Saudi lobbyist ‘threatens’ Qatari emir with same fate as Egypt’s Morsi : Middle East Eye

On Jun 1, 2017

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Middle East Eye website distributed a report titled ” Saudi lobbyist ‘threatens’ Qatari emir with same fate as Egypt’s Morsi”, saying that ” President of Washington-based Saudi lobbyist group ‘reminds’ Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of fate of Mohamed Morsi.”

” The president of a US-based Saudi lobbyist group stated on Twitter that the emir of Qatar’s alleged support of Iran and “insults” against Riyadh could see him suffer the same fate as Egypt’s deposed president, Mohamed Morsi”, the wesite added.

He said that Salman al-Ansari, of the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee (SAPRAC), sparked outrage by saying: “To the Emir of Qatar: regarding your taking the side of the extremist Iranian government, and your insulting of the custodian of the two holy mosques.

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The president of a US-based Saudi lobbyist group stated on Twitter that the emir of Qatar’s alleged support of Iran and “insults” against Riyadh could see him suffer the same fate as Egypt’s deposed president, Mohamed Morsi.

Salman al-Ansari, of the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee (SAPRAC), sparked outrage by saying: “To the Emir of Qatar: regarding your taking the side of the extremist Iranian government, and your insulting of the custodian of the two holy mosques.

“I want to remind you that Mohamed Morsi did the same thing and ended up isolated and imprisoned.”

Some considered it to be ironic that al-Ansari invited Israel to contribute to Saudi’s vision 2030, and then threatened to overthrow the leadership in Qatar because of their relationship with Iran.

Users were also taken aback by what seemed to be pride in what had happened to Mohamed Morsi, the former president of Egypt who was overthrown in a military coup in July 2013.

Qatar was subject to hacking in recent weeks, when hackers posted a fake story quoting Qatar’s leader, and they didn’t hold back in their responses.

The fake story hit Qatar’s official news agency website and Twitter account causing ripples of reaction across the Gulf, leading to Saudi Arabia and the UAE to both block Qatari-based news outlets including Al Jazeera from broadcasting in their territory.

In addition, the Qatar News Agency’s hacked Twitter account carried a false story in Arabic apparently from the country’s foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, about Qatar withdrawing its ambassadors from several nearby countries.

“There is a hostile media campaign against the state of Qatar, which we will confront,” al-Thani said, adding the campaign was “particularly in the United States”.

Many users considered this attack by al-Ansari to be a dangerous development, with some understanding it as the threat of a coup.