On the 6th of this month, we woke up to the news that the Bahrain Charge d’Affairs in Iraq has been shot and wounded in a botched kidnapping attempt. Hassan Al-Ansari’s quick thinking saved his life. In a separate incident, the Egyptian ambassador was kidnapped, and later killed according to reports. Terrorists in Iraq seem …
2006 is oh so close I could almost smell it! Why, You ask? Elections of course! The time to boot out all of the jokers in parliament and hopefully replace them with better people who won’t chase capital away from the island, who will recognise terrorists and call them as such, who won’t object to …
The US Consulate in Jeddah has been attacked today with 12 people killed, 3 of which are the attackers themselves from a group of 5. 2 have been apprehended, although injured presumably by gunfire and are in the hands of the authorities. Our condolences go to the families of the bereaved. It is yet another …
Soon Mohammed Khalid will be lifting his thobe and doing the ‘ardha’ in the streets to welcome home the boys.
Bahrain hopes that six Guantanamo prisoners might be repatriated soon as the talks to finalize the deal with the U.S. are expected to take place during the coming months. The authorities in Bahrain have agreed to have its six prisoners repatriated, Deputy Mohammed Khalid was cited as saying by a local English daily. “Negotiations with …