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2004-06-23 Arabia

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Posted by Steve 2004-06-23 8:54:39 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2004-06-23 10:14:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-06-23 2:23:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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