ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Samsung’s Al Gharafa hold new Gear S Al Arabi 2-2 in can make calls QSL match Business | 14 Sport | 22 Friday 29 August 2014 • 3 Dhul-Qa’da 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6172 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir attends Erdogan inauguration Obama to send Kerry to Hamas ‘gave Mideast over IS threat WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said yesterday he would send his Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East to build support in the region against Islamic State (IS) Israel a taste jihadists. “I’m encouraged so far that countries in the region, countries that don’t always agree on many things, increasingly recognise the primacy of the threat that IS poses to all of them. And I’ve asked of its power’ Secretary Kerry to travel to the region to continue to build the coalition needed to meet this threat,” Obama told at a news conference. The US is intensifying its push to build an inter- Resistance only option: Meshaal national campaign against IS jihadist fighters in Iraq and Syria, including recruiting partners for DOHA: Hamas said yesterday to the war tactics adopted by potential joint military action, officials said. it has given Israel the taste of Hamas in the recent conflict,” “We are going to work politically and diplomati- its power and for the first time said Meshaal. cally with folks in the region,” Obama told report- Tel Aviv painfully realises that He praised Qatar and the Emir, ers yesterday. “And we’re going to cobble together its military cannot claim to be H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al the kind of coalition that we need for a long-term invincible anymore. Thani for their support. strategy as soon as we are able to fit together the Hamas’ fiery chief, Khaled He said Israel had put Hitler to military, political and economic components of that Meshaal, told a news confer- shame in their holocaust. Israel strategy.” It was unclear how many nations will sign ence that Israeli military’s claim is now a burden on the Jewish up. Britain and Australia are potential candidates, of indomitability is shattered by people all over the world, he said. US officials said. The US, the officials said, could act Hamas’ resistance in the seven- “Your leaders are telling you alone if necessary against the militants, who have week conflict. “This hasn’t hap- lies and taking you towards seized a third each of Iraq and Syria, declared open pened before,” Meshaal said, destruction. You can’t be safe war against the West and want to establish a hub according to Al Sharq. and secure with Israel’s policy of of jihadism in the heart of the Arab world. Meshaal said until the recent settlements,” Meshaal said in a Obama also said he has asked officials to pre- conflict, the battle with Israel was message to the people of Israel. pare a range of US military options for confronting always fought on the Palestinian “Our enmity with you is not IS militants in Syria but said his strategy is being land. “But this time we took the because of your religion. Our developed. He cautioned against speculation that he battle into their territory.” problem is Israel’s policy of occu- was on the brink of a decision to expand air strikes Lauding it as a biggest achieve- pation, Judaisation and settle- The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday attended the inauguration of against IS beyond targets being hit in Iraq. ment, the Hamas Politburo Chief ments. Stop these crimes and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace of Cankaya in Ankara. AGENCIES said they had inched closer to problem will be resolved.” The Emir, along with many presidents, leaders and head of governments, also attended a See also page 4 achieving their pious objective of Meshaal challenged Israel and dinner banquet hosted by Erdogan in their honour. See also pages 2 and 4 claiming Al Quds (Jerusalem) and said force will be met with force. Al Aqsa Mosque from Israel. “We are not giving up our demand “We now firmly believe that for a sea port and airport.” resistance is the only viable He urged Egypt to open the option to achieving our goal,” said Rafa crossing. “This is your duty Meshaal. as a neighbour and brother,” Check meat, fish freshness before buying “So, as Palestinians and as he said of Egypt and urged the BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB Arabs we will, with all our force, international community to help products that are not fit for human consump- manufacturing and expiry before buying an work towards achieving that goal. rebuild Gaza. tion or have expired. To encourage people to item. In case of fresh meat and fish, people We are on the right track,” he Reiterating that resistance was DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality file complaints against earring retailers and should see, touch and feel to ensure the prod- added. sacred and the only viable option and Urban Planning has launched a mas- food outlets, the advertisement reads: “We are ucts are fit for consumption.” Meshaal said Tel Aviv had suf- to deal with Israel, Meshaal added sive awareness campaign, urging people to all with you, you are not alone”. For instance, he said the freshness of fish fered on two counts: The world that arms were part of it. check the freshness of meat and fish before When contacted, Mohammad Al Syed, can be ensured by opening its mouth and always thought that it was the “You cannot separate resist- buying. Head, Food Inspection Department, Doha checking whether it is red. Al Syed advised victim of Palestinian resistance ance and weapons,” he said. Apart from the public plea, hoardings along Municipality, said: “The campaign aims to people not to buy fresh fish and meat in bulk and that it was a powerful coun- Meshaal said it was an honour major roads across the country, including spread awareness about health and hygiene.” to keep them in refrigerators at home for a try at the same time — both the for Qatar that Israel had put it on Doha, also carry an easy-to-remember tel- However, he said it is not the result of any longer period. images now remain shattered. the list of hostile nations. ephone number 44266666 to lodge complaints issue or problem in the market. THE PENINSULA “The credit for the above goes THE PENINSULA against shops selling meat, fish and other food “Every customer should check the dates of Continued on page 2 Blackmailers arrested National Service: IS executes 150 Syria troops DAMASCUS: Islamic State (IS) militants killed more than 150 of Second batch the troops captured in recent fighting in northeastern Syria. It is the latest mass killing attributed to the extremists, activists said. ready for training The troops were either shot or slashed with knives. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said many DOHA: Training for the sec- soldiers killed were rounded up on Wednesday in the arid countryside ond batch of the national serv- near the Tabqa airfield, three days after IS fighters seized the base. ice programme will begin on A statement posted online and circulated on Twitter by IS support- Sunday at the Al Shamal cen- ers claimed the extremists killed “about 200” government prisoners tre, Al Sharq reports. The first captured near Tabqa. It also showed photographs of those it said were batch had around 500 citizens. the prisoners: Young men stripped down to their underwear marching The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim in the desert. bin Hamad Al Thani attended the graduation ceremony for the first 43 UN PEACEKEEPERS DETAINED batch and honoured graduates. In southern Syria, the United Nations said gunmen detained 43 of its peacekeepers during fighting on the Syrian side of the Golan WCMC-Q student Heights, adding another 81 were trapped in the area by the heavy clashes between rebels and Syrian troops. dies in accident The US accused Al Nusra Front of detaining peacekeepers. “The US condemns the detention of UN peacekeepers and violence target- DOHA: Jaber Al Adba, 20, a ing the UN Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights by second-year student of Weill non-state armed groups, including UN Security Council-designated Cornell Medical College in Qatar terrorist group Al Nusra Front,” US State Department spokeswoman (WCMC-Q) died in a motorcy- Police have arrested 35 expatriates working with mobile phone sales and service shops in Qatar for blackmail- Jen Psaki said. THE GUARDIAN/AFP cle accident in Education City ing their customers — mostly women. Some of the men are seen with devices they used to download images on Wednesday. and videos from customers’ mobile phones. Report on page 2 Qatar Foundation (QF) con- firmed the death on its Twitter account but did not provide details. It said, “QF and WCMCQ com- munity send their heartfelt con- Tamween milk fit for human consumption: Ministry dolences and deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality the cans of Tamween milk. Many citizens samples collected from various supply indicating to poor storage, which is a clear deceased student.” In a separate and Urban Planning has scotched responding to a Twitter posting sought an centres and none contained any worms or violation of the law, said the statement. tweet, QF said, “It is with great rumours about contamination of sub- immediate clarification from authorities. insects, said the ministry.