Posted on 05/11/2013 1:35:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
On April 7, 2013, the Bahraini government approved a proposal by parliament to compile a list of terrorist organizations and to enter Hizbullah onto it, and ordered the interior and foreign ministries to take steps to implement this resolution. This is an unprecedented move in the Arab world, which comes after the exposure of terrorist cells and attacks in Bahrain that are attributed to this Lebanese Shi'ite organization, and following Shi'ite protests in the kingdom that began in February 2011, which the Bahraini government claimed had been guided and funded by Iran and Hizbullah.
The Bahraini authorities' fear of involvement in the country by Hizbullah and Iran stems from their fear that Iran could use Bahrain's largely Shi'ite population to take over the country and make it an "Iranian province." In this context, it should be mentioned that a July 2007 article published by the editor of the Iranian daily Kayhan, Hossein Shariatmadari, stated, among other things, that "Bahrain is part of Iran's soil, having been separated from it through an illegal conspiracy [spawned] by... Shah [Pahlavi, in conjunction with] the American and British governments. The principal demand of the Bahraini people today is to return this province, which was separated from Iran, to its mother, Islamic Iran..."[1]
The Bahraini government press praised Hizbullah's inclusion in the list of terrorist organizations and saw it as "the fulfillment of a popular demand;" conversely, the Shi'ite opposition, led by the Al-Wefaq movement, condemned the move, claiming that the Bahraini regime is the one that uses terrorism against the Bahraini people and against those demanding reforms. It should be mentioned that Iran also condemned the Bahraini move, but Hizbullah itself has yet to comment.
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...and yet it is on no list in the W. H
Or the EU. One day these gelded wonders will agree on the colour of shyte (my favorite line from Braveheart).
[singing] everything’s coming up roses...
Thanks Eleutheria5.
Wow, one Arab nation has had the ba__s to step boldly into the 20th Century.
Politically speaking that is...
As goes Bahrain, so goes the GCC
Bahrain 20th Century politically...
Obama 15th to 17th Century politically...
Bert, I’m sorry, but I’m drawing a blank on the GCC.
Gulf Cooperation Council.
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qater, UAE (Dubai , Abu Dhabi, Sarjah), Oman.
Although separate nations they dropped inter country pass port and trade restrictions. Free travel is permitted. Saudi companies can have offices in Dubai and visa versa. Kuwati importers distribute through out the group etc. They have adopted common standards and while not united states, have grown close.
Not bad. One tiny oil Sheikdom makes it after 500 years of stagnation. Yup. Arab civilization. They stole Algebra from the Assyrians, or something, once.
Thanks Bert. I didn’t realize those policies were in effect.
I hear ya!
Bert had some interesting comments related to this here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3018281/posts?page=10#10
Not because they are “terrorists,” per se, I would submit, but because they are not “their” terrorists (but, rather, Iran’s).
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