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Page 01 Aug 25.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 25 August 2013 18 Shawwal 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5802 Price: QR2 SocGen plans Hamilton king $300m sukuk of qualifying in Malaysia again Business | 17 Sport | 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Egypt information Qatar looking minister hits out at Al Jazeera at ways to Mubasher DOHA: Egypt’s interim govern- ment has hit out at Al Jazeera Mubasher Egypt (Al Jazeera Live Egypt) TV channel, say- save Syrians ing it didn’t have the licence to operate in the country. However, the government UNSC failed to act responsibly: FM added in the same breath that closing down the channel might DOHA: Qatar is looking at civilians. Davutoglu said the inter- not help as it could begin its tel- alternative ways under the aegis national community was shocked ecast from some other country. of the UN to rescue the Syrian by the news of the massacre in The Information Minister, people since the UN Security Syria using chemical weapons. He Doriya Sharafal-Din, told an Council (UNSC) has failed to warned that more crimes against Egyptian news website almas- act with responsibility towards humanity will take place in Syria ryaalyoum.com in an interview the killing of innocent civil- if the international community that to close down Al Jazeera ians in Syria, Foreign Minister fails to move forward. Mubasher was a popular demand H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al “Whoever have used chemical in her country. Attiyah said yesterday. weapons in Syria, we are against The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah (left) and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu “The satellite channel is reach- Addressing a joint press confer- them. Refusal of the Syrian ing all over Egypt and people have address the joint press conference in Istanbul yesterday. ence with his Turkish counterpart regime to allow UN inspectors been complaining and asking why Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul, Dr to visit the massacre site proves we can’t close it down,” she said. Al Attiyah called on the Security that the regime wants to hide the “It doesn’t have the proper Council members to bypass the crime it committed,” he said. US mulls military response on Syria licences also.” council and go directly to the On Egypt, Dr Al Attiyah said But the thing is, closing it down UN General Assembly and get the (regime) change in Egypt might not serve the purpose as international consent to save the did happen by force. Those who WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama Syrian units believed to be responsible for chemical the channel would shift base and Syrian people, Al Jazeera reported have made the change had other considered options yesterday for a possible mili- attacks or on Assad’s air force and ballistic missile begin telecast from elsewhere, the yesterday. options to solve the problem polit- tary strike on Syria in response to an alleged sites, officials said. Such strikes could be launched minister added. Both countries also reiter- ically. “Still there is a chance to nerve gas attack that killed about 1,300 people as from US ships or combat aircraft capable of fir- THE PENINSULA ated their call to release politi- solve the problem in Egypt by Syria sought to avert blame by saying its soldiers ing missiles from outside Syrian airspace, avoiding cal prisoners in Egypt, including releasing political prisoners and had found chemical weapons in rebel tunnels. Syrian air defences. the ousted president Mohammed conducting a comprehensive dia- Senior UN official Angela Kane arrived in Major powers, including Russia, Assad’s main ally Mubarak appears Mursi and restore democracy in logue. Any division in Egypt will Damascus to seek access for inspectors to the site which has long blocked UN-sponsored intervention the country. affect the whole Arab world,” said of last Wednesday’s attack. against him, have urged the Syrian leader to coop- in court today Doha and Ankara are work- Dr Al Attiyah. “Egypt is not a The accounts and video footage of the victims erate with UN inspectors. Syria accuses rebels of CAIRO: Egypt’s former presi- ing together to overcome the marginal country. It represents — men, women and children — have heightened staging the attack to provoke intervention. State TV dent Hosni Mubarak returns to obstacles created by the Security the Arab nation,” he added. Western calls for a robust, US-led response after said soldiers had found chemical weapons in tunnels court today to face charges over Council regarding the situation in He said Doha will stand by its two-and-a-half years of international inaction on a that had been used by rebels. protester deaths, as Muslim Syria after the massacre of 1,300 principles and use its good rela- conflict that has killed 100,000 people. A defence official said the US Navy would expand Brotherhood leaders make their Syrians on Wednesday, who were tions with Turkey to help the US military and national security advisers met its presence in the Mediterranean to four destroyers first appearances in court on reportedly killed by chemical Egyptian people come to dialogue. Obama at the White House to consider options for from three. And Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, similar but unrelated charges. weapons, said the ministers. Davutoglu said Turkey and a response, the day after Washington said it was en route to Asia, said Obama had asked the Pentagon Separate hearings in different “My country — Qatar — is look- Qatar have continuous consul- realigning forces in the Mediterranean to give him for options. “The Defence Department has respon- parts of the capital come against ing for alternative ways to res- tation and were sharing opinion the option of attacking Syria. sibility to provide the president with options for all the backdrop of continued tension cue the Syrians under the UN regarding the situation in Egypt. In a development that could raise pressure on him contingencies,” Hagel said. “And that requires posi- in the country, which has been umbrella,” Dr Al Attiyah said. “We want to immediately restore to act, US and European security sources said US tioning our forces, positioning our assets, to be able rocked by political turmoil since The ministers called on the democracy in Egypt.” He also and allied intelligence agencies had made a prelimi- to carry out different options — whatever options the army ousted Islamist presi- UN to inspect the areas where called for the release of political nary assessment that chemical weapons had been the president might choose.” He did not elaborate. dent Mohammed Mursi on July 3. the Syrian regime is said to be prisoners, including Mursi. used by pro-Assad forces. AGENCIES Mubarak, who left prison for using chemical weapons against THE PENINSULA Among military options are missile strikes on See also page 5 house arrest this week, is sched- uled to appear at a hearing in his retrial on charges of complicity in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising that force him to resign. 2013 IHF Super Globe The case is one of several against the former president, who was granted pre-trial release this week by a court. handball begins today Full report on page 8 DOHA: Qatar Handball Association has completed preparations for the 2013 IHF Super Globe which begins in Doha today at Gharaffa Week of protests Indoor Hall. Five teams have arrived yesterday, including FC Barcelona (Spain), starts in Tunisia Sydney University (Australia), Taubate (Brazil), Etoile Sportive du TUNIS: Thousands of protest- Sahel (Tunisia) and HSV Hamburg (Germany). ers gathered outside Tunisia’s The draw of the 2013 edition was held in Sarajevo on July 27 on the national assembly yesterday, fringes of the Men’s Junior World Championship. demanding the ouster of the In group A, European Champions League winner HSV Hamburg Islamist-led government, amid faces tournament host Al Sadd (Qatar), El Jeish (Qatar, wild card political deadlock a month after team) and Sydney University (Oceania representative). the assassination of an opposi- Al Sadd as the organiser had the right to choose its group and opted tion MP. for Group A. Organisers said the protest In group B, FC Barcelona (replacement for defending champion marks the first day of a week- Atletico Madrid) plays against Etoile Sportive du Sahel (winner of the long campaign to bring down the African continental club competition), Al Rayyan (Qatar, Asian club government, dubbed the “week of champion) and Taubate (Pan-American club champion). QNA departure”. Artists rehearse the opening ceremony of IHF Super Globe 2013 — Qatar yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL See also page 22 Full report on page 4 Guardian teams up with New York Times over Snowden files WASHINGTON: The Guardian has Communications Headquarters, Britain’s case we will make an exception since it is The Guardian said its partnership with newspaper was threatened with possible agreed with the New York Times to equivalent of NSA. public. The Times is reporting on material the Times would enable it to “continue legal action by senior government offi- give the US newspaper access to some “In a climate of intense pressure from from The Guardian and other matters exposing mass surveillance by putting the cials. Rusbridger said he had put British classified documents leaked by former the government, The Guardian decided related to Snowden,” the Times quoted Snowden documents on GCHQ beyond officials on notice that copies of material National Security Agency contractor to bring in a US partner to work on the her as saying. government reach.” It said Snowden, who destroyed had been sent outside govern- Edward Snowden, both papers said GCHQ documents provided by Snowden.
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