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A shocking story has emerged today about the organisers of the ill-fated Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The competition, which has caused more controversy and debate than any other in the history of the competition, is still eight years away, but the endless stories of mistreatment of migrant workers, FIFA bribes and corruption are threatening to make a mockery of the world's greatest sporting event.
Martin Samuel's column in the Daily Mail today revealed some extremely disturbing information about the Qatari organizers and their sordid past.
Samuel explains that Abdul Rahman Omeir al-Naimi, a principal organiser of the competition and former head of the Qatari Football Association (QFA), has links to various terrorist groups including Al-Qaeda and Hamas.
The US Treasury Department has stated that al-Naimi was a prominent financier of Al Qaeda and that he oversaw the transfer of hundreds of thousands of dollars to Al-Qaeda and subsidiaries in Iraq, Somalia, Yemen and Syria over the course of a decade.
Al-Naimi is no longer involved with the QFA, but his replacement, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al Than, who is a member of the Qatari Royal Family, has also been accused of having links to terrorist organisations.
The report goes on to state that Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al Than, who is the President of the QFA, met with leaders of Hamas in Doha in April 2013 to discuss relations between the Gulf State and the so called 'political party' of Hamas, which is classed as a terrorist organisation by America and the EU.
The Emir of Qatar, their head of state, also became the first head of state to visit Hamas-controlled Gaza in 2012 and pledged to support Hamas and their security apparatus to the tune of $400m.
The damning revelation goes on to explain numerous examples of people who were involved with the bid to bring the World Cup to Qatar and the organisers and their links to different groups associated with terrorism and even gives examples of inflammatory comments made by these individuals, of which most were advocating the death of Jews and enemies of Islam.
The question that the article begs is - what needs to happen in order for the competition to be removed from Qatar?
Just last week Jack Warner, the ex Vice President of FIFA, was found to have accepted a bribe of $1.2m from Mohammed Bin Hamman, Qatar's representative in FIFA and swiftly resigned from his position, but faces an FBI investigation into the alleged bribe.
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A shocking story has emerged today about the organisers of the ill-fated Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The competition, which has caused more controversy and debate than any other in the history of the competition, is still eight years away, but the endless stories of mistreatment of migrant workers, FIFA bribes and corruption are threatening to make a mockery of the world's greatest sporting event.
Martin Samuel's column in the Daily Mail today revealed some extremely disturbing information about the Qatari organizers and their sordid past.
Samuel explains that Abdul Rahman Omeir al-Naimi, a principal organiser of the competition and former head of the Qatari Football Association (QFA), has links to various terrorist groups including Al-Qaeda and Hamas.
The US Treasury Department has stated that al-Naimi was a prominent financier of Al Qaeda and that he oversaw the transfer of hundreds of thousands of dollars to Al-Qaeda and subsidiaries in Iraq, Somalia, Yemen and Syria over the course of a decade.
Al-Naimi is no longer involved with the QFA, but his replacement, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al Than, who is a member of the Qatari Royal Family, has also been accused of having links to terrorist organisations.
The report goes on to state that Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al Than, who is the President of the QFA, met with leaders of Hamas in Doha in April 2013 to discuss relations between the Gulf State and the so called 'political party' of Hamas, which is classed as a terrorist organisation by America and the EU.
The Emir of Qatar, their head of state, also became the first head of state to visit Hamas-controlled Gaza in 2012 and pledged to support Hamas and their security apparatus to the tune of $400m.
The damning revelation goes on to explain numerous examples of people who were involved with the bid to bring the World Cup to Qatar and the organisers and their links to different groups associated with terrorism and even gives examples of inflammatory comments made by these individuals, of which most were advocating the death of Jews and enemies of Islam.
The question that the article begs is - what needs to happen in order for the competition to be removed from Qatar?
Just last week Jack Warner, the ex Vice President of FIFA, was found to have accepted a bribe of $1.2m from Mohammed Bin Hamman, Qatar's representative in FIFA and swiftly resigned from his position, but faces an FBI investigation into the alleged bribe.