ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Nakilat Damen Hosts Al Hilal mooring boats edge out for Ras Laffan Al Sadd 1-0 Business | 17 Sport | 28 Wednesday 20 August 2014 • 24 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6163 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Don’t fall prey Israel think tank’s push to slur Qatar to online frauds, INSS calls for overt and covert efforts to prevent Doha from hosting World Cup 2022 says Ministry DOHA: To combat soaring BY SATISH KANADY in its latest issue of INSS Insight sued in every eligible way to erode Covertly, one can think of a range find a similar instance of a coun- cybercrimes and online frauds, publication urged Israel’s ‘partner its international image, Al Sharq of creative actions that would try so small and young that has the Ministry of Interior (MoI) DOHA: Amid reports from forces’ to put pressure on Qatar reported. make it clear to Qatar that its carried out so ambitious a foreign yesterday warned people to various quarters that power- and ‘stop the country firmly’. “In addition, an international ‘support’ for destabilising ele- policy… In a decidedly imbalanced remain extra vigilant. ful lobbies are making con- Action must be taken against campaign can be launched to pro- ments in the region is liable to dynamic, Qatar tries to leverage People should not fall prey to certed efforts to malign Qatar’s Qatar out in the open and behind hibit Qatar from hosting the 2022 disrupt its financial stability and tremendous economic power in an scams and frauds and protect international image, a solid the scenes to make sure the coun- World Cup. This would be a seri- cost it enough to interfere with its irresponsible manner…” themselves by not responding to proof of the nefarious act has try is deterred, it said. ous blow to the country’s prestige, decadent complacency”. Beyond the US, there are addi- any middlemen or unscrupulous appeared on public domain. An Targeting Qatar’s prepara- as Qatar views hosting the cham- The report, which is critical of tional methods of putting pres- people offering to settle fines Israel think tank has called for tions for the World Cup 2022, the pionship as an important achieve- Qatar’s US diplomatic relation- sure on Qatar and rein in the against violations by paying half actively engaging — overtly and report asked its partners to seek ment and global recognition of its ship, notes: “Qatar’s economic country. or less than the amount or dis- covertly — to malign Qatar’s support of human rights activists status… there is no reason not to capabilities and geostrategic Regional players and other counted air tickets via unknown image and target the country’s or groups to make sure Qatar is try to revoke Qatar’s right to host location between Iran and Saudi partners in the international online agencies, the ministry said preparations to host the World not hosting the championship. the event…”, the report said. Arabia make it difficult for pow- community can work creatively in a statement. Cup 2022. It said with the support of these “Qatar should be vilified from ers such as the US, which has to make sure that Qatar is suf- It also warned that victims of The Institute for National human rights organisations, legal every possible podium… If Qatar significant economic and security ficiently deterred…, the report such frauds will also be subjected Security Studies (INSS), asso- actions must be taken against is painted into a corner, it will be interests in Qatar, to ignore it… In continued. to legal procedures because of ciated with Tel Aviv University, Qatar and the country should be forced to go on the defensive… modern history, it is difficult to THE PENINSULA being partners in crimes. Fraudsters make use of mul- tiple modus operandi to entrap Illegal businesses bulldozed their victims such as by using forged (cloned) or stolen credit cards. They approach their victims to Israel hits Gaza after rocket fire pay fines on their behalf through Hukoomi website. GAZA/JERUSALEM: statement that it fired 34 rock- of which were launched around Once the fine is paid through Israel and Palestinian mili- ets into Israel yesterday, hitting eight hours before the truce was a stolen or cloned credit or ATM tants resumed fire across the Tel Aviv and the southern city of due to end at midnight. Two were card, the victim is asked to check Gaza border yesterday, spark- Beersheva. The Israeli military intercepted by Iron Dome, Israel’s the latest status on the website of ing panic across the war-torn confirmed hits in both places but vaunted anti-missile defence sys- the government agency to make enclave and halting truce talks. there were no reported casualties. tem. Sirens sounded in the cen- sure that the payment has been Gaza witnesses said Israeli air- “A rocket hit an open area tre and south of the country, and made. craft launched 35 attacks, includ- in the Tel Aviv metropolitan bomb shelters within 80km of the However, the victim, unaware ing one on a house in Gaza City, area,” a statement said. Earlier Gaza border were reopened. of future consequences, gets where hospital officials said a the army said two rockets hit “There has been no progress,” entrapped and happily pays the woman and a two-year-old girl near Beersheva, which is home Azzam Al Ahmed, chief negotiated amount to the crimi- were killed and 45 people injured. to around 200,000 Israelis. Air Palestinian negotiator in Cairo nal, only to realise later that the A third unidentified person also raid sirens were also heard in said. The renewal of Israeli air payment has been declined by died in the strike, officials said. Jerusalem, with Hamas claiming a strikes spread panic among Gaza the bank because the card used Another eight people were hurt in rocket attack on the city, although residents. Witnesses saw hun- is fake and the fine for the viola- earlier air raids across the Strip. there were no reports of a rocket dreds of Palestinians streaming tion still remains to be paid to The military wing of the falling in the city. out of Shejaiya, an eastern area authorities. Islamist Hamas, the Ezzedine Israeli officials said 10 rockets of Gaza City. AGENCIES THE PENINSULA Al Qassam Brigades said in a were fired from Gaza, the first See also page 5 Continued on page 3 The law enforcement agency caught seven illegal vendors in the Industrial Area. A team of the Technical Monitoring Unit at Doha Municipality raided New fatal police Street No. 39 and 47, in cooperation with Al Fazaa Police, Qatar News Agency reported. A large quantity of consumer goods was also seized. shooting in US FERGUSON: Police shot dead a knife-wielding man yesterday near the US town roiled by 10 IS ‘beheads’ US journalist days of protests over the police killing of an unarmed black BAGHDAD: Islamic State insurgents, who control territory in teenager, threatening to fur- Iraq and Syria, released a video yesterday purportedly showing the ther ratchet up tensions. beheading of US journalist James Foley, who had gone missing in A short drive away in St. Louis Syria nearly two years ago. proper, police, who have been crit- The video, titled “A Message To America,” was posted on social media icised for an aggressive response sites. It was not immediately possible to verify. to the demonstrations, faced yet The video with the theme “breaking of the American cross” boasts more scrutiny when they shot Islamic State will emerge victorious over “crusader” America. It follows dead an apparently agitated man a video posted on Monday warning of attacks on American targets if armed with a knife who yelled Washington struck against its fighters in Iraq and Syria. “kill me now” and approached a The latest footage speaks of a holy war between the Al Qaeda off- patrol. shoot and the United States, which occupied Iraq for nearly a decade Captain Ed Kuntz said at the and faced stiff resistance from Al Qaeda. scene that an investigation had Islamic State’s sweep through northern Iraq, bringing it close to been launched, but, based on what Baghdad and in control of the second city, Mosul, drew US air strikes he had heard, “it seems reason- on the country for the first time since the end of the American occu- able to say it was justifiable.” pation in 2011. REUTERS AGENCIES See also page 6 See also page 7 Ashghal slammed over ‘project delays’ DOHA: Delays in infrastructure projects outside for 15 years and others for eight for completion of Doha are irritating Qataris and residents who basic amenities like sanitation, lighting, water, pav- have to put up with long trenches and road diver- ing roads and gardens. sions on a daily basis, members of the Central “Muaither has many projects that have been wait- Municipal Council (CMC) have said. ing for a long time and one of them is a sewage Mubarak Furaishi, Councillor from Al Gharafa, network that has been waiting for completion since speaking to an Arabic daily criticised the Public 2008,” said Councillor Mohammed Ali Al Aziba who Works Authority’s — Ashghal — system of award- represents the city. ing one project to one contractor and waiting for “There are projects like sewage networks and pav- its completion to award another project to another ing of roads still awaiting completion. Ashghal has contractor. This system is outdated and causing promised that an integrated infrastructure develop- unnecessary delays, he said.