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    What is going on in Bahrain is nothing new. It happened under British rule before 1971 as well. In 1979 I managed to get tear-gassed in the main souk in Manama while security forces were teaching the Shia shopkeepers a lesson. Years and years of repression of the Shia majority by the ruling Sunni elite have brought the country to a state where internal opposition is so strong that it can only be contained with Saudi assistance. There are still a number of British ex-special forces types advising the Bahrainis, I remember many years ago there was a Col Henderson who was particularly nasty and generally feared throughout the island.

    This has always gone on with British connivance and will continue until the al-Khalifa dynasty is overthrown. It's called realpolitik.

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