Posted by seumasach on April 26, 2011
Finian Cunningham
26th April, 2011
The British royal wedding is turning swiftly into a public relations disaster, with news that Bahrain’s Crown Prince is respectfully turning down his invitation to the event because of the “situation reigning” in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Arab revolution, bahrain | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on April 19, 2011
Bill Van Auken
16th April, 2011
Hundreds protested in Saudi Arabia Friday demanding an end to the Saudi occupation of Bahrain and the release of the dictatorial kingdom’s political prisoners.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Arab revolution, bahrain, House of Saud | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on March 30, 2011
30th March, 2011
The ambassador, Jamie Brown, introduces visitors of the website of the British embassy in Bahrain to the “long history of… friendship” between London and Manama regardless of the ongoing bloody crackdown on Bahraini demonstrators.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Arab revolution, bahrain | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2011
Justin Raimondo
18th February, 2011
Of the new revolutionary eruptions, post-Egypt, perhaps the most problematic for Washington is the upsurge in Bahrain, where a Sunni king has long ruled over his predominantly Shi’ite subjects. King Hamad is a corrupt tyrant whose disregard for basic human rights was underscored by the actions of his security forces in storming a protest encampment in the capital city’s main square, murdering 5 protesters in a surprise assault in the dead of night, and wounding over 200. There are indications that at least some of the assailants were Saudis. Bahrain, a small island kingdom in the Persian Gulf, is connected to Saudi Arabia by a causeway.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: bahrain | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2011
18th February, 2011
A savage attack by police on peaceful demonstrators, many of them sleeping, in the center of Bahrain’s capital Manama early Thursday morning (approximately 3:30 a.m.) left at least six and perhaps more dead, dozens wounded and 60 missing. After firing tear gas in large quantities, hundreds of police waded into the crowd, swinging clubs and firing pellets from shotguns.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: bahrain | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2011
Pepe Escobar
18th February, 2011
The historic, Great 2011 Arab revolt is relentless – those initial jasmine winds from the Maghreb turning into sandstorms east and west and now blanketing all latitudes across Northern Africa and the Middle East all the way to Southwest Asia, in Iran.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: bahrain | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on February 16, 2011
Mark Thompson
15th February, 2011
While the troubles in Egypt and Tunisia are important in Washington’s geo-strategic calculations, they don’t rank highly in its selfish concern over real estate. All that changes when it comes to the tiny Persian Gulf state of Bahrain, an island tucked between Saudi Arabia and Qatar on the gulf’s western shore with fewer than 1 million residents. The home of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet – and a recently-launched $580 million U.S. expansion effort slated to double the U.S. Navy’s acreage there – could be in jeopardy if Bahrain’s monarchy falls.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: bahrain, End of empire | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on February 16, 2011
16th February, 2011
Thousands of people calling for political reform have spent the night on the main square in Bahrain’s capital of Manama, regional media said on Wednesday.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: bahrain | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on February 15, 2011
15th February, 2011
Bahrain is undergoing a silent revolt by pro-democracy protesters despite a violent crackdown backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, a political analyst says.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: bahrain | Leave a Comment »
In These New Times 
