The Daily Populous

Monday December 4th, 2023 day edition

image for Leaks shows Qatar secretly sent $15 million to Islamist movements in northern Mali

Qatar’s regime funneled $15 million dollars to the Islamist movements in northern Mali and to an entity in the Sahel, according to a reportedly leaked Qatari document.

In 2012, a number of French-language news outlets reported that Qatar financed Islamists in northern Mali.

Qatar, for example, continues to send so-called aid and food every day to the airports of Gao and Timbuktu.”.

Former Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) called for dialogue with the Islamists in Mali at the time.

In a 2017 Congressional hearing, the Qatari regime was accused of financing a wide range of Islamist terrorist organizations.

In November, i24NEWS reported that an alleged Qatari document revealed that Doha sent 3 million euros to Human Rights Watch.

MEMRI’s president and founder, Yigal Carmon, said “Qatar is Hamas and Hamas is Qatar. »

Dozens of Troops Suspected of Advocating Overthrow of US Government, New Pentagon Extremism Report Says

Authored by military.com

An annual Pentagon report on extremism within the ranks reveals that 78 service members were suspected of advocating for the overthrow of the U.S. government and another 44 were suspected of engaging or supporting terrorism.

The Army had the most allegations in fiscal 2023 with 130 soldiers suspected of participation in extremist activity.

Related: What the Pentagon Has, Hasn't and Could Do to Stop Veterans and Troops from Joining Extremist Groups. »

Brazil launches $204 million drive to restore Amazon rainforest

Authored by reuters.com

[1/2] Smoke billows from a wildfire in the Amazon rainforest near a dry river in Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil September 25, 2023.

SAO PAULO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's national development bank (BNDES) on Saturday launched an effort to restore degraded or destroyed woodland amounting to 60,000 square km (23,160 square miles) - an area nearly the size of Latvia - in the Amazon rainforest by 2030.

The Amazon is vital to curbing climate change because of the vast amount of planet-warming carbon its trees absorb and it is home to many unique and endangered species. »