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What's going on in Bahrain?!?

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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:29
If anything went down here, I would highly recommend a mass exodus from expats. Or mass purchases of Abayas! Nowt will happen here, not now at this moment. Even in BAH i wouldn't be concerned.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:27
I wouldn't dismiss problems anywhere. Especially not in coutries where the locals are outrageously outranked by foreigners and where the loss of identity and the impact of the recession IS creating tension . . .
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:27
I remember staying in Bahrain on and off for a few years and there were very small protests in the street. There were whispers of a future uprising and being on high alert from Bahraini's but expats always said " never here" My point being you never know everything that is festering Expats who have lived in BAH know exactly what its all about and it will come its never been a secret, its all to do with the PM.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:27
SW.....codes cannot be used. That is apparent now. and there was I hoping. code? goodness how blatant do you have to be now? Shellly obviously has post baby brain and Freckles, well, just not in form. Freckles is right out of it. must be camping brains in gear
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:26
If anything went down here, I would highly recommend a mass exodus from expats.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:26
SW.....codes cannot be used. That is apparent now. and there was I hoping. code? goodness how blatant do you have to be now? Shellly obviously has post baby brain and Freckles, well, just not in form.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:24
I remember staying in Bahrain on and off for a few years and there were very small protests in the street. There were whispers of a future uprising and being on high alert from Bahraini's but expats always said " never here" My point being you never know everything that is festering
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:24
SW.....codes cannot be used. That is apparent now. and there was I hoping.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:21
Good lord does Ess have to spell everything out you two? Please not use of word "WE", where else do you think "WE" would be outer Mongolia?
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:20
we have been on high a l e r t for many days now. only a matter of time. Here in Dubai?
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:20
All that needs to happen in BAH is the PM to step down and the CP step up, everyone will be happy then. Can't see the UAE nationals bothering to get excited about anything.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:19
we have been on high a l e r t for many days now. only a matter of time. the UAE?
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:16
we have been on high a l e r t for many days now. only a matter of time.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 10:14
The telegraph has some very interesting articles. Bahrain needs to clamp down on some of its Imans with a political agenda.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 07:12
this guy http://twitter.com/dr_davidson should take a look at Frank Gardner's tweets - he is the BBC ME correspondent and has been for years... lived in Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi and Dubs..... was shot by Al Qaeda in Riyadh in 2003 or 4 (well when i was there). really quite knowledgeable about the region. do you have his link? Interesting as this is the first I have heard about UAE possibly joining the protests. Do you think it may happen? I was pretty sure that it wouldn't For some strange reason can only get into Twitter on BB - his twitter name is FrankRGardner. Not sure i want to discuss my views on here.... you can email me at Izzy99izzy at gmail if you want to discuss offline.... ok will do thanks
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 07:11
this guy http://twitter.com/dr_davidson should take a look at Frank Gardner's tweets - he is the BBC ME correspondent and has been for years... lived in Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi and Dubs..... was shot by Al Qaeda in Riyadh in 2003 or 4 (well when i was there). really quite knowledgeable about the region. do you have his link? Interesting as this is the first I have heard about UAE possibly joining the protests. Do you think it may happen? I was pretty sure that it wouldn't For some strange reason can only get into Twitter on BB - his twitter name is FrankRGardner. Not sure i want to discuss my views on here.... you can email me at Izzy99izzy at gmail if you want to discuss offline....
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 06:58
The case of the Bidoon (stateless peoples) is incredibly sad. They are people who have lived as tribes among the Arabs since about the 50's before the emirates even became a state. Many of them are from Iran but speak arabic and all their customs and traiditions are Emirati. It is reported that there live more than 100 000 Bidoon in the UAE alone. They have no documents, are trapped here, treated with little respect and can't even travel beyond the borders of the UAE.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 06:57
this guy http://twitter.com/dr_davidson should take a look at Frank Gardner's tweets - he is the BBC ME correspondent and has been for years... lived in Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi and Dubs..... was shot by Al Qaeda in Riyadh in 2003 or 4 (well when i was there). really quite knowledgeable about the region. do you have his link? Interesting as this is the first I have heard about UAE possibly joining the protests. Do you think it may happen? I was pretty sure that it wouldn't
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 06:51
this guy http://twitter.com/dr_davidson should take a look at Frank Gardner's tweets - he is the BBC ME correspondent and has been for years... lived in Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi and Dubs..... was shot by Al Qaeda in Riyadh in 2003 or 4 (well when i was there). really quite knowledgeable about the region.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 06:42
Someone has tweeted that marches are planned in UAE for next few weeks....disenfranchised will march on the palace in front of cameras. No idea where this info has come from or if it is true Also says from those who are stateless - not really sure how they UAE gov will look on that aspect of it... am sure it will not be tolerated....
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 06:37
this guy http://twitter.com/dr_davidson
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 06:36
Someone has tweeted that marches are planned in UAE for next few weeks....disenfrahcised will march on the palace in front of cameras. No idea where this info has come from or if it is true
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 06:21
Bahrain has always been very volatile.... There is a shia majority which are very much treated as second class citizens, barred from top jobs and from time to time rounded up and imprisoned for no real reason (actually know a bahraini shia who was jailed for political reasons - or rather no reason). There are protests quite regularly in Bahrain and the events in Egypt and Libya have spurred them on. There has been protests for 4 days now, on day one a 21 year old was killed by the police. Looks like the riot police are out to crush the protesters, scores injured and some more deaths.... King of Bahrain has said that there will be some reforms but Bahrain is the most liberal of all the GCC countries.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 06:11
eugh kids watching their programmes....what is it?
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2011 - 05:44
CNN breaking news...
 
 

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