After labeling Qatar as ‘terrorist – friendly’, the Pentagon signs contract with Doha to sell US fighters produced by Boeing

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Qatar, a country labeled by its neighbors and even by US President Donald Trump as ‘terrorist-friendly’, has just signed a $12 billion purchasing contract with the Pentagon.

The Qatari government is set to acquire numerous US fighters produced by Boeing, writes Bloomberg.

According to the Pentagon, the new deal has the main purpose of increasing the cooperation between Qatar’s armed forces and the US.

Considering the United States has this major air base near Doha, the ‘why not’ question is kind of irrelevant.

Currently, Qatar’s air forces are among the weakest in the Gulf because they only have nine fighter jets and those are old and shabby.

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump turned 71

Before attending his birthday dinner, Trump paid a visit to Congressman Steve Scalise, the American politician who was shot on a baseball field from Virginia.

Donald Trump and Melania were spotted at the hospital on Wednesday evening.

The president later announced the shooter, wounded by the bodyguards responsible for the congressional security, died after his arrest;

The congressman, the leader of the republican group in the House of Representatives, is still in critical condition informs Reuters.

The MedStar Hospital in Washington, where he is hospitalized, said he suffered several fractures, injuries to internal organs, and a serious bleeding.