Understanding your MO doesn't make it so astounding. You posted a pure propaganda piece and alerted Vets by adding what you did to the title. There are many other articles on this protest at the EMBASSY. But your title made it seem as if US Troops were directly involved in this and they weren't. The long and short of it is that I simply don't believe you were concerned at all about the truth of anything or you would have posted the truth. The Fifth Fleet is not in danger and Bahrain needs us too much to allow them to be put in harm's way at any rate.
How is it you say your brother-in-law is Military but you didn't know there is not an Air Base of ours there? Why is your relative in Bahrain evry week? 'Splain yourself, Larry. Inquiring minds want to know.
Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain
25°55'06"N 50°35'26"E
Shaikh-Isa Air Base is located on the 240-square-mile island nation of Bahrain, situated off Saudia Arabia’s eastern coast. The first expeditionary force went to Shaikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain in October 1995. The 366th Air Expeditionary Wing deployed to Shaikh Isa AB [aka Sheik Isa / Shaikh Asa], Bahrain from 24 September 1997 through 02 Octber 1997, with 6 F-15C, 6 F-15E, 10 F-16, 2 B-1B, and 2 KC-135. The 366 AEW from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, deployed F-15s, F-16s, B-1 bombers, and KC-135s to Shaikh Isa, Bahrain. During its deployment, the wing flew 444 sorties in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Elements of a Patriot Battery from the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas, were also sent to Bahrain to provide ground air defense for the AEW. Enhanced Southern Watch activities included deployments to Prince Sultan and Eskan, Saudi Arabia; Al Jaber and Ali Al-Salem, Kuwait; Al Dhafra, United Air of Emirates; Seeb, Oman; Al Udeid, Qatar; and Shaikh Asa, Bahrain.Following the arrival of the wing’s 44 aircraft and 1200 personnel at Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain, in March 1999, the 366th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron developed an environmental program that utilized available host nation resources. For the next 75 days, the wing met the stringent requirements of the Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document (OEBGD) and the Air Force Handbook 10-222 Volume 4, Environmental Guide for Contingency Operations. Their efforts resulted in the operation of a highly effective hazardous waste management program and the Air Force’s first-ever full-scale recycling program for an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF). The 366th Wing processed more than 70 hazardous waste increments and recycled more than 50 tons of material within 45 days. To accomplish this task, the wing sought out existing resources and formed proactive partnerships with the US Navy Administrative Support Unit (ASU) Environmental Office in Manama, Bahrain, and a scrap recycling firm in the host nation.
During Operation Desert Shield in 1990, Air Force RED HORSE units constructed a taxiway and hard stands to help protect fighter aircraft which had been parked wingtip-to-wingtip at Shaikh Isa AB in Bahrain. Virtually every square inch of ramp space in Saudi Arabia had already been taken or spoken for. Central Command assigned Marines two small airfields in the Jubayl area: Jubayl Naval Air Facility and King Abdul Aziz Naval Base. Even with these, there was no room for most of 3d Marine Aircraft Wing's fighter and attack aircraft. Marine MajGen Jeremiah Pearson, Deputy Commander, Marine Forces Central Command, approached an old friend, Shailth Khalifa bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, minister of the Bahrain Amiri Defense Forces. The Shaikh immediately offered use of a base nearing completion of construction, Shaikh Isa Air Base, plus space at the already crowded Balirain International Airport. The lack of ramp space required the services of another traditional partner of Marines in combat: the SeaBees. Captain Michael R. Johnson, USN, commanded the four naval mobile construction battalions that were forward deployed from the US Pacific Fleet. One of the first of their many engineering feats was the enlargement of ramps at Jubayl Naval Air Facility and King Abdul Aziz Naval Base and at Shaikh Isa Air Base on Bahrain.
When the Commander in Chief called for redeployment of Operation DESERT THUNDER troops and equipment, 60,000-pound Aircraft Cargo Loader/Transporter "Tunners" were pressed into action. They deployed to Shaikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain to support outload operations.
By March 2000 efforts continued towards establishing the Marine Corps as an important component player within the CENTCOM AOR. Base Support plans for Bahrain included the deployment of Marines to build 6 K-spans to support beddown plans at Shaikh Isa Airbase.
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Now find out what your brother-in-law knows about all that, and get back to me with facts instead of propaganda for female suicide bombers in the West Bank, which had absolutely NOTHING to do with any thing EXCEPT pro-pal propaganda.