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Heard some rumours about a planned coup or "Palace Coup" in Qatar. Obviously just rumour and speculation at present, but interesting.

Dr Christopher Davidson, is a British expert on the Gulf. He has written several books on the Gulf countries like Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success, Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond and After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monachies

So he knows the region well. He took to Twitter this morning and had this to say.

> Further to this described bout of orchestrated 'Qatar-bashing', I expect Saudi-UAE promised on sidelines of Trump summit that all US....facilities in Qatar would be guaranteed as regime change is carried out (palace coup, or whatever). From the US perspective, this... I think, will help solve current US dilemma on Doha, given Dept Treasury's accumulating evidence on Qatar-linked extremist financing.
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> In this sense, a new (UAE-managed) guard in Doha is a strategy for White House & DOD to head off growing Congress criticism on Qatar. In this context, there is no doubt this is a well organzied, pre-planned, multi-dimension 'readiness' PR campaign, to prepare ground.