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2004-07-05 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2004-07-05 10:07|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "King" Hamad and PM Khalid, who have made every effort to undo everything the Little Emir accomplished over 50 years, will have lots of available housing soon - to put their 'Slamists in, I guess. I'm sure their merchant community will prolly thank them profusely for ridding them of the annoying Expats and their filthy American money, too. More kumbahya.

Posted by .com 2004-07-05 1:37:44 PM|| 2004-07-05 1:37:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 #1 .com:
"King" Hamad and PM Khalid, who have made
every effort to undo everything the Little
Emir accomplished over 50 years ..."

Would you elaborate?

Posted by Anonymous5546 2004-07-05 2:35:44 PM|| 2004-07-05 2:35:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 One of the first things the new "king" did was to give amnesty to all of the Islamist exiles that the Emir had rooted out and tossed. They've come home, now, and have taken up where they left off - trying to turn Bahrain into a Shari'a State. Recall the demonstrations that began within months of the "king" being enshrined? Bingo.

I miss the Emir - he was an interesting, tough, and pragmatic guy.

Posted by .com 2004-07-05 2:46:21 PM|| 2004-07-05 2:46:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Off Topic, but what has happened to the formatting on RB???? It is all over the map. It looked like someone spilled 5 gallons of hilite paint all over this section...

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-07-05 5:07:20 PM|| 2004-07-05 5:07:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey! Learn to embrace change AP! Think of it as moving a beloved runway 30 degrees.

Posted by The Rev Dr Shipman 2004-07-05 5:22:39 PM|| 2004-07-05 5:22:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 If any of the Editors show up, all they need to do is delete comment #1 under this story:
http://www.rantburg.com/Default.asp?D=7/5/2004&C=-Short Attention Span Theater-#37225

And all will be well. Broken HTML. No big deal, really.

Use Page 2 as your "home" and it looks wonderful again.

Posted by .com 2004-07-05 5:58:01 PM|| 2004-07-05 5:58:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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