STATE/TERRORISM/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “The U.S. and Qatar signed an agreement in Doha Tuesday [7-11-17] to crack down on terrorist financing, part of efforts by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as he shuttles around the Persian Gulf to resolve a weekslong conflict between four Arab states and Qatar.
Under the agreement, the two countries will step up efforts to track down terrorist funding sources and will do more to collaborate and share information.
Speaking to reporters after meetings with senior Qatari officials, Mr. Tillerson said the agreement lays out steps both sides will take in coming months and years to ‘interrupt and disable terror financing flows and intensify counterterrorism activities globally.’
Both Mr. Tillerson and his Qatari counterpart said Tuesday the accord isn’t directly related to the feud with Qatar on one side and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt on the other.”
-Felicia Schwartz, “Rex Tillerson, Mediating Gulf Dispute, Signs Antiterrorism Pact With Qatar,” The Wall Street Journal online, July 11, 2017 01:41pm