Qatar, the Pentagon and QLF development plansnote

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is said to have reassured Qatari Minister of State for Defence Affairs Khaled Al-Atiyyah that the Pentagon will continue providing support for plans to develop the Qatari Land Forces (QLF) under the incoming Administration of US President Donald Trump. The following 324-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the Qatari reaction and what about QLF procurement plans. [Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/51 – Dec. 16, 2016]