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Peace Without Poison

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Covert depopulation measures were adopted by Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani as soon as hebecame Emir of Qatar in 1972 upon seizing power from his cousin. During his reign, whichlasted until 1995, Qatar’s total fertility rate dropped from 7 to 3.6 children per woman.What goes around comes around and Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani took the throne in June 1995while his father was on vacation in Switzerland. By the time he abdicated power in 2013,Qatar’s total fertility rate decreased from 3.6 to 2 children per woman.The current Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (since June 2013), the fourth son of theprevious emir, continues to suppress fertility with endocrine disruptors, like his predecessors,and the total fertility rate has sunk to 1.9, thus below replacement level fertility.666 | P a g e

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