In a staggering admission, former Qatari PM claims that there are many journalists on their payroll. Some of these journalists have become MPs, while others hold very senior government positions. #Somalia
Though he doesn’t mention any names, it’s most certain that Hamad bin Jassim (HBJ) has Fahad Yassin in mind.
Fahad, a former Al Jazeera journalist, who is widely considered to be Qatar’s agent in Somalia enjoys unparalleled influence in the country & thanks to Qatari petrodollars has successfully determined the winners of Somalia’s last two elections. thereference-paris.com
Fahad, for many years, has served as Qatar’s reliable bridge to Somalia’s Islamist movements. Since 2017, and as the Gulf rivalry heated up, Fahad successfully turned Somalia into a Qatari client state. In return, Doha financed @HSNQ_NISA and turned the agency into its tool.
Many FGS insiders go as far as to allege that @HSNQ_NISA under Fahad became a vassal of Qatar’s intelligence agency.
For example, In 2019, after @nytimes broke the story on how Qatar sponsored ISIS’ Somali franchise to execute terror attacks in Somalia, Fahad who was at the time Somalia’s spy chief forced the @MOFASomalia to exonerate Qatar within 24-hours. nytimes.com
Fahad’s unrestrained chaos engineering was such that last year when @StateDept nominated him for sanctions, the @CIA most likely acting under the influence of Qatar, successfully shielded him. The result has been catastrophic for Somalia nytimes.com
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