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Bahrain sees Iran's hand behind Shi'ite unrest, calls ambassador on the carpet ABU DHABI � Bahrain has reason to believe that Iran is behind anti-regime activities in the kingdom. Arab diplomatic sources said Bahrain's intelligence services have obtained evidence that Iranian operatives were directing some of the Shi'ite unrest in the Gulf Cooperation Council state. The sources said Bahrain has warned Iran to immediately end this activity or face a crisis in relations. Bahraini authorities were alarmed by the Ashura march of Shi'ites in Manama, in which participants displayed huge posters of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei and Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. The sources said a Bahraini investigation determined that the Shi'ites were ordered by Iranian regime elements to march with the posters in support of Teheran. "For Bahrain, this was the breaking point," an Arab diplomat said. "This was a gross interference in Bahrain's affairs of the kind not seen in a decade." Over the past week, the Foreign Ministry has summoned its ambassador home from Teheran. The ministry also demanded an explanation of the Khamenei posters from Iran's ambassador to Manama. The sources said the display of the portraits at the Ashura celebrations confirmed the warnings of Bahrain's Interior Ministry and intelligence services of an increasing infiltration by Iran of the kingdom's Shi'ite community. Bahrain has a Shi'ite majority, with many of its leaders believed to be in contact with Iranian intelligence. Bahraini authorities arrested suspected pro-Iranian activists, including those in the civil rights community. In February, three Bahrainis were arrested in connection with operating an anti-government website, www.bahrainonline.org. The site has reported on anti-government demonstrations in the kingdom. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
