Secretary Cohen meets with His Highness, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, in Doha, Qatar. Secretary of Defense William Cohen meets with the Emir of the State of Qatar, His Highness, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 4, 1998. Cohen visited eleven nations of the Gulf Coalition to discuss the possibility of military action by the air arms of the United States and Great Britain against selected targets in Iraq. The threat of air strikes was precipitated by Saddam Hussein's latest refusal to allow weapons inspectors of the United Nations Special Commission to carry out their assigned tasks. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.06 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 922256-X-ZIV23-491.jpg Photo Gallery