Bahrain exposes Qatar plan to conspire against kingdom

CAIRO – 10 August 2017: Bahrain’s interor ministry has revealed in a statement on Tuesday new evidence proving Qatar's involvement in stirring chaos and destabilization inside the kingdom of Bahrain.

The documents revealed that the Tamim regime and a Bahraini citizen were accused of terrorism, with cash transactions occuring between them from 2010 to 2015 for funding terrorism and stirring chaos inside the kingdom.

The evidence, obtained by the Financial Investigation Department, revealed that a prominent Qatari businessman named Mohammed Suleiman Haider sent money transfers from 2010 to 2015 to Hassan Issa Marzouk, which were used to finance terrorism.

Hassan Issa Marzouk, 47 years old, was a former parliamentarian and member of the dissolved Wifak organization. He was arrested on August 18, 2015 upon his return from Iran. He is currently serving a 10-year sentence.

The most prominent of the defendants in this case related to terrorism is Qatari Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Tawq, who admitted to receiving support from the Qatari businessman.

The Bahraini government stressed that Qatar’s funding of terrorist events between 2010 and 2015 is only part of a continuous support system from Doha to sabotage its territory, both in practice and logistically.

Doha has provided outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and Shi’ite opposition leaders with Iranian funds, aiming at tarnishing the image of Saudi Arabia over false allegations that it backs violations against the Shi’ites in Bahrain, coinciding with Bahrain’s Independence Day on August 14.

The main reason behind the Doha-Manama disputes is the ownership of Hawar Island, which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) approved as property of Bahrain in 2001.