I would guess the Pakistan Army has given the Gulf States their support for this diplomatic brinkmanship. If the Pakistan Gov sever diplomatic ties as well then we have a completely different ball game. The Mad Mullahs are slowly but steadily marching into a two front war. They are shaping a strategic shit-storm consisting of several hundred thousand Pak Army troops on their eastern frontier and the same numbers of Arabs on a western frontier (bolstered by tens of thousands of Pak regulars) Read more [...]

Hundreds of Shiites in Bahrain have taken to the streets, lashing out at Saudi authorities for the high-profile execution of a prominent Shiite cleric over the weekend. Peaceful protesters held images of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as rioters set fire to cars, and authorities in the Persian Gulf nation opened fire with tear gas. Saudi Arabia’s execution of Nimr may have been intended to show resolve against a Shiite opposition, but now Bahrain, which neighbors Saudi Arabia and has Read more [...]

Bahrain joined Saudi Arabia in severing ties with Iran in the biggest meltdown in relations between the Middle Eastern powers in almost three decades, raising the specter of deepening conflicts across the volatile region.The Saudi government gave Iran’s ambassador 48 hours to leave after protesters set its embassy in Tehran on fire on Sunday following the execution of Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr, a critic of the kingdom’s treatment of its Shiite minority.Bahrain, a staunch Saudi ally, yesterday Read more [...]

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