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Gregory White Business Insider 3/16/2011 First, what’s happening right now: Protesters in Bahrain are being killed by police officers in street conflicts, in what appears to be a campaign of fear by the country’s authorities to thwart the sort of political revolution that was staged in Egypt. Saudi Arabian, UAE, and Qatari troops are also […] March 16th, 2011 | Tags: Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, oil shipments, Saudi Arabia, Shi'a, Strait of Hormuz, Sunni, U.S. Navy 5th Fleet | Category: Energy, Iran, Islam, Middle East, Military, State Department | Comments are closed
Melanie Phillips The Spectator [UK] 16th February 2011 Egypt is now under a military dictatorship once again with precious little prospect of true democratic reform or human rights. It has also been reported that an Islamist theocratic fanatic has been appointed to head Egypt’s Constitutional Committee. So much for all those hailing the fall of […] February 16th, 2011 | Tags: 'green movement', 'religion of peace', Bahrain, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, hypocrisy, Lara Logan, Mika Brzezinski, Niall Ferguson | Category: Barack Obama, Iran, Islam, Media accountability, Middle East, Progressives, Social networking websites, Video | Comments are closed
AlJazeera.net 5/19/2010 The government of Bahrain has issued a decree to shut down Al Jazeera’s bureau in the capital, Manama, citing what it called the TV channel’s “breach of media norms”. In a statement on Tuesday, Bahrain’s culture and information ministry accused the network of “flouting the laws regulating the press and publishing” in the […] May 19th, 2010 | Tags: Al-Jazeera, Bahrain | Category: journalism, Middle East | Comments are closed
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