Word: bahrain
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...last Friday, the hotel was swarming with some decidedly scruffy figures, as hordes of reporters, photographers and TV cameramen turned up for an emergency council of states bordering Iraq. Saudi Arabia had invited the foreign ministers of Syria, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait and also Egypt and Bahrain for a meeting to "crystallize a common stand", as its top diplomat Prince Saud al-Faisal put it, on the momentous events in their neighborhood...
...what a romance it was! From Morocco to Bahrain, many Arabs a decade ago would practically swoon as they described their adoration of the man who defied America during the gulf crisis. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was the valorous knight, defender of the Arab cause. Arab nationalists debated whether he bore a closer resemblance to Bismarck or to Saladin. In widespread pro-Iraq protests, the refrain in the streets was "With our blood, our souls, we will sacrifice for Saddam!" Some Arabs even swore they saw the face of Saddam on the surface of the moon...
...mammals have been flown from their home base in San Diego to Bahrain to see whether they can help protect U.S. ships against Iraqi frogmen and mines. Living in pens on land next to the Persian Gulf, the sea lions, which average around 350 lbs. each, will hop aboard boats and dive into the water near the ships they are protecting. Their keen eyes and hearing allow them to detect intruders or mines far better than their human counterparts. A sea lion can swim up to 25 m.p.h. for short bursts, enabling it to nab an underwater foe by snaring...
...BAHRAIN The government is sensitive to strong public opinion against a war at a time when the new king is trying to heal civil strife between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims. Yet Bahrain fears Iraq. As host to headquarters of the U.S. naval Fifth Fleet, Bahrain is not expected to actively oppose U.S. action...
...Hussein 375 to 400 miles (600 to 650 km) Iraq re-engineered the Scud-B, which has a range of 185 miles (300 km), to produce the Hussein. During the Gulf War, Iraq fired almost 80 al-Husseins at Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Israel...