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QATAR: Al Jazeera faces tough questions as Doha backs Saudi troops in Bahrain | Babylon... - 0 views

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Forces Rout Protesters From Bahrain Square - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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There is little evidence that the Shiite-led protests here have an Iranian sponsor or flavor. In fact, they are at least as much about demands for a democratic government as about sectarianism.
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  A welcome clarification from NYT, which has tended to frame the protests in sectarian terms.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A welcome clarification from NYT, which has tended to frame the protests in sectarian terms.</div>
  
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in the village of Sitra, a center of antimonarchy activism where the two men were killed, the mood was entirely different on Tuesday. Hundreds of young men, many armed with sticks, dominated the intersections and sought to confront dozens of policemen. Several truck drivers had placed their trucks in the middle of the main road to block the police who mostly stayed on the outskirts shooting tear gas canisters.
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the day after your defense minister came here, the Saudi troops came in. What is the United States doing to end this situation?
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The demonstrators still chant “peaceful, peaceful” but some now also carry sticks of wood and steel
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Lebanon propaganda gender sex tourism

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Saudi Troops Enter Bahrain to Put Down Unrest - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Saudi Arabia has been watching uneasily as Bahrain’s Shiite majority has staged weeks of protests against a Sunni monarchy, fearing that if the protesters prevailed, Iran, Saudi Arabia’s bitter regional rival, could expand its influence and inspire unrest elsewhere.
- Ed Webb on 15 Mar 11
  
  NB that much western coverage has framed the Bahrain uprising (and indeed the Saudi protests) in terms that fit this Saudi interpretation of events: Sunni v Shi'ite, and by proxy Saudi v Iran. A more persuasive framing would be in class terms in both cases, exploited versus ruling class; or in more straightforwardly political terms, democrats versus tyrants. Consider whose interests the sectarian framing serves.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">NB that much western coverage has framed the Bahrain uprising (and indeed the Saudi protests) in terms that fit this Saudi interpretation of events: Sunni v Shi'ite, and by proxy Saudi v Iran. A more persuasive framing would be in class terms in both cases, exploited versus ruling class; or in more straightforwardly political terms, democrats versus tyrants. Consider whose interests the sectarian framing serves.</div>
  
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This is an occupation
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This may prolong the conflict rather than put an end to it, and make it an international event rather than a local uprising
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The Gulf Cooperation Council was clearly alarmed at the prospect of a Shiite political victory in Bahrain, fearing that it would inspire restive Shiite populations in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to protest as well. The majority of the population in Saudi Arabia’s eastern provinces, where the oil is found, is Shiite, and there have already been small protests there.
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Political analysts said that it was likely that the United States did not object to the deployment in part because it, too, saw a weakened monarchy as a net benefit to Iran at a time when the United States wants to move troops out of Iraq, where Iran has already established an influence.
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Bahrain’s opposition groups issued a statement: “We consider the entry of any soldier or military machinery into the Kingdom of Bahrain’s air, sea or land territories a blatant occupation.”
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Bill O'Reilly | Bill Maher Qur'an | Mediaite - 0 views

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Bill's got a point. Maher's a real bigot when it comes to Islam.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Bill's got a point. Maher's a real bigot when it comes to Islam.</div>

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