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...rather than a gleaming Rolls. Largely by dint of his benevolent personality, Sheik Isa succeeded in dissolving the badly divided parliament in 1975 without incurring much opposition. He now rules by decree, though he leaves the day-to-day business of governing to his brother, Prime Minister Khalifa Bin Sulman al-Khalifa...
...interview with TIME, the Prime Minister of Bahrain, Sheik Khalifa bin Sulman al Khalifa, said: "I'm all for maneuvers [such as those scheduled for Oman later this year], and I welcome full cooperation with the U.S. in the security of our area, but only on the condition that it is handled and presented properly." Translated, that means "Stay out of sight...
...gulf. More than 120 banks have opened offices in Bahrain with an eye on the ballooning revenues of the oil producers. But some 70% of the population (250,000) is under 20 years of age, and there have been rumblings against the absolute rule of Sheik Isa bin Sulman al Khalifa, who has decided to reopen the National Assembly...
Problems of state? Not at all, as Queen Elizabeth II, on the first leg of her three-week tour of Arab Gulf states, paused to chat with the Emir of Bahrain, Sheik Isa Bin Sulman al-Khalifa...
Another apparent security weakness was reported by a Hartford private detective, Richard Sulman, 36, who specializes in sophisticated electronic gear. With an inexpensive and readily available police-band radio, Sulman claimed, he had easily tuned in on Secret Service messages about Ford's movements. The disclosure raised the possibility that any plotter could fairly easily pick up conversations describing Ford's itinerary, or even jam radio messages between the agents by broadcasting on the same frequency. But the Secret Service maintains that anyone who wanted to do harm to the President could get much more valuable information about...