NgoMashi odlule, isihloko esithi “Izimfihlo ezingcolile zomkhankaso we-Smear” savela engosini yezindaba yaseMelika eyaziwa kakhulu, i-New Yorker, sinikeza ukuqonda okwengeziwe ngesu le-Abu Dhabi eliphelele lokuqeda izitha zayo. Kuyo, uDavid D. Kirkpatrick wembula ukuthi inkampani yaseSwitzerland, i-Alp Services, ephethwe nguMario Brero odumile, owaziwa kakhulu eGeneva, yasebenza kanjani ku-Mohamed Ben Zayed ukuze ilimaze iQatar nanoma ubani omunye owahlasela i-Emirates. Phakathi kwamathuluzi emibono asetshenziswa ukwenza lokhu kwakuwukusatshalaliswa kwezindaba ezingamanga kanye nemibono ecatshangelwe ngaphambilini eyenzelwe ukulimaza iDoha: ikakhulukazi, isola iQatar ngokusekela ubuSulumane obuqinile, ikakhulukazi iMuslim Brotherhood, okuthi, ngokusekelwa yi-Emirate encane, ibeke imingcele. ifuna ukuzuza isisekelo kulo lonke elaseYurophu.
Iminyaka eminingana manje, impi yethonya ibilokhu iqhutshwa phakathi kweQatar, i-Emirates neSaudi Arabia eZweni Elidala. I-France iyinhloso eyinhloko: i-hexagon inguzakwethu wezepolitiki, wezomnotho, wezempi kanye namandla. Ithonya litholakala ngabezindaba. Isibonelo, ngokusekelwa kwe-Alp Services, u-Mohamed Ben Zayed ubelokhu enza konke okusemandleni akhe iminyaka ukuze athonye amaphephandaba futhi avikele i-ajenda yakhe yezombangazwe kumakholomu okuhlela aseFrance. Ama-akhawunti amanga, izintatheli eziyizigwegwe, abezindaba abangcolisiwe, amakhulu ezindatshana ashicilelwe ukuze avikele umbono, umbono ka-Abu Dhabi weMpumalanga Ephakathi futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ngokumelene neQatar, imbangi yayo enkulu yengcebo.
Ngokwemithombo yezindaba yaseMelika, i-New Yorker, iwebhusayithi ye-Africa Intelligence iyisibonelo esihle. Ngempela yayisenkonzweni ye-Alp Services. Ngaphezu kobunhloli, ukuthungatha nokugqekeza okwasungulwa yinkampani, ukusatshalaliswa kolwazi olungamanga emithonjeni yezindaba kube yingxenye yesivumelwano. UBrero wayezoshicilela izindatshana ezingaba yikhulu ngonyaka kwabezindaba evuna i-Emirates. Kodwa ngale kwe-Africa Intelligence, amanye amasayithi ayehlosiwe: isibonelo, u-Tany Klein othile ugcine i-akhawunti engamanga ku-Mediapart kanye nezindatshana ezishicilelwe kulo mgudu. I-Africa Intelligence izichaza kusizindalwazi sayo ngokuthi “iphephandaba lansuku zonke lezwekazi”. Isayithi liyingxenye yeqembu le-Indigo, njenge-La Lettre A kanye ne-Intelligence online. Yonke imicimbi yenzeka ngo-2019, njengoba kunjalo nalokhu kusebenza: inkinga yaseGulf iqhubeka ngokugcwele ngo-2019, ihlanganisa iSaudi Arabia ne-Emirates ngokumelene neQatar.
I-Alp Services ekugcineni ikhiqize ifayela eliqukethe izinhlu ezimbalwa zabantu baseFrance naseBelgium, okwathi ngokusho kwabo, babenedumela lokuthi basebenzela iQatar noma babe ngamalungu e-Muslim Brotherhood, noma noma kunjalo babe ngabaphikisi abashisekayo benhlangano yase-Emirati. Ekuqaleni kukaJulayi, i-European Consortium enkulu (i-European Investigative Collaboration) yanyathelisa izihloko eziningana ezichaza ukusebenza komsebenzi ka-Mario Bréro: I-160 yaseBelgium "inikezwe izinsizakalo eziyimfihlo zase-Emirati". Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona abacwaningi (uMichaël Privot, uSébastien Boussois), abamele izinhlangano (uFatimah Zibouh), ngisho nongqongqoshe, njengongqongqoshe oluhlaza waseBelgium uZakia Kattabi, owayengagcini nje ngokusolwa ngokuba seduze neMuslim Brotherhood neQatar kodwa waphinde wagxeka. njengeShiite! Abaningi babo bafake izikhalo zokunyundelwa nokuhlaselwa kwemfihlo. Okwamanje, konke okugqamayo ku-Mario Brero kanye ne-Alp Services, kodwa izindlela azinhle kakhulu futhi sezivele zilandelelwa emuva esikhungweni se-Al Ariaf, okusolwa ukuthi sisetshenziswa njengesembozo nguhulumeni wase-Emirati futhi ikakhulukazi okuthi 'Matar', umenzeli we-Emirati ophethe imisebenzi ye-Alp Services' eYurophu.
Kukhulunywa ngabantu abacishe babe yi-160 eBelgium abafakwe efayilini, kodwa abangama-200 eFrance futhi abantu abangekho ngaphansi kwenkulungwane bonke eYurophu abathathwa njengezitha ze-Abu Dhabi.
