Your exalted excellency, you are in excellent company here, sir, do relax and enjoy the festivities in your honour and let whoever asks for reparations with your past be damned. You are – after all – a retired gentleman of 81 and could not be held responsible for bygone eras, surely. The world’s powers – to one of which you belong – have turned a blind eye, and why shouldn’t they, it has become their culture. Generations who will continue to have nightmares for the rest of their lives and those who succeed them be damned. The almighty Pound and Dollar rule supreme.
Welcome welcome your excellency, to the land of milk and honey!
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It would be good to get a transcript of the conversation that went on. Was it recorded?
I understand it went something like this:
Shehabi: When are you going to apologise for the people of Bahrain for your crimes and fully disclose your role, like the apartheid officers in South Africa?
Henderson: I did nothing wrong, it was you the opposition in London that was wrong.
Shehabi: So who tortured and killed Saeed Eskafi and Nooh Alnooh?
Henderson: Well it’s natural to have casualties in situations like this.
and so on…
Brave encounter by Shehabi with an evil man once called the “Butcher of Bahrain”
I thought it was the almighty oil dollar that ruled supreme?
Depends on how you look at it, but it seems you can’t have one without the other. Vicious and viscous circle.
its like a big joke. it really really is, like a huge joke; the news doesn’t sound real at all. But hey, with Bahrain, expect anything.
😈 It’s a ploy by the MOI to “lure” Mr. Henderson back to our little island and then arrest him!! 👿
SLAP!!! 😳
Thanks for that, guess I was dreaming again…. 🙄
Santa Clause is coming to town!
Where is the king from all of this?
الأسماء التالية هيلضباط قام الشيخ ØÂمد بمنØÂهم أوسمة بتاريخ 29/3/2000Ù… تكريماً لهم على ما قدموه من( خدمات جليلة ) للبØÂرين0
(انظر الجريدة الرسمية الصادرة ÙÂÙŠ29 مارس 2000ØŒ لتقرأ ÙÂيها أسماء الذينمنØÂوا “أوسمة البØÂرين” منالدرجات الأولى والثانية)
Several names were honoured (on 29 March 2000) by the Al-Khalifa including (names are re-translated from Arabic and hence may have different spelling):
1. Ian Henderson,
2. Raymond Michael Mather Lou,
3. N. C. G. Raffle,
4. J. Stone,
5. Fernon Barry Wamsley,
6. A. B. McInt (or MacKent),
7. Donald Joseph Bryan,
8. Samuel B. Ishaq,
9. James Windsor,
10. David B. R. Darby.
The honouring of these intelligence and interior ministry officers by the Al-Khalifa shows that they are intent on continuing to repress the citizens of Bahrain.
Other security officers honoured by the Amir for their inhuman services were:
1. Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Khalifa
2. Rashid Khalifa Al-Khalifa
3. Khalid Mohammed Al-Khalifa
4. Abdul Aziz Atteyat-Allah Al-Khalifa
5. Isa Ahmed Al-Khalifa
6. Ahmed Abdul Rahman Bu-Ali
7. Hassan Isa Al-Hassan
8. Mohammed Jasim Al-Thawadi
9. Abdl Salam Mohammed Al-Ansari
10. Abdulla Mohammed Jabr Al-Musallam
11. Rabea Hamad Senan
12. Abdul Rahman Rashid Al-Khalifa
13. Mohamed Ali Fadl Al-Nuaimi
14. Duaij Khalifa Al-Khalifa
15. Abdul Ghaffar Abdul Aziz
16. Khalifa Sultan Al-Khalifa
17. Naser Mohamed Jabr Al-Musallam
18. Isa Abdulla Bu-Khowwah
19. Khalifa Ahmed Al-Ghatam
20. Isa Rashid Flaifel
21. Faisal Salim Rashid Al-Absi
22. Rashid Abdul Aziz Al-Khalifa
23. Farooq Salman Al-Maawdah
24. Ahmed Abdulla Al-Abbasi
25. Kamal Abdul Rashid
26. Faez Ahmed Melik
27. Hamad Abdulla Al-Khalifa
28. Ahmed Hasan Al-Dowseri
29. Abdulla Isa Jabr Al-Mussalam
30. Khalifa Mobarak Al-Ghatam
31. Khalifa Salman Al-Khalifa
32. Salman Mohammed Al-Khalifa
33. Ali Duaij Al-Bin-Ali
34. Mohammed Aziz Jalal Khan
35. Javid Latif Kalon
36. Abdulla Salman Al-Maawdah
37. Isa Mohammed Al-Dowsery
38. Adel Jasim Mohammed Flaifel
39. Soud Haji Abdulla
40. Salim Khalifa saad Moftah
41. Abdul Rahman Saqr Al-Khalifa
42. Sabah Duaij Al-Khalifa
43. Mobarak Ahmed Al-Fadil
44. Mohammed Hamad Al-Maawdeh
45. Awatef Hasan Al-Jeshi
46. Ibrahim Habib Al-Ghaith
47. Ali Abdulla Al-Khalifa
48. Naji Fahad Al-Hashel
49. Sultan Ali Al-Suleiti
50. Abdulla Seif Al-Nuaimi
51. Mahmood Hussain Al-Akkori
52. Abdulla Abdul Latif Al-Sadeh
53. Mobrak Najim Al-Najim
54. Monira Ahmed Al-Khalifa
55. Zakkiyya Isa Al-Darraj
56. Nora Abdulla Al-Khalifa
The Butcher is back… 👿
Teflon coated grade A bastard. He has a permanent home up someone’s ass that’s for certain. 👿
I was under the impression that he has always been in Bahrain!
Yes, he was occupying my guest room for years!
In all seriousness, don’t worry guys, the good folks at BYSHR are preparing something to protest this.
What a synopsis!. Thanks brother Mahmood. AbuRasool
The No.1 Bahraini butcher 👿 came back
Nobody in Bahrain will forgive for his
torture crimes.
Isn’t this the man who tied the Mau Maus in Kenya onto a grill”sizzling them like sausages” discussed in the British Parliament in the fifties?
yes
I wonder if #38 on the list, the notorious Adel Flaifel, is still also highly regarded by the King… or has his honouring been revoked?
what do you think? 😉
SBG,
He has been living in the south of England since 2000. Carlton did a documentary on him in 2003 I believe, implicating him in the Bahrain atrocities as well as the Kenyan atrocities.
Its pretty obvious that the government wants to make a clear message by publicizing his arrival. I think that message is “Fuck You!”
I don’t think he has been living in England over the past few years. He actually is shit-scared of a case being brought against him so his lawyers request clearance from the British police everytime he enters the UK and re-assurance that no charges will be pressed against him.
The human rights organisations on his case, like Redress, have been actively pursuing Henderson but were intentionally deceived by Scotland Yard regarding the exact date of his arrival.
This case against Henderson needs some intensive lobbying. It is morally wrong that Bahrain has given him a safe haven where his own country, the UK will hold him account.
I suggest some kind of collaboration with any Kenyan activists to build a joint case against this man. He is completely unrepentant.
Interesting minutes of the British Parliament (thanks eMoodz for the heads-up) which interested parties might want to read. They have been made by George Gallaway on the 3rd of June, 1997:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/22/wbahrain122.xml
a Midas black gold situation wrapped up in Sunni-Shia-Christian-jewish fundamentalism.
Anyone heard the rumours that someone is very seriously ill with a blood clot on the brain and undergoing treatment in Germany?
There is Murtadha Bader (ex Muni council) who was in Jordan with a similar problem and who is now sponsored by the PM to get fixed in the Saad Hospital in Khobar…
Who else?
think bigger, mahmood. A lot bigger
Okh, I’m outta touch there. Whoever it is, I hope for a speedy recovery.
OK guys, just a short question: whose order was Henderson following?
Why not chase after those first and launch your civil cases? Hold them to account first, after all they live here don’t they and are known to most of us.
That philosophy is correct, but flawed. With this, the only person who the allies should have gone after is Hitler, and as he killed himself, well, the other generals can’t be prosecuted as “they were just following orders” weren’t they?
But your question demonstrates why having a full Truth and Reconciliation Commission is so important. We have many wounds that need attended to and healed and only by full disclosure and owning up to wrongs made are we to finally turn the page and get on with our lives, rather than what we are doing now, stumbling toward catastrophe.
Mahmood, I said:
with ‘first’ being the operative word.
and, ‘correct but flawed’ does not make sense, as well as noting that I did not invoke the ‘I was only following orders’ defense.
Henderson should be held to account for what he did, but I notice the ease with which many people run after him FIRST rather than take on thornier targets at home. We Bahrainis (well, in my opinion most of us) like to sound off on other, softer targets in public forums (like this one) while we let the more virulent culprits off the ‘public shaming’ hook. Why? because we are far too scared to follow through and publically, identifiably name them (all the way up to the top) and take the consequences. Yes I am one of those also so I am a coward as well.
I admire the things you have done on Bandergate and defending yourself against Mad Bad Raj. But you are in a very small minority.
There is a band of people ready to stand and be counted on these issues and expose themselves to the consequencies, but I am not one and I suspect that I am part of the vast majority.
Let’s vent our public anger on Johnny Foreingner. After all he can’t really fight back…….
You’re right, I was having a brainfart at the time I wrote that “correct but wrong” crap! Okay, I chose the wrong phrase but I suspect you know what I mean.
As to naming names, do you notice that until today none of the national papers name the Malkiya Baron but just refer to him as “the influential one”! If his office manager has been on Al-Jazeera looking all prim and proper and his name is has always been in the public domain, why can’t our beloved, independent, courageous papers not just call him Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa? I’m sure he won’t mind his name being mentioned, especially that he himself has given an extensive interview to one of the papers during his wall’s debacle. I can’t remember the paper, if you do please let me have a link if you could (anyone).
My insistence on a commission for truth and reconciliation emphasises the fact that we (Bahrainis) are not seeking revenge. What we are rather, is to seek social justice in order for us to live in harmony and jointly prosper. The mandate of that commission should not be restricted; in that it should have access to anyone they deem necessary to talk to and if warranted, ask for an unrestricted apology to those who have been wronged should sufficient evidence be available which implicates that person, be that the prime minister or any other high or low official. This is absolutely necessary for us to go forward.
If you notice, there are now 11 associations pushing through this Truth and Reconciliation Commission mandate and the king himself has given them his blessings. They are due to launch their program on Dec 10th, the international day for victims of torture. That is a good step an dit is in the right direction.
Therefore, on a higher level the public institutions are putting the framework for accountability. There is no harm then for people to voice their indignation, concern and demand for a torturer to be brought to justice. He will not be the only one to be put on the spot, I assure you.
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