DOHA (Middle East Eye) – Qatari Defense Minister Khalid al-Attiyah has revealed that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain had a two-phase plan to occupy Qatar.
"Actually it was not a mere intention. There was a plan to invade Qatar,” Attiyah told Qatar-backed Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel on Sunday.
"This plan was set into two phases, imposing the siege with the aim of creating an overall state of panic, which would have a direct impact on the Qatari street, then executing a military invasion,” the minister said.
"There was a premeditated intention for an invasion, not just a siege. They wanted to implement the siege phase fully then to invade, things were clear to us … all the intelligence we had and all the available evidence undoubtedly confirmed the theory of an existing plan.”
Since 2017, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE have imposed a blockade on Qatar. The Saudi-led coalition said it launched the blockade against Doha in a bid to stem Qatar’s alleged support of terrorism in the region - a charge that Qatar has denied.
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