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Al Jazeera has for the first time aired footage revealing the extensive damage caused by Iranian missile and drone strikes against Qatar.
The footage was aired on April 10 as a part of the Qatari news channel’s “The Hidden Is More Immense” investigative series.
Just hours after the start of the American-Israeli war on Iran on February 28, the Islamic Republic began launching strikes against Qatar and other Gulf states, accusing them of hosting United States troops and facilitating operations against its territories. Doha has repeatedly refused these accusations.
The strikes dealt some serious damage to Qatar. Al Jazeera’s footage revealed that the American-made AN/FPS-132 radar situated near Al Khor in the north of the country was very much destroyed. Previously, it was reported that the radar, worth upwards of $1,1 billion, was hit once, but the footage showed multiple impacts from different directions.
The high-power, solid-state phased-array radar is used for long-range early warning of ballistic missile attacks and space surveillance. It has a range of up to 5,000 kilometers. The radar is owned and operated by the Qatar Emiri Air Force, but is believed to support U.S. military operations in the region.
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The footage aired by Al Jazeera also revealed that Al Udeid Air Base, located close to Donha, took some serious damage as a result of Iranian strikes.
The air base does not just host thousands of U.S. troops, but also serves as the forward headquarters of the Central Command. It’s worth noting that it was reported even before the start of the war that the base was largely evacuated by the Americans.
In addition, footage showing several strikes on Ras Laffan Industrial City located in northern Qatar. The city includes the world’s largest liquid natural gas (LNG) export hub, processing and exporting massive amounts of gas from the North Field to global markets.
The Iranian strikes on the city forced the state-owned QatarEnergy to declare force majeure, temporarily halting the export of LNG.
According to Al Jazeera, Iran launched 210 ballistic missiles, 14 cruise missiles and 310 suicide drones at Qatar during more than a month of fighting.
Major General Shayegh Mesfer al-Hajri, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces, told the news channel that 90% of all missiles and drones were intercepted.
Al Jazeera also shared footage showing the wreckage of one of two Su-24 fighter bombers of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force that Qatar claimed to have shot down on March 2, just three days into the war. This was the only such aerial operation by the Islamic Republic.
Before the start of the war, Qatar was viewed as one of the closest Gulf states to Iran. It even played a key role in efforts to de-escalate between the Islamic Republic and the U.S. This is no longer the situation, however. Doha was not even involved in the ceasefire brokered on April 7 by Pakistan.
Relations between the two countries will likely resume after the war, but with Doha demanding compensation, the process may not be very straightforward.
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qatar will be generously compensated after usa takes control of iranian oil!
qatar will go back to desert. the quisling fake sheikhs will go back to goat herding and selling dirty postcards. that is the price they pay for getting into bed with the jooz. all the quisling gulf dictatorships are totally f….d. heheheheh
we just went right through the formerly water way known as the strait of hormuz and back. and there was nothing the irgc bast erds could do about it.
there are no mines in the strait of trump or the arabian gulf. we destroyed all their mines while in storage and all their mine laying banana boats too. hehehe.
then u woke up in your stink shelter after filling our product….
the iranians are in pakistan to take dicktation. they will soon open up their strait wide open with both their hands. if not, every single one of those iraniang negotiators facing vice president jd vance will eventually soon take a one way trip to meet khamenei, soleimani, ebrahim raisi, mohammad pakpour, ali larijani, etc. etc .etc.
vlandpudin better watchout too.
the strait is staying firmly shut and there is nothing trumpy or any other goy whore can do about it. so they had better get used to it. it is open to people who mind their manners and pay a fat fee. (yuan only.) the ayatollah is laughing all the way to the bank. he can’t believe he ever used to let everybody pass for free.
karma for usatan finally arrives!!!! allahu akbar!! allahu akbar!!
so says al jazeera, the cnn of the middle east. the gulf states all fucked around and found out. karma is a bitch and she hardly ever listens to excuses.
al jazeera is compromised. but it can not hide from the knowledge its population knows and must report minimally
al jazeera is no friend of iran, and i was told that by a muslim workmate as my last place of employment before i retired.
úžasné ako sa tie iránske rakety zlietali na vojenskú základňu usa v katare. pripadá mi to ako keď sa muchy zlietajú na hovno. ha, ha, ha … svetu mier. mysleniu zdar.
that thing needs more damage done to it. iran should definitely hit it again a couple of more times
this was the only such aerial operation by the islamic republic.”’ err no, a soviet model bomb was found unexploded in the area where 6 us soldiers were killed. when it was dropped there, and how if not with su-24s?
good target practice on regional us bases that are no longer defensible