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The brutal repression of demonstrators by the US-backed monarchies continues.

Adam Hanieh: US policy in region based on Gulf Cooperation Council ability to suppress opposition

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§ 4 Responses to The US, Gulf Kings and Brutal Repression in Bahrain

• hagle says:

  April 17, 2011 at 11:50 pm

  Let us not forget, that these Gulf kings support Libyan rebels against Qadafi.

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  • Idrees says:

    April 18, 2011 at 6:04 pm

    Some of them also support the Palestinians. I presume that means we should side with the Israelis?

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• hagle says:

  April 18, 2011 at 1:18 am

  Nir Rosen has two articles on the sectarian drift in the region.

  http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1254/prospects-for-the-sectarian-terrain-%28part-i%29

  http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1268/prospects-for-the-sectarian-terrain-%28part-ii%29

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• Egyptian PM to make a solidarity visit to Gaza while the Mubaraks are not adjusting well to prison life says:

  April 18, 2011 at 4:03 pm

  [...] protests that began on 14th February. http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/04/bahrains-brutal-equation/ The US, Gulf Kings and Brutal Repression in Bahrain The brutal repression of demonstrators by the US-backed monarchies continues. [...]

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