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| Bahrain appoints Jew as ambassador to the US |
| 2008-05-30 |
| MANAMA, Bahrain - Bahrain's king has appointed a Jewish woman as its envoy to Washington - the first Jew in the Arab world to become an ambassador. King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa named lawmaker Houda Nonoo, a 43-year-old mother of two boys, as an ambassador on Wednesday, the official Bahrain News Agency reported Thursday. The decree did not say where she would be posted. But Nonoo confirmed she will be U.S. ambassador for the tiny Gulf nation. She was widely tipped earlier this year by Bahraini media as next envoy to Washington. “It is a great honor to have been appointed as the first female ambassador to the United States of America and I am looking forward to meeting this new challenge," Nonoo told The Associated Press by telephone. She said she was proud to serve her country “first of all as a Bahraini," adding she was not chosen for the post because of her religion. Nonoo has served as legislator in Bahrain's all-appointed 40-member Shura Council for three years. Bahrain - a pro-Western island nation with Sunni rulers and a Shia majority - is a close U.S. ally and hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. It has about 50 Jewish citizens among a population of some half a million. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 A moslem country's got Jews? (Alive, that is.) Steve's right - Hades needs some hot chocolate with marshmallows tonight. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-05-30 21:09 |
| #1 Surprise, surprise, as Gomer used to say. Hey, did anyone notice Satan ice-skating to work today? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-05-30 17:26 |