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Saudi + Bahrain: Decaying dictatorship shored-up by Gulf Union?
- Published_at:2012-05-18
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:RussiaToday
- tags: RT, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Iran, protests, Gulf Union, Bahrain protests, anti-government protests, Bahraini regime, US arms sales Bahrain, US, arms, arrive, bloody, crackdown, Sunni, Shia, Decaying, dictatorship, shored-up, by, Gulf, Union
- description: In Iran, protests backed by the state have been organised against plans to form a European Union-style bloc amongst the Gulf states. Two key American allies, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain would be the first Arab Gulf nations to sign an agreement. Iran has called the idea a U.S.-backed plot to see Bahrain become part of Saudi Arabia. Bahrain has seen anti-government protests for more than a year, with fears now the potential union could strengthen the position of the Sunni rulers over a largely Shia population. Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi, from the University of Tehran, says it's the Saudi royal family, together with Washington that will benefit. Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/b/102728491539958529040 RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
| ranked in date | views | likes | Comments | ranked in country (#position) |
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| 2012-05-21 | 12,162 | 116 | 149 |
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