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How We're Footing the Bill for Violent Crackdowns on Dissent in the Middle East

Anna Lekas Miller, AlterNet. April 17, 2012.

A global, for-profit system binds together US weapons companies, repressive governments in the Middle East and taxpayer money.

Streets Protests Escalate in Bahrain, the Kingdom of Tear Gas

Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Research and Information Project. April 17, 2012.

Violence is escalating on both sides, although the great bulk, in the form of relentless tear gas, has come from Bahrain's security forces.

Meet Bahrain’s Best Friend in Congress

Justin Elliott, ProPublica. April 4, 2012.

Eni Faleomavaega is on a paid trip to Bahrain this week, part of a year-long friendship the congressman has developed with the Gulf nation.

Despite Arrests and Torture, Bahrain's Khawaja Family Fights On

Preethi Nallu, Jadaliyya. March 21, 2012.

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and his daughters Zainab al-Khawaja and Maryam al-Khawaja epitomize the cross-familial activism that has emerged during the Arab Spring.

America Is Silent as Bahraini Children Are Stabbed, Gassed at Home

Tighe Barry, AlterNet. February 29, 2012.

Are we, in America, so addicted to oil and beholden to powerful Saudis that we will block our ears to the cries of these Bahraini children?

Controversial American Police Chief Known for Brutality Goes to Bahrain, Where Police Kill 14-Year-Old With Tear Gas Canister

Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. February 22, 2012.

Former Miami police chief John Timoney claims that while tear gas may be "distasteful," it's not really harmful. He should take a closer look at what's happening in Bahrain.

Bahraini Aristocrat Accused of Repeatedly Beating Imprisoned Poet for Lack of Loyalty to Al-Khalifa Family

Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. July 18, 2011.

A female member of the al-Khalifa royal family in Bahrain has been accused of repeatedly beating the 20-year-old student poet Ayat al-Gormezi.

Obama's Big Mideast Speech: Hits the Right Notes, Not a Whole Lot of Substance

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 19, 2011.

Obama offered plenty of airy rhetoric about advancing our "values," but actions speak louder than words and the world continues to await some tangible results.

US-Saudi Deal on Libya Exposed: Obama OK'ed Bahrain Invasion in Exchange for Yes Vote on No-Fly Zone

Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. April 1, 2011.

First there was the great 2011 Arab revolt. Then, inexorably, came the US-Saudi counter-revolution.

Is the Pentagon Strong-Arming the White House into Subverting Mideast Democratic Uprisings?

Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com. March 15, 2011.

The Pentagon and oil-rich nations have pressured the White House to help subvert the popular democratic will sweeping across the greater Middle East.

America Blows It on Bahrain

Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 15, 2011.

Thanks to its U.S.-friendly dictator, the Bahraini government even threw a big Christmas party for American military personnel, bringing in Santa Claus riding on a camel.

Massive Pro-Democracy Protests in Bahrain Met with Tear Gas

Alex Kane, December 31, 1969.

The demonstration was one of the largest since the Bahraini uprising was quelled last year