This letter is being sent to you on behalf of the Qatar Awareness Campaign Coalition. The purpose is to inform you and the public of the activities of Qatar, the country which owns Al Jazeera America, the network which was established following your sale of CurrentTV to Al Jazeera for $500 million in 2013.
As cited below, in fact, you and your business partner, Mr. Joel Hyatt, engaged in two major transactions with Qatar: first the purchase of Newsworld International in 2004, from which you launched CurrentTV; secondly, the selling back of the station to Qatar to broadcast Al Jazeera America, for the price of $500 million.
We urge to you read the information below, which includes evidence that Qatar is arguably the preeminent sponsor of terror in the world today. It is a benefactor of the genocidal armies of ISIS, al Qaeda, and Boko Haram; it is involved in Taliban narcotics trafficking through a relationship with the Pakistani National Logistics Cell; and profits from operating a virtual slave state. Qatar is involved in terror operations from Nigeria to Gaza to Syria to Iraq.
Here is pertinent background on your involvement with the Doha-based network, and their ties to Islamists who promote mass murder of religious and ethnic minorities over the airwaves.
- In 1996, then Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, provided a $137 million loan to start Al Jazeera. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was the ruling monarch of Qatar from 1995-2013.
- Al Jazeera is home to the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who reaches an estimated 80 million viewers each week. Qaradawi has ordered the killing of Jews, and Shiite Muslims in Syria.
- In 2004, you and your partner Joel Hyatt (who is a Trustee of the Qatar-financed Brookings Institute) purchased Newsworld International from Vivendi Universal Entertainment to establish CurrentTV. Vivendi was (and is) partially owned by Qatar Holding.
- In 2013, CurrentTV was sold to Al Jazeera for a reported $500 million. Owning 20% of the company, you reportedly profited personally $100 million from the sale.
- In September 2014, you and Hyatt sued Al Jazeera for funds that remained in escrow. Al Jazeera has now filed a countersuit.
Your lawsuits notwithstanding, in light of Al Jazeera’s consistent and vocal support for the Muslim Brotherhood and various jihadi groups, we ask that you consider the attached sourced report on Qatar’s activities. The links cited are vetted and credible sources. We hope you take the time to verify the truth of the statements for yourself.
After doing so, the Coalition of the Qatar Awareness Campaign calls on you to exert due influence on the Qatari government to cease any type of involvement in all forms of Islamic terrorism, slavery, and drug trafficking!
Sincerely,
Robert Spencer
Jihad Watch
Pamela Geller
Atlas Shrugs
Lt. Col. Allen B. West (US Army, Ret)
AllenBWest.com
Paul E Vallely, US Army (Ret)
Chairman, Stand Up America
Charles Ortel
Washington Times
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
Center for Security Policy
**
& the entire Qatar Awareness Campaign Coalition.
Qatar Research Report: http://www.stopqatarnow.com/p/research-report.html
Sign the Petition! Visit www.stopqatarnow.com
Facebook: Stop Qatar Now
Twitter: @stopqatarnow
** Select signatures as of 9/27. The Qatar Awareness Campaign Coalition is comprised of more than 25 journalists, national security experts, publishers, and independent researchers. To view all Coalition participants, please visit the Campaign’s website.

Michael Copeland says
The headline is rather misleading. The TV channel “fetched” $500m when sold: it “made” what profit there was after purchase price and costs.
john spielman says
i thought “al -Gore” got stiffed by the buyer who didn’t pay all that was owed?
Andre Paquin says
Al Gore got stiffed for about 50 million of the 500 million purchase price.
When the muslims found out that they bought a useless channel that cable companies were dumping because nobody actually watched it, they withheld the escrow.
Oliver says
Gore also wanted the sale to close in December. It did not. It closed in (I think) Jan.
Gore wanted it to close in Dec. TO TAKE 9TAX) ADVANTAGE OF THE BUSH TAX RATE ON LONG TERM CAPITAL GAINS.
His (Gore’s) liberal/progressive socialist friends (like Obama; Reid & Pelosi) pushed the capital gains rate higher-to pay for Nobrainer care.
Gore had to pay more in taxes, poor boy.
Jay Boo says
Qatar “the preeminent sponsor of terror in the world today” “hub of Islamic terrorism, slavery, and drug trafficking!”
Qatar based Al Jazeera is a sponsor of something even more insidious
National Public Radio — ‘NPR’
Robert Rockwell says
Like most liberals Al is against the evils of capitalism and greed but loves money and the goodies it can buy.
Oh well I hope he puts this blood money to good use. Maybe he can buy a new Lear jet to take him to his next “climate change” lecture to preach to the gullible and adoring masses.
Oliver says
Gore is not against capitalism–SO LONG AS THE CAPITALISTS WHO BENEFIT ARE HE AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Screw everyone else.
Like a true liberal/progressive ” What is mine is mine; what is yours is mine, also.
tpellow says
Barcelona should END its sponsorship by Qatar, on moral grounds.
“Barça look into staying with Qatar”
http://www.marca.com/en/2014/10/03/en/football/barcelona/1412323118.html?
mortimer says
Al Jazeera (‘peninsula’ in Arabic) is a snide reference to Mohammed’s supremacist last words: “Let there not be two religions in the Arabian Peninsula.
It is a reference not only to religio-political supremacism of Islam but to the racial supremacism of Arabs who are the Master Race of the Master Religion.
wildjew says
This should enhance Gore’s man-made global warming credentials.
Oliver says
I (admit) did not read entire article.
But, I am sure that these were not mentioned.
Joel Hyatt’s late father-in-law was a liberal (Dem.) U. S. Senator from Ill. Ill. has high estate taxes. When he was quite ill, he moved to Florida to establish residency–Florida estate taxes are notably lower then Ill.
Back around 1979-80 or thereabouts, one (or more) of Al Gore (and his family’s) controlled firms was cited in Kentucky as THE LARGEST POLLUTER IN THE STATE. And Gore claims to be an environmentalist ( for everyone else to scale down their living standards).
In the same time frame, a newspaper (one of the two largest in Tennessee) owned by Gore and his family, had a ” big expose” of Domino’s Pizza redlining and discriminating against Negroes (this was before Jesse Jackson started the phrase African American–which is -in my view- misleading- what about black people from the Caribbean, etc? .
Seems, in Memphis, in certain areas, Domino’s would not deliver. (I do not recall if it was a franchise holder or corporate). Anyhow, the head man (for the area) claimed that the areas mentioned were very high crime rate areas, police went two (or more) at a time there, and Domino’s did NOT want to ask their employees to risk their lives for $20 and a possible $1 tip.
Domino’s then checked-don’t recall how– THE SAME NEWSPAPER DID NOT OFFER HOME DELIVERY–IN THE SAME AREAS. FOR THE SAME REASONS.
the paper, however, did not print that (as ‘news ” ) Domino’s had to buy space (as I recall, in both of the largest Tenn. newspapers) to show this.
Gore is a hypocrite.
Don McKellar says
NOW HOLD ON!
Everybody knows that man-made global warming has caused ISIS in the first place! Its their lack of opportunity, caused by agw, that drove them mad with conquest. If all of you lowly deniers would have bought Gore Carbon Credits when you had a chance, this wouldn’t have been happening!
And now you’re putting him on the hook for empowering the global jihad and aiding and abetting the evil state that is Qatar? Don’t you know that it is global warming that is causing Qatar to go on jihad! Al Gore, the savior of the world, is an innocent bystander just trying to make a buck — er, save the world from carbon!
jack says
It is pretty clear that we have many traitors in the highest levels of our government.
gts58 says
Next to Obama, Al Gore is one of the most corrupt, diabolical and evil men on earth. However, unlike Obama, Gore’s chickens are coming home to roost, his wife dumped him because he was a serial molester with accusations of rape and his son is a drug addict in and out of rehab. My question, why does politics seem to draw the most vile of humanity to the forefront?
Angemon says
Sociopaths are usually extremely charming and charismatic.
Don McKellar says
“My question, why does politics seem to draw the most vile of humanity to the forefront?”
With American politics, it is the draw of maximum money and power to generate money even after you’re out of office. Sure, good people want money, obviously, but politics are the arena where they most ruthlessly backstabbing, underhanded, lying, cheating, behind-the-scenes manipulating people rise to the top as long as they can retain a veneer that can fool the public. Truly good people can rarely continue on through all the compromise and selling out it takes to get anywhere, and realize if there are easier, more noble ways to make money and do good.
Kepha says
Alas, the only reason why my footprint is bigger than Gore’s is because I wear a bigger shoe!
John Adams said that the US Constitution was made for a moral and religious people, and that it would work for none other.
duh_swami says
People do not give Algore enough credit. He is the most prolific inventor since Tesla. Algore invented the internet, digital socks, the fallopian tube, striped paint, the bicycle cup, boxer shorts, the extra modern flush toilet, and beer, and that’s the short list..Algore is god…What did Allah ever invent?
Judi says
Suicide bombers?
Oliver says
Judi
you forgot to add roadside bombs and IED–although sometimes the terms are used interchangeably.
Bezelel says
A dietary use for camel urine?
pumbar says
MoHAMhead? Oh, no, sorry that was the other way ’round. He invented allah. Tsk.
Huck Folder says
mo is great, and allah is his sock-puppet.
Mark Spahn says
Something does not add up.
“In 2013, CurrentTV was sold to Al Jazeera for a reported $500 million. Owning 20% of the company, you [= al-Gore, to whom the letter is addressed; not Joe el-Hayat] reportedly profited personally $100 million from the sale.”
The 20-percent owner of a property sold for $500 million receives $100 million, but that is not his profit; to compute his profit, his cost of originally acquiring the property must be subtracted. For this reason, the headline that al-Gore “made” $500 million from this sale is off by a factor of more than 5.
paddy says
What did you expect? He is a lying, thieving, conniving politician
Edward says
Al Gore made $500 million from jihad terror sponsor Qatar
Hey guys maybe if we: “Put on the full armour of God so as to be able to resist the devil’s tactics.That is why you must take up all of GOD”S ARMOR, or you will not be able to put up any resistance on the evil day, or STAND your ground even though you exert yourselves to the full.”
In Satan’s domain this is what happening down there: “For it is not against human enemies that we have to struggle, but against the principalities and the ruling forces who are masters of the darkness in this world, the spirits of evil in the heavens.”
God’s choice from His arsenal of weapons are listed here @ Ephesians 6:10-18
A side note: I immersed myself with His Word contained in the Ephesians’ passages in the 90’s. by reading the Holy Book’s typical (non-literal) writing style, God’s Armor morphed into a shield of protective deterrent from being harmed by a jealous maligned mindset individual who wanted to takeover our small business. My family lived 3-4 months of emotional duress before becoming AWARE of the SCRIPTURES that helped stop this stalemate within 2 days. BTW, I initially carried a concealed weapon before (which this guy knew that I armed myself with a gun) but, this didn’t thwart his malicious intent.
My affirmed belief did!
It seems that by ‘Standing our Ground’ up against any nemeses their human devilish propensities are wiped out from their minds!
This metaphysical dilemma happened 24 years and by daily meditating upon the passages below, has made our daily challenges more manageable! Perhaps, by our intersessions in behalf of the poor folks in the Middle East, their dangerous daily challenges will become less.
“He sent forth His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction’ -(Ps 107:20)
God’s Suit of Armor (Copied from the bible’s verses in Ephesian 6:10-18)
“For it is not against human enemies that we have to struggle, but against the principalities and the ruling forces who are masters of the darkness in this world, the spirits of evil in the heavens. Put on the full armour of God so as to be able to resist the devil’s tactics.That is why you must take up all of GOD”S ARMOR, or you will not be able to put up any resistance on the evil day, or STAND your ground even though you exert yourselves to the full. So stand your ground, with TRUTH a belt round your waist, and uprightness a BREASTPLATE, wearing for shoes on your feet the eagerness to spread the gospel of peace and always carrying the SHIELD of FAITH so that you can use it to quench the burning arrows of the Evil One. And then you must take SALVATION as your HELMET and the SWORD of the SPIRIT, that is, the WORD of God. In all your prayer and entreaty keep praying in the SPIRIT on every possible occasion. Never get tired of staying awake to pray for all God’s HOLY PEOPLE,”
“Finally, grow strong in the Lord, with the strength of HIS power.”
Edward says
“Perhaps, by our intersessions”………sorry it should have been intercession!
Sally says
I thought it was illegal to sell a media company to a foreign country w/o FCC approval.
Oliver says
Sally,
Perhaps for MERE MORTALS. But, for the son-in-law of a dead liberal Democrat and a former liberal Vice President, Senator and son of a Senator, with a liberal Muslim socialist in the WH and putting his creeps in the FCC-it is OK.
BUT dare someone try and sell a television station to an Israeli firm– and the lame stream media and liberal broadcasters (CNN, MSNBC, CBBS ( which means constant b.s.); NBC (nothing but crap); and ABC (all bull crap) would be screaming, along with the NY Times, etc.
Just my right wing paranoid views.
tpellow says
Front page headline and report of U.K ‘Sunday Telegraph’ (£)-
“Army chiefs tell Government: stop Gulf states funding terrorism.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11141539/Army-chiefs-tell-Government-stop-Gulf-states-funding-terrorism.html
Dan says
Since Gore sold current to Aljazeera, basically giving terrorists a mouthpiece in all American households, isn’t that technically giving “Aid and comfort to the enemy?”
Would we have let the Nazis have a radio station in WW 2?
Or Stalin during Korea?