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...would make an impression." Yes, but it would be seen as rewarding states that support terrorist groups, and there's no indication the White House is considering either city. Baghdad? Still too dangerous. Riyadh? Obama would be seen as being in the pocket of the Saudi royal family. Oman, Bahrain ... the list could...
...what we're seeing now in the last couple of years [are new markets in] Dubai, Bahrain, Lebanon, Peru. This is a challenge for the international law enforcement community. We had a comfort zone when we knew it was going to New York, London, Paris and Tokyo. But now that those markets have expanded, it's a problem...
...help pay off the debts he has incurred since a court cleared him of sexual-abuse charges in June 2005. (He hasn't performed a full concert since then.) In November 2008 the singer reached an undisclosed settlement with Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the prince of Bahrain, who was suing Jackson for $7 million over claims he reneged on a contract for a new album, autobiography and a stage play. Jackson has maintained that the advances he received from him were gifts...
...Friday, the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, which has deployed ships along the Somali coast to try to clamp down on piracy, said teams had boarded the Faina to provide food and medical help to the 20 crewmen on board. The captain died of a heart attack soon after the capture. "The U.S. Navy has remained within visual range of the ship and maintained a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week presence since it was captured," the 5th Fleet said...
...have also killed civilians and stoked a raging anti-American backlash. In addition, extending the fight against the Islamists to the pirates may make friends of two of the most dangerous groups in Somalia, who until now have been enemies. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates underlined those concerns in Bahrain. "With the level of information we have at the moment, we're not in a position to do that kind of land-based operation," he said, adding any such intervention would need to "minimize collateral damage...