Bahrain’s King Hamad today defended the violent crackdown against protesters, insisting that the deployment of military forces to the streets of Manama foiled a “subversive” plot by unnamed foreigners.
The king insisted that the plot “had been fomented for twenty to thirty years,” and that thanks to the Saudi-led invasion to crush the protests, the plot was foiled. Other Bahraini officials insisted that this unnamed foreign plot was Iran’s fault.
Which is a common refrain in Bahrain’s foreign policy, as the Sunni monarchy has had to contend with growing unrest among the nation’s Shi’ite majority. One noteworthy WikiLeaks cable from 2008 said Bahrain was constantly discussing Iran in private talks, but refused to provide any evidence to back up its allegations.
GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman al-Atiyyah defended his organization’s invasion to crush the protests, saying that it “did not represent foreign interference” because the regime asked for military help in silencing the protests.
CONSPIRACY THEORY!!! Yeah, that's the ticket. Dang subversives anyway. Boring.
Ghadaffi says he was fighting Al Qaeda and Bahrain says they are fighting an Iranian foreign plot. Well the coalition of the dummies went in to rescue the rebels so will they likewise rush in to rescue the protestors
Where is the UN.
Where are Clinton, Obama and Rice?
These hypocrites are hiding behind the Bahrain and Saudi Kings.
How low can America go ?
Let me add where is CNN, where is BBC, where is Faux news? It is a conspiracy actually against the Bahraini people by the US and western powers including the MSM.
This deluded king is only ruling because of the genes he carries, or in other words only because he honored us by him being born.
I lived in Bahrain in the late 70s. 70% of the population hated the Khalifa clan then and there is no reason to believe things have changed. The Iran plot is total rubish and meant to get the neocons on board. Funny how Uncle Sam believes it is OK for the few to rule the many in Bahrain.
In case you haven't noticed, the few are ruling the many in the US too. At least they're consistent on that.
20 or 30 years? That would put the origins of the plot back to the time the Ayetolleh took over Iran or Nat. Geographic was calling Bahrein the only civilized spot on the Arabian peninsula.
Since the Shah n'Shan probably had designs on Bahrein's wealth back then, too, that can only mean that the National Geographic magazine's promotion of the 'western life style' is the root cause of to-day's plots.
Since his majesty is among the few Bahreinis with the dispoable income to do the lifestyle justice, the plot must be some anti-western thing, which makes it Iran's fault. Or could that be Iraq?
That seems to be a popular line among the delusional dictators of the ME. Mubarak used it. Qaddafi used it. Saleh used it. Now, the good sanguine king of Bahrain is using it too after he was the one who imported foreign troops to massacre his people with. Eventually, one of 'em is gonna make it stick, I'm sure.
I think it's an Al-Qaeda conspiracy to keep me from getting a raise this year. Yeah, that's it- it's a plot to keep the white man down! It juss ain't easy bein' a ofay these days, ain't it?
If anyone thinks long and hard enough, they can always- ALWAYS- find somebody else to blame their problems on. Sadly, this madness affects both kings and commoners alike, often with disastrous results for all concerned.
Yeah, there actually is a "foreign plot" afoot in Bahrain, embodied in the presence of Saudi and UAE troops. Arabian Monarchs, Unite!