Terror State Qatar Buys Chunk of Empire State Building

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Photo: Photo above: The Empire State building lit in submission to the Muslim “holiday” of Eid al-Fitr.

The terror sponsor nation of Qatar took a nearly 10% stake in the Empire State building.  How symbolic and sad.

The Empire State building is iconic of America’s greatness.

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When the Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931, it was the tallest building in the world – standing at 1,250 feet tall. This building not only became an icon of New York City, it became a symbol of twentieth century man’s attempts to achieve the impossible.

Now it’s become a symbol of the impossible achievements of jihad in the twentieth century.

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.

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“Qatar buys a piece of Empire State Building,” By NY Post, August 24, 2016 |

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has made an iconic purchase in America — a stake in the company that owns New York’s Empire State Building.

The $622-million purchase by the Qatar Investment Authority comes as the Doha fund increases its investments in the US as the small country on the Arabian Peninsula tries to cope with low global oil and gas prices.

The Empire State Realty Trust Inc., which manages the 102-story, 1,454-foot-tall building, announced the Qatari purchase late Tuesday, saying the fund would gain a 9.9-percent stake in the company. The trust owns a total of 14 office properties and six retail properties around the New York area.

The Qatar Investment Authority did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

The pointed top of the Art Deco-style Empire State Building, once the tallest structure in the world, still stands out in New York’s famed skyline. It remains a major tourist attraction and has been the centerpiece of major American films from “King Kong” to “Sleepless in Seattle.”

Tiny Qatar, an OPEC member, is a strong regional ally for Washington and hosts American bombers and the forward headquarters of the U.S. military’s Central Command at its vast al-Udeid air base. Aircraft and personnel there are involved in the ongoing US-led campaign against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup and has been on a building boom, mirroring on a smaller scale the one that gripped the United Arab Emirates’ city-state of Dubai. However, its government coffers have been hard hit by the drop of global oil prices, which have fallen from over $100 a barrel in the summer of 2014 to around $50 now.

The nation’s investment authority, estimated to be worth some $335 billion by the Las Vegas-based Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, has been increasingly eyeing opportunities in the US. Last September, it announced plans to open an office in New York and committed to investing $35 billion in the U.S. over the next five years.

The fund’s existing American holdings include a more than 10-percent stake in New York-based luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. It sold its share of the American film studio Miramax to Qatar-based media group beIN in March for an undisclosed sum.

Government-backed Qatar Airways, meanwhile, has been rapidly expanding its operations in the US, provoking a backlash from American carriers.

Also among the Qatari fund’s interests in America is a 44-percent stake in the $8.6 billion redevelopment project in New York known as Manhattan West, which includes remodeling the building that’s now home to the global headquarters of The Associated Press. The AP announced in August 2015 it planned to move from that building to another near the World Trade Center.

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Maranatha
Maranatha
7 years ago

Well: Obomit ”sold” the White Cage long ago.
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Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago

The only thing that will happen is the arabs will loose money in real estate as well as oil.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Let’s hope Trump gets on to make it happen

spacearcadian
spacearcadian
7 years ago

please, it´s nonsense to say that mohammad is getting rid of westerners one by one, winning one litigation jihad each time, islamizating of the west step by step…

cylde
cylde
7 years ago

They can now bring it down with some kind of bomb, flying or not, collect the insurance and move on to another target while claiming another victory for islam.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
7 years ago

It is not as catastrophic as it may seem. As long as they operate in a fashion that complies with all applicable laws and are not delinquent in their taxes, so much the better. But the first time they slip up, nationalize their holdings and kick their ass out of the country. This country was around a long time before it ever even heard of Qatar.

Street Detective
Street Detective
7 years ago

Can be used for a nuclear air-burst over NYC, but, then, again, it’s only NYC

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
7 years ago

What a fun-filled thought.

Rocinante44
Rocinante44
7 years ago

good news is that in the long run, islam and its oil money loses, just like spain and all the gold it extracted from the new world by enslaving the locals to mine it. catholic spain and the muslim world didn’t and don’t produce anything that the world wants and their ideology is a dead end; they merely extract wealth from the ground, and when the extraction stops, they wither.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
7 years ago

More and more I listen to what is happening world wide, Bible prophecy is at hand

Matthew 24:7

“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.”

My thoughts and prayers are with those in Italy and Myanmar with the earthquakes

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
7 years ago

Countries must stop offshore investments in buying up countries. Just like Monoply game, when all is brought one loses

One must treat a country like a home. One never let’s suspicious dangerous people into ones home to harm ones family or sell of the home and rent it out for them to charge you what ever even to put you and your family on the street and it is happening.

How many times we have heard people have been expelled and Muslims placed inside

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7 years ago

Just consider it Airplane collision insurance.

Annie Pickett
Annie Pickett
7 years ago

Very symbolic purchase that places the stamp of islam on New York and USA. They specifically select buildings that are part of American pride and culture. Removing culture and identity makes it easier to fill that void with sharia.

Hard Little Machine
Hard Little Machine
7 years ago

It’s not generally considered choice midtown office space. Built to 1920’s standards, it has small spaces, thick immovable walls and very hard to update and maintain infrastructure. If it were not an iconic building protected by landmark laws it would have been torn down already.

joe1429
joe1429
7 years ago

I wonder if americans are allowed to scoop up building in their countries??

Truthhurts
Truthhurts
7 years ago
Reply to  joe1429

Americans can’t even bring a bible into their countries. You’re kidding right?

MAH GRILLZ
MAH GRILLZ
7 years ago

PANDERING SCUM REALLY PISS ME OFF.

Truthhurts
Truthhurts
7 years ago
Reply to  MAH GRILLZ

I’m ready to blow with this one.

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