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    It looks like magic and nobody knows what else Uncle Sam has in his pocket: the US claims Qatar support terrorists and at the same time sells fighter jets to Doha.

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    Qatar has signed a deal to buy $12 billion worth of McDonnell Douglas F-15QA Eagle air superiority fighters from the US. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, Birol Baskan, an assistant professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, said that the deal clears Doha's reputation as a terror state.

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    Qatar Asks US to Partly Implement $21.1Bln Deal - State Dept.
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