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By Ethan Bronner, New York Times, March 14, 2011
CAIRO —Troops from Saudi Arabia and police officers from the United Arab Emirates crossed into Bahrain on Monday under the aegis of the Gulf Cooperation Council to help quell unrest there, a move Bahraini opposition groups denounced in a statement as an “occupation.”
The deployments were confirmed by the state-run Bahrain News Agency and the foreign minister of the Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan....
.....Sheik Abdullah said the U.A.E. had dispatched 500 police officers with the Saudi forces and that other Gulf states would also send troops. His remarks suggested an escalating intervention. “There are other Gulf countries which are going to participate to support the Bahrain government, and to get calm and order in Bahrain — and to help both the Bahraini government and people to reach a solution,”......
Saudi soldiers sent into Bahrain
Al Jazeera, March 14, 2011
Saudi troops and police from UAE deployed to Gulf neighbour to help protect government facilities after weeks of unrest.
Comments
by artappraiser on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 8:51pm
Seznec argues this is mostly a slap in the face of the US because it comes right after Sec. Gates' Bahrain visit and is not otherwise necessary:
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 7:16am
Nothing to see here so move along...it's nothing more than another distraction...pay attention to the GOPer's and the MSM in the US using events overseas. like this and Japan, to distract our attention away from what they're doing.
by Beetlejuice on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 1:51pm
The Saudi government never ceases to amaze in its attention to, as their Information Minister puts it, "exceptional precision":
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 5:07pm
More armored vehicle training for Saudis, courtesy of Lockheed, approved by the U.S. Defense Dept.:
Which makes me question Seznac's analysis from Foreignpolicy.com that I posted in a comment above. Either that or our State Dept. and our Defense Dept.are at war again. or at the very least not communicating very well. I'll give them the benefit of a chronology problem and a surprise, still this news is kind of damning.
For anyone slow on the uptake of the relationship here, this is the picture that has accompanied most news stories of Saudi troops entering Bahrain:
Photo source: The New York Times article linked to on the title of this post.
Photo cedit: Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 5:27pm
Just an FYI.
I was on a Bahrain blog several weeks ago and the commenters were posting eye witness accounts of Saudi troops entering the country in the days after that whole Pearl Roundabout conflict where protesters were shot.
So, this is really new in terms of scope and being officially acknowledged.
by kgb999 on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 5:30pm
Comes to mind that it wouldn't surprise if the majority Saudi populace thinks that and this is the right and proper thing to do, along the lines of keeping Shia troublemakers (and what I imagine might be thought of as "their hooligan Sunni youth enablers") in their place as an obedient and grateful underclass.
Also, apparently the Bahrain royal family is a bickering mess, not capable of "precision." Sometimes when that happens the other tribal elders got to come in and teach em a thing or two?
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 6:02pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:33pm