Home / Bahrain / Industry / United Kingdom Businessman Victor Dahdaleh is on trial accused of paying some $67 million in bribes to former Alba managers. A British court saw documents on Monday purporting to show that Bahrain’s prime minister had direct influence over the affairs of aluminium smelter Alba when it was making deals now at the heart of a major corruption case. The documents were shown by a lawyer for British-Canadian businessman Victor Dahdaleh, who is on trial accused Read more [...]

What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview.Press TV: It seems that the crackdown in Bahrain continues unabated with a complete media blackout on the part of the mainstream Western media. What do you make of that?Spannaus: Well it is not surprising because Bahrain is really a protector of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The ruling family, the Al Khalifa family of course comes originally from Saudi mainland.And the Saudis are protected in the United States and of course in Britain too Read more [...]