Now we learn today from the Pakistan Government that they had let the US forces use a private airport about 17 miles away, and that they were aware that two C130 transport/command and control aeroplanes landed there with some BlackHawk chopper gunships, and also that some 80 US troops entered the ground floor where all the people were handcuffed with plastic bracelets, ,photgraphs sold to the US press show three of the five assassinated, with blood cascading out of their eyes, ears, nose and mouths in classical murder style! Moreover, whoever was the principle resident of the house had been under police watch for the last six months??
Actually, the so-called Bahrani monarchy have always been in a daze about their ascendency into' Rulers', even the current familiy could hardly believe their luck that they had become sheiks let alone kings? And in the current phase of popular enfranchisement, they will most likely agree to anything to maintain their previous status, except, that is the stragetic interests of the american empire which are most likely to persuaded them to adopt a " libanise political soloution ". A soloution whereby a tri-party secular regime of business moguls are empowered to run this persian gulf strategique island and to offer a post-Beirut role in a future limited role as a tax haven-cum-trading post!
I can only the surmise that the participation of "guest workers in Bahrain" in the current popular movement for change, is subject to their individual contract status and nationality. For example for those hundreds of thousands living in crampt encampments who work in the construction and related industries, mainly orignating from Asia, will be like a similar number from that region employed in the hospitality industry (including very many home service industry workers), self-constrained to act, by fear of deportation and indebitness and worse! And the others from Europe and the west will not want to offend their Bahraini clients who pay them tax-free and retain their passport,etc, until the job is finished to the clients total satisfaction. So except a few site workers who have been able to joint the crowds and to listen to the speech-making on the streets, their participation is likely to be minimal. But not to say that such site workers have not protested publicly against their Bahrain employers in the past, but on a much smaller scale. Also but not openly discussed by the media, is the very deep general feeling among those guest workers, and the national Bahrani who are unemployed, is a yearning on the part of the shia majoritity to enjoy the same prospects and benefits of their co-religionist in Iran, by ending the artifical division of the Island of Bahrain from its original homeland Persia ( todays, republic of Iran) which less than half-a-century ago was given up to the British in a secret treaty by the monarchial userper the Shah of Persia.
The whole economy of Bahrain is in fact based upon "cheap labour", Long gone are the days of the highly renowned pearl diving industry, also the previous era of an oil refinery state subcontracting oil products for Kuwait, Irak,Iran and other producers, And in a way Bahrain has attempted to rival Beirut in entrepot services and banking, all of this growth was based upon the original pearl-fishing families who sought diversification from the pearl trade. Just as relevant, Britian has always sought to be the hidden hand behind the Kingdom (as once in Lebanon its ME intelligence resources were relocated to Bahrain) and to protect its post-Suez interests it willing became secret funder and organisator of the Bahraini police and armed forces, managed by well trusted former British colony security experts from Africa and Asia. This semi-colonial approach is replicated in its labour market today.
Underlying the current public awakening in Bahrain, is not only the three seperate elements that make up the public fury, the so-called guest workers mainly indentured in enslaved working conditions, the similarly the less-employed Bahraini shia co-religionists and throughout all ethnic segements the 'next generation' including even young Sunni boys and girls. Todays unrest is driven in Bahrain and elsewhere by the next generation who wish to aspire and share the ambitions of young people around the world, and this is an aspiration that does not include any desire for kings and Queens, monarchial or celebrity?
Now we learn today from the Pakistan Government that they had let the US forces use a private airport about 17 miles away, and that they were aware that two C130 transport/command and control aeroplanes landed there with some BlackHawk chopper gunships, and also that some 80 US troops entered the ground floor where all the people were handcuffed with plastic bracelets, ,photgraphs sold to the US press show three of the five assassinated, with blood cascading out of their eyes, ears, nose and mouths in classical murder style! Moreover, whoever was the principle resident of the house had been under police watch for the last six months??
Actually, the so-called Bahrani monarchy have always been in a daze about their ascendency into' Rulers', even the current familiy could hardly believe their luck that they had become sheiks let alone kings? And in the current phase of popular enfranchisement, they will most likely agree to anything to maintain their previous status, except, that is the stragetic interests of the american empire which are most likely to persuaded them to adopt a " libanise political soloution ". A soloution whereby a tri-party secular regime of business moguls are empowered to run this persian gulf strategique island and to offer a post-Beirut role in a future limited role as a tax haven-cum-trading post!
I can only the surmise that the participation of "guest workers in Bahrain" in the current popular movement for change, is subject to their individual contract status and nationality. For example for those hundreds of thousands living in crampt encampments who work in the construction and related industries, mainly orignating from Asia, will be like a similar number from that region employed in the hospitality industry (including very many home service industry workers), self-constrained to act, by fear of deportation and indebitness and worse! And the others from Europe and the west will not want to offend their Bahraini clients who pay them tax-free and retain their passport,etc, until the job is finished to the clients total satisfaction. So except a few site workers who have been able to joint the crowds and to listen to the speech-making on the streets, their participation is likely to be minimal. But not to say that such site workers have not protested publicly against their Bahrain employers in the past, but on a much smaller scale. Also but not openly discussed by the media, is the very deep general feeling among those guest workers, and the national Bahrani who are unemployed, is a yearning on the part of the shia majoritity to enjoy the same prospects and benefits of their co-religionist in Iran, by ending the artifical division of the Island of Bahrain from its original homeland Persia ( todays, republic of Iran) which less than half-a-century ago was given up to the British in a secret treaty by the monarchial userper the Shah of Persia.
The whole economy of Bahrain is in fact based upon "cheap labour", Long gone are the days of the highly renowned pearl diving industry, also the previous era of an oil refinery state subcontracting oil products for Kuwait, Irak,Iran and other producers, And in a way Bahrain has attempted to rival Beirut in entrepot services and banking, all of this growth was based upon the original pearl-fishing families who sought diversification from the pearl trade. Just as relevant, Britian has always sought to be the hidden hand behind the Kingdom (as once in Lebanon its ME intelligence resources were relocated to Bahrain) and to protect its post-Suez interests it willing became secret funder and organisator of the Bahraini police and armed forces, managed by well trusted former British colony security experts from Africa and Asia. This semi-colonial approach is replicated in its labour market today.
Underlying the current public awakening in Bahrain, is not only the three seperate elements that make up the public fury, the so-called guest workers mainly indentured in enslaved working conditions, the similarly the less-employed Bahraini shia co-religionists and throughout all ethnic segements the 'next generation' including even young Sunni boys and girls. Todays unrest is driven in Bahrain and elsewhere by the next generation who wish to aspire and share the ambitions of young people around the world, and this is an aspiration that does not include any desire for kings and Queens, monarchial or celebrity?