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| Saudi troops enter Bahrain |
| 2011-03-14 |
| MORE than 1000 Saudi troops, part of the Gulf countries' Peninsula Shield Force, have entered Bahrain where anti-regime protests have raged for a month, a Saudi official said. The troops entered the strategic Gulf kingdom on Sunday, the official said. Who invited them? Or did they invite themselves? The intervention came "after repeated calls by the (Bahraini) government for dialogue, which went unanswered" by the opposition, the official said. According to the regulations of the Gulf Cooperation Council, "any Gulf force entering a member state becomes under the command of the government," the official added. The Bahraini government has not confirmed the presence of Saudi troops in the archipelago, which is home to the US Fifth Fleet. Opposition protesters are demanding far-reaching democratic reform in the mainly Shi'ite country which has been ruled by a Sunni Muslim dynasty for more than 200 years. The king has offered dialogue and a new, empowered parliament and other reforms but the opposition has refused to sit down to talks until the government resigns. The Saudi intervention comes two days after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates visited Manama and held talks with the king in which he said he urged them to undertake rapid and significant reform. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 SAUDI ARABIA = "JASMINE"- AFFEC ISRAEL = feels like CUSTER AT THE LITTLE BIG HORN [defensive battle], WAITING FOR CRAZY HORSE + GALL, ETC. TO OVERWHELM THEIR FLANK(S) IN MASSED HUMAN = CAMEL-KAZE WAVE??? Once again, NOSTRADAMUS = "...Until the SEVEN/SEVENTH holds the Line". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-14 21:32 |
| #5 ION FREEREPUBLIC > THE REAL BATTLE FOR BAHRAIN: SAUDI ARABIA VERSUS IRAN. IOW, Battle for controlling Pole Position in the Persian Gulf. UAE is sending approxi 500 Police-Security personnel for same. * IRNA > [Operation "SHIELD FORCE OF PENINSULA" = "PENINSULA SHIELD FORCE"?] RIYADH CONFIRMS DISPATCH OF 1000 TROOPS TO BAHRAIN. TEHRAN = IRAN = complaining that said deployment is a [SSSSHHHH US-supported]violation of BAHRAINI SOVEREIGNTY. See below. * Also from IRNA > KUWAIT MPS PROTEST DEPLOYMENT OF PERSIAN GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL SHIELD MILITARY FORCES [Saudis, UAE]/SHIELD FORCE TO BAHRAIN. 'Tis a Violation of Bahraini sovereignty = interference in internal Bahraini affairs, KSA should've sought PGCC, Internat DIPLOMACY-N-NEGOTIATIONS FIRST before sending in its Milfors. Well, in the Saudis defense, they fear AQIM in North Africa, AQIY aka AQAP to their south within their own Saudi Arabian Peninsula, + AQ-IN-GAZA, AQ-IN-TRANSJORDAN TO THEIR NORTH EXCLUSIVE OF IRAN-SPONSORED HEZBOLLAH CONTROLING THE GOVT. IN LEBANON. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-14 21:24 |
| #4 NY Times: Troops from Saudi Arabia and police officers from the United Arab Emirates crossed into Bahrain on Monday under the aegis of the Gulf Cooperation Council to help quell unrest there. The deployments were confirmed by the state-run Bahrain News Agency and the foreign minister of the Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-14 15:31 |
| #3 Green on green? OK, back to work, hafta buy more popcorn. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2011-03-14 12:22 |
| #2 I'm assuming the disturbances in Oman are Iran inspired stirring of the Shia minority there. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-03-14 08:48 |
| #1 the Iranian-stirred-Shia revolt musta seemed too close to comfort to the Saoodis |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-03-14 08:41 |