The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.
  • xxce2AAb@feddit.dk
    301·
    2 days ago

    It used to be the US building bases in other people’s countries. How the turn tables.

    • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 days ago

      Makes sense. They’ll use it to do whatever dirty work they want done and then feign ignorance and plausible deniability because Qatar is a sovereign nation.

  • tal@olio.cafeEnglish
    151·
    2 days ago

    Currently near the top of [email protected]:

    Alabama senator wants anyone practicing sharia law immediately deported.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Qatar

    Sharia is a main source of Qatari legislation, according to Qatar’s constitution.[7][8] Sharia is applied to statutes pertaining to family law, inheritance, and several criminal acts (including adultery, robbery and murder). In some cases in Sharia-based family courts, a woman’s testimony is worth half a man’s and in some cases a female and male testimony is not accepted at all if the witness is not deemed reliable.

    https://patch.com/idaho/boise/idaho-most-hateful-state-us-analysis-hate-map-shows

    Idaho Most Hateful State In US, Analysis Of Hate Map Shows

    The Southern Poverty Law Center’s 2018 Hate Map shows growth in alt-right white supremacy and anti-Muslim groups.

    I can but imagine the delightful interactions to come.

    EDIT: Well, maybe the people in question will stay on-base. Germany had some facility at another USAF base that they used for training that IIRC they shut down due to military spending cuts a few years back. I dunno if the people there stayed on-base or what. If you figure that Qatar will probably do something similar, maybe give some idea of the model.

    kagis

    A facility at Holloman AFB, in New Mexico. Germany closed their facility in 2019, and another at Fort Bliss, from said military funding cuts.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holloman_Air_Force_Base

    In March 2013, it was announced that German Air Force units at Fort Bliss will transfer to Holloman later that same year; this was to end the German Air Force presence at Fort Bliss dating back to 1956.[19] In 2015, due to funding constraints on the planned new facilities in Europe, the German Air Force Air Defense school was to stay open at Fort Bliss until 2020.[20] On March 13, 2019, after 27 years in southern New Mexico, the German Luftwaffe ceased flight training at Holloman AFB.[3]

  • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 days ago

    What are the chances the Qataris are used to deploy drones on people under the guise of “training”? (My cynical mind at work here.)