> anti-Iranian Agenda along with the other GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council]
> states," he said.
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> If Qatar does not capitulate to the Saudi demands, Riyadh would probably
> carry out an exercise in 'regime change' or even outright invasion as it
> did in Bahrain, Boyle warned.
>
> "This is also a harbinger of far worse things to come against Iran," he
> said.
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> Boyle is the author of "Destroying World Order: US Imperialism in the
> Middle East Before and After September 11."
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