F1 Trash: Bernie Ecclestone Takes a Swing At Sultans of Bahrain
This week is the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal. We will get to that shortly, but perhaps the most significant news from the Circus this week is the swing of F1 from...
View ArticleObama Administration: Don’t Cut Construction Funding to Bahrain
In its statement of Administration policy on HR 2055–which funds military construction–the Administration expressed concern that the Senate had cut $100 million funding for two projects in Bahrain. The...
View ArticleWeak State Department Response to Bahrain Ban on Protests Shows Oil Higher...
On Tuesday, Bahrain banned all public protests in its continued effort to clamp down on a protest movement that began in February of last year. The State Department issued a weak condemnation of this...
View ArticleOrigins of Bombs Mysterious Amid Continued Rights Clampdown in Bahrain
There were five bomb blasts early Monday in Bahrain, but there are serious questions about who is responsible for their construction and deployment. Two street cleaners of South Asian descent were...
View ArticleWarrick Parrots US Documentation of Iran-al Qaeda Rift, Ignores Larger...
Joby Warrick takes to the pages of the Washington Post again today in his primary function of regurgitating whatever points the US government wishes to make. In today’s installment, Warrick is...
View ArticleFresh Allegations of Torture in Bahrain
On a day when President Obama is at least making the admirable move of visiting the West Bank and speaking favorably for Palestinian statehood after his visit to Israel (to lend legitimacy to...
View ArticleShot By Government Forces or Victim of His Own Bomb: How Did Bahrain Teen Die?
The situation in Bahrain continues to spiral out of control. As Human Rights Watch noted, Barack Obama even included a reference to sectarian tensions there threatening democracy and regional stability...
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Chuck Hagel’s Tour of Failure
Hagel finally found a friend in Afghanistan. It’s hard to imagine how Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s travels this week could have gone any worse. Starting off with horrible optics, Hagel began his...
View ArticleMajor Human Rights Victory: South Korea Halts Shipment of Tear Gas to Bahrain
Last fall, a leaked document showed that Bahrain intended to make a huge purchase of tear gas. In response, Bahrain Watch and a number of other human rights groups organized a movement around the Stop...
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