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Source: http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1232617-tiny-qatar-makes-mischief-in-middle-east
Qatar Makes Mischief in Middle East
(Halifax Chronicle Herald-Canada) Henry Srebrnik - Only 278,000 of its 1.5 million residents are Qatari citizens. Thanks to oil and natural gas revenues, Qatar has the highest per capita income in the world. It is using its money shrewdly to buy influence throughout the Middle East, playing host to Khaled Meshaal, the political leader of Hamas, and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood with money and political assistance.