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A suicide bombing March 19 in Doha, Qatar -- the first such attack in the country -- killed two people and injured 12 others at a theater frequented by Westerners near the U.S. Embassy. A previously unheard of militant Islamist group calling itself Jund al-Sham claimed responsibility for the attack.
Since it was a suicide bombing, and jihadists have been trying to shift their attacks out of the Saudi kingdom and into the Persian Gulf states, Jund al-Sham is probably an al Qaeda-linked group. Al Qaeda always has referred to itself as Tandheem al Qaeda fi Jazeerat al-Arabiyah (al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula), and its foray into Kuwait and Qatar is only part of its self-styled mandate.
On March 18, a jihadist Web site warned of attacks against liquor stores, nightclubs, hotels and satellite television stations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because the country hosts Christians and Jews, allows women to dress "immodestly" and lets U.S. naval ships dock at its ports.
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