What looks like investment today becomes enforcement tomorrow.
By Aynaz Anni Cyrus

A glossy brochure labeled “Qatar City, Arizona, USA” has begun circulating online. It shows a 6,000-acre state land auction and a massive proposed development project strategically placed near Arizona’s TSMC high-tech zone. The name? Qatar City. The plan? Unclear. The funding? Opaque. The timing? Disturbing.

The proposal was submitted under the name Khaled A. Shair, listing a contact email at kshair@lasaintl.com and a Nevada phone number. At first glance, it looks like a standard development pitch. But peel back even one layer, and the warning signs multiply.

There is no public record of where Khaled A. Shair is actually from. Court documents list him as a resident of Illinois, but there is no traceable birthplace, no confirmed nationality, and no digital history to back the public-facing identity. What we do know is this: he has past ties to both Saudi business circles and Qatar’s state-controlled Islamic banking sector.

Shair appears in older U.S.-Saudi business directories as President & CEO of Lasa International LLC, a company that is now permanently closed, with no website, no active business registration, and no operational record in any state database. Its domain, lasaintl.com, is dead. Its entire digital footprint? Ghosted.

Yet somehow, this is the corporate name attached to a 6,000-acre state land proposal to build a foreign-branded mega-city in Arizona.

The proposal was “prepared by” Lee & Associates, a legitimate commercial real estate brokerage. But their official listings show no public record of this project, and no known broker affiliation with Shair. It’s unclear whether their name was officially attached or simply used as a template.

So what do we actually have?

– A multi-billion-dollar land proposal with zero corporate transparency.
– A foreign-named project tied to a now-defunct LLC with no real-world business trail.
– And a broker name that appears more as a prop than a partner.

If this were a serious civic development, we’d see paperwork, public meetings, investor names, or zoning disclosures. Instead, we get a shell, a name, and an invisible network.

Which raises the real question: Who’s really behind this?

Because this isn’t the first time Khaled A. Shair has worked in partnership with foreign Islamist financiers to embed infrastructure on U.S. soil.

In 2004, Shair was hired by Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), a massive Sharia-compliant financial institution directly linked to Qatar’s Islamist ruling elite, to help launch a U.S.-based Islamic bank called US Finance House.

Shair and the individual defendants met on March 21, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois to discuss establishing a commercial bank in the United States, to be named “US Finance House,” that would providebanking services based upon Islamic banking principles. – Shair v. Quatar Islamic Bank et al, No. 1:2008cv01060 – Document 48 (N.D. Ill. 2009)

The goal? Build a financial institution in America fully aligned with Islamic law: Zakat-compliant, interest-free, halal-only investments, and operationally structured to match Sharia’s financial code.

According to court records, Shair:

– Was promised the role of CEO
– Received a formal offer letter from QIB’s chairman
– Worked nearly two years to secure licensing, facilities, staff, and compliance documents for a U.S.-based Sharia bank

Then in 2006, QIB abruptly withdrew, refused to provide further capital, and left Shair unpaid beyond an initial $30,000. He sued in federal court, and the filings reveal a quiet pattern of foreign strategic planning, soft infiltration, and financial ghosting once the groundwork was laid.

And now, two decades later, that same man resurfaces. No explanation. No partners. No corporate infrastructure.

Just a familiar pattern:

A Saudi-tied name. A Qatar-linked past. A shuttered shell company. And 6,000 acres of Arizona.

Nothing About This Is Coincidental

You don’t brand a 6,000-acre project with the name of a foreign Islamic monarchy without intent.

You don’t position it near strategic infrastructure unless you’re planning for influence.

You don’t operate through real estate proxies and LLCs unless you know public scrutiny would shut it down.

What About the State’s Response?

On February 3, 2026, the Arizona State Land Department issued a statement saying the “Qatar City” concept was created by a local real estate brokerage firm without their knowledge or approval. They clarified that the land in question is under a separate application by Pulte Homes, with 900 acres already sold to TSMC for industrial use.

But here’s what they didn’t say.

In the same brochure, they dismissed as a “local concept,” TSMC is clearly listed as a confirmed stakeholder with their $165 billion investment and 900-acre parcel plotted right next to “Qatar City.” And it gets worse.

The firm they claimed was unaffiliated and acted without oversight, Lee & Associates, is printed directly on the map, alongside TSMC, INTEL, Mayo Clinic, and other verified names.

So let’s call it what it is:

The state confirmed part of the brochure was real (TSMC), and then pretended the rest was fantasy.
That’s not a miscommunication. That’s a coordinated dodge.

You don’t green-light 900 acres to TSMC on January 7 and then pretend you’ve never seen the rest of the same map a few weeks later.

And just as a reminder: a few months ago, plans were confirmed for a Qatari Emiri Air Force training facility to be built in Idaho, hosted on a U.S. Air Force base, on American soil, under the banner of “strategic partnership.”

So now we ask: what happens when you pair a Qatari military presence in Idaho with a Qatari-branded city plan in Arizona, led by a man who once built Sharia-based financial infrastructure on U.S. territory with backing from Qatar’s most powerful bank?

This isn’t about a Muslim family building homes. It’s about the alliances we’ve made with regimes that build ideological colonies while we pretend it’s economic diplomacy.

They don’t need to invade us. They just need to invest.

And we’ve welcomed them with open land, open contracts, and eyes wide shut.

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