How the Qatar Crisis Shook Up the World's Supply of Helium

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/07/qatar-helium-production/532788/?single_page=true

by URSpider94 • 9 years ago

14 6 9 years ago

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horsecaptin2• 9 years ago

Would someone here be able to provide a link (or text) to a summary of whats going on with Qatar?

URSpider942• 9 years ago

Here's a link to an interesting audio summary:

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/06/16/533272737/episo...

And here's a Wikipedia entry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Qatar_diplomatic_crisis

In brief, Qatar has been squabbling with the other Arab states (UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain) over a variety of issues, primarily resentment of Al Jazeera, Qatar's state-sponsored news network, and concern over Qatar's close relationship with Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Things came to a head recently, when the other Arab nations declared an embargo on Qatar, which is land-locked and relies nearly 100% on imported food.

horsecaptin2• 9 years ago

Hey, thank you! :)

neverminder• 9 years ago

Qatar is literally the opposite of landlocked, since it sits on a peninsula.

lolive• 9 years ago

This article might be biaised, but it provides a lot of information on the Quatar crisis: http://theantimedia.org/qatar-crisis-natural-gas-terrorism/a...

How the Qatar Crisis Shook Up the World's Supply of Helium

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