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| Western citizens leave for Bahrain | |
| 2004-06-23 | |
In the course of the deteriorated security conditions in Saudi Arabia and the escalation of attacks against foreigners, western citizens started to leave the Kingdom to Saudi Arabia neighboring states especially to Bahrain. An immigration official in Manama said that a huge number of Europeans and Americans arrived from Saudi Arabia and that this wave started one year before but was escalated during the few past weeks. The sources indicate that while some foreigners transferred their work from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, others preferred to send their families to Bahrain and continue their work in Saudi Arabia.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 .com may have a bit more up to date info on Bahrain than I do, but there was/has been a low-level insurgency running there for more than a decade now - the briefing I got when I was there in the mid-90s was that it was a 3-way fight between the Emir's security goons, goons backed by Iran, and goons backed by Iraq. OTOH, the worst they ever seemed to be able to do was pop off propane canisters, which made for a lovely, if ineffective display. Mike |
| Posted by: Anonymous5341 2004-06-23 2:23:09 PM |
| #1 Pretty secure. You need to take a causeway from Soddy there. Surrounded by water. The boomers would have to have really fast boats since you could seal it up pretty quick. Lots of American and British and Euro companies there working. Huge Alumina smelter and other industries plus nice western-liberal accommodations. Doubt the AQ's would be welcome by the locals - very astute business oriented society. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-06-23 10:14:54 AM |