Thousands protest Zionist atrocities(Bahrain:site of US Air and Naval base)

Gulf Daily News ^ | 4/06/02 | staff

[LarryLied]

Unusual for Bahrain, we need these bases.

[LarryLied]

Ping to the half dozen or so freepers interested in Bahrain and our troops there.

[Pipers]

Have the Israelis blown up the church where Our Savior Jesus Christ was born yet?

[LarryLied]

A relative in the AFR flies into Bahrain from Massachusetts on a regular basis so I've been reading the Gulf News on and off for a few years. This is unusual for them. Be bad news if we lost the naval and air base in Bahrain. Don't think we will, this seems under control. There are changes afoot in the region for sure however:

Contingency Plan Shifts Saudi Base To Qatar ^

[piasa]

No, by the time 200 terrorists without toilet paper have crapped all over the interior, and wiped their left hands on the vestments, the Israelis will probably have to help the priests shovel it out and have the place repaired and decontaminated.

[samtheman]

We don't need bases in unfriendly countries. We need more carrier groups.

[bourbon]

WOMEN of all nationalities are to hold a silent demonstration in support of the people of Palestine in front of the UN House in Hoora today.

Really? Were there Israeli women among their number?

the global phenomenon Women in Black.

What is this a consortium of angst-ridden art students!? I'm scared.

[SalukiLawyer]

People who possess both a deeply held devotion to nonsense and explosives are hard to deal with.

[LarryLied]

We don't need bases in unfriendly countries. We need more carrier groups.

Bahrain is friendly. And you can't land a C-5 Galaxy on a carrier (more groups would be nice however). A lot of stuff we needed in Afghanistan passed through Bahrain.

[samtheman]

I wouldn't count on the friendliness of any Gulf State. Sure we used bases, because we had them and they were usable. We might not always have them. They might not always be usable. I would like to see us shift focus away from the airforce (except for long range) and on to the navy. Carrier groups is where our future military greatness lies, in my opinion. We don't need no stinking bases in stinking rag-head countries. In my opinion.

[El Gato]

200 terrorists without toilet paper have crapped all over the interior

They won't be doing too awfully much of that sort of thing, because if you don't eat, you don't "go", and there is not all that much food in the place, as I understand it, but in the meantime, can you imagine the stench. Actually I can, since my mother's family were farmers, which included pigs, which smell almost as bad as regular humans but probably not as bad as these terrorists. Father's brother lived in a one room trailer for a long time, with a honey bucket for use during cold weather, and this was Nebraska, where the weather does indeed get quite cold at times, PU!. Two hundred people, maybe three hundred, using whatever is available has got to really stink. Gonna be a requirement for lots of ex-lax though after they come out, assuming they come out vertical rather than horizontal.

[mtman]

"Were there Israeli women among their number?"....No...They went shopping instead...

[JustAmy]

BUMP

[Lion's Cub]

More "Women in Black" activity in 3rd story of original post.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

PING

[hellinahandcart]

Have the Israelis blown up the church where Our Savior Jesus Christ was born yet?

Sorry to disappoint you, but may be a long time before that happens---so for now, you might want to take your hand out of your pants.

[hellinahandcart]

"Silence of the American Lambs"? Would it make any sense even in Arabic?