Qatar Said to Have Prosecuted Five Men on U.S. Terrorism List
- Officials say Qatar plans to charge 2 more over terror funding
- The five men were tried in 2015 and 2016, officials say
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Qatari authorities have prosecuted five people accused by the U.S. and the United Nations of financing terrorists -- and who were also named by Saudi Arabia and its allies as part of the bloc’s justification for isolating the tiny Gulf nation since last week.
The five men appear in U.S. Treasury sanctions lists and were tried in 2015 and 2016, according to two Western officials and a Qatari official, who have direct knowledge of the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren’t authorized to disclose the information publicly. The legal action wasn’t announced to avoid embarrassing the men’s families -- some of whom are among the most prominent in the country, the Qatari official said.