Qatar: Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem and the Rafale issuenote

Qatari PM and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al Thani is said to be working to put the Rafale deal again on the table of negotiations with France following the visit by French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to Doha early last week. The following 482-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about Sheikh Hamad’s efforts. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/08 – Feb. 22, 2013)]