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Allegations against the controversial future host of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar are read as a secret service thriller: targeted misinformation would have discredited competitors.
Has Qatar broken the rules of FIFA? In the capital image of Qatar Doha. (Photo: Ibraheem al Omari / Reuters)
(dpa) A secret operation with former CIA agents, false news targeted – Qatar is under pressure again due to serious allegations surrounding The award of the 2022 World Cup. According to the Sunday Times, the Qatari applicants allegedly spread false information about opponents in the United States and Australia in a smear campaign.
A public relations firm and former intelligence agents reportedly paid for hidden sabotage. Emails from a whistleblower have been reported. This informant was working for the Qatari application. During the campaign, among other celebrities were hired to give the impression that the respective applications do not have support in their own country. It would be a violation of FIFA rules for World Cup contenders.
The Qatar Organizing Committee rejected "any allegation". "We have strictly followed all the rules of FIFA in the process of calling for bids for the 2018/2022 World Cup," said the Supreme Committee on Sunday. Qatar has been criticized since the surprise of the World Cup in December 2010 in Zurich. The investigation, led by former head of the Fifa Ethics Commission, Michael Garcia, has produced many suspicious details, but has not corroborated the corruption of the state. ;electorate.
Fifa referred to the allegations in this Garcia Report. Complaints about "possible violations of FIFA's Code of Ethics" could be reported anonymously and confidentially via a reporting system, according to the World Federation.
According to the Sunday Times report, a professor would pay $ 9,000 US received a report on a negative economic impact of a World Cup in the United States. In addition, journalists were forced to broadcast negative reports in the international media. In addition, the influence on US Congressmen was taken. An email indicating the spread of "poison" on competitors was also sent to a high representative of the Qatari bid.
According to the rules of Fifa, candidates are not allowed to comment on their competitors. "Fifa's commitment is to examine the evidence accurately and very quickly, and to have the courage to make tough decisions," said Lord Triesman, former president of the English Federation and chief the unsuccessful attempt of the 2018 World Cup. If Qatar breaks the rules of FIFA, it can not keep the World Cup. "
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