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Arab League to Iran: stop anti-Bahrain campaign
[Al Ahram] The Arab League...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... called on Tehran on Monday to halt what it described as a media campaign against Bahrain over a proposal for political and military union between Gulf Arab states. Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face... has been pushing the idea of closer Gulf integration to contain Shi'ite Moslem unrest in Bahrain and counter the influence of regional Shi'ite power Iran. Riyadh's initial goal appears to be a merger with Bahrain, where majority Shi'ites have been staging pro-democracy demonstrations targeting the Sunni Moslem ruling family for over a year. Bahraini leaders have been publicly receptive to union. "The Iranian government must stop its media escalation campaign and provocative statements from Iranian officials regarding the situation in Bahrain," Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby said in a statement. "Any union steps between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are a sovereign issue of the two states and other Gulf countries and no other country has the right to interfere in it," he said. Iranian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? aired last week footage of thousands of people holding rallies around the country protesting against the proposed Manama-Riyadh union and an influential holy man denounced the idea as an "ill-fated plot". Posted by: Fred 2012-05-22 |
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