Bahrain cuts ties with Qatar for meddling in internal affairs (UPDATE)

[Saviolo]

Last edited Mon Jun 5, 2017, 12:31 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Reuters

Bahrain said on Monday it cut diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing its fellow Gulf Arab state of backing terrorism and interfering in Bahrain's internal affairs.

A brief statement on the official Bahrain news agency said Bahrain, a close ally of Saudi Arabia, was also cutting air and sea contact with Qatar and was giving its citizens in Qatar 14 days to leave.

Update: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain break diplomatic ties with Qatar over 'terrorism'

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain have broken off diplomatic relations and all land sea and air contacts with fellow Gulf Arab state Qatar, in the region’s most serious diplomatic crisis in years.

Saudi Arabia on Monday said the move was necessary to protect the kingdom from what it described as terrorism and extremism. The kingdom also pulled all Qatari troops from the coalition fighting the ongoing war in Yemen.

Qatar is home to the sprawling al-Udeid Air Base, which is home to the US military’s Central Command and some 10,000 American troops. It wasn’t clear if the decision would affect American military operations. Central Command officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/05/saudi-arabia-and-bahrain-break-diplomatic-ties-with-qatar-over-terrorism

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-bahrain-idUSKBN18W075

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Summed up by two tweets on my timeline:

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[msongs]

1. sounds like inter-gang warfare nt

[LenaBaby61]

2. Well ...

You know how insanely EASY IT WILL BE for tRumputin or Crooked Jared to get his Arab coalition back together? Shouldn't take either more than maybe an hour--or LESS to get these 2 parties talking and back in love with one another again

[luvMIdog]

3. wow he managed to fuck up the only region that wasn't fighting

[brooklynite]

4. UPDATE: Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt also withdrawl diplomatic ties

[Saviolo]

5. Thanks! Updated. n/t

[Eugene]

6. This is all because Qatar questioned the Saudi hard line on Iran.

All of this "terror" talk is pretext.

From Wednesday...

Gulf Arab row rattles Trump's anti-Iran axis (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-usa-idUSKBN18R1AA

[LompocDem]

7. This crap is getting too old..

In the '90s the info given for action was fake news that shaped public opinion and was ignored by most even when exposed as such. These days even the most virulent anti Russian Americans from the '50s thru the late 80s have have softened their opinion of Russia because of party loyalty. Over 120 thousand American military personnel and a approximated 150 thousand (corrections appreciated) total NATO troops have been killed in the last 70 or so years or so by their direct support of Americas enemy's.

This is the message we should use to bury the right in 2018. Using this info and targeting the past anti communist demographic back then is IMO key to turning some deplorables into humans.

[nitpicker]

8. Link to BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40155829

[DRoseDARs]

9. Saudi Arabia? Their chief export in the 20thCen was Radical Islam.

Wahhabism, if not directly then in spirit, infected much of the Islamic world, destroying otherwise secular modern Islamic cultures (Lebanon comes to mind, as does Iran). 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudi Arabian. And they want to bitch about protecting themselves from terrorism and extremism? What the ever-loving shit is this crap? Fuck right the hell off.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Qatari planes banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space

"Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens large-scale air disruption.
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Air, land and sea links have been halted to the country from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain.
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Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE co-ordinated together to set the diplomatic withdrawal into motion, closing all transport ties to Qatar, a tiny gas-rich peninsula.

They have given all Qatari visitors and residents two weeks to leave their territory. The three countries have also banned their citizens from travelling to Qatar."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40164552


As you can see, that could be pretty difficult for Qatar. If UAE follows suit, they've got real problems.