GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Bahrain's Shiite leader wants Saudi-led force out

 

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Federal News Radio

30March2011 10:05amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Bahrain's Shiite opposition leader is demanding the Saudi-led force the Gulf nation's Sunni rulers invited to help quell the anti-government protests leaves the country.

Ali Salman says foreign troops must leave because the opposition rejects "any military intervening for any party" here.

About 1,500 troops from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states entered Bahrain two weeks ago on the Sunni monarch's invitation. Bahrain's king also declared emergency rule and cracked down heavily on protesters who have challenged the royal family's monopoly on power.

Shiite powerhouse Iran strongly condemned the deployment.

But Salman on Wednesday also said Iran shouldn't interfere. He told reporters that "we don't want Bahrain to turn into a conflict zone" between Saudi Arabia and Iran. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Tunisia legalizes Islamist group Ennahda

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: BBC

01March2011 6:39pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Tunisia's interim government has legalised Ennahda, the moderate Islamist group banned under former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

The move paves the way for Ennahda to form a political party to stand in elections expected later this year.

Meanwhile, two more ministers have quit the government - meaning five senior figures have walked out this week.

Rights group Amnesty has called on ministers to investigate deaths during the protests that toppled Mr Ben Ali.

More than 200 people are thought to have been killed during the unrest, and Amnesty says the interim government must hold those responsible to account. (read full report)

"GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE" is an intelligence briefing presented by Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, and provided to the public for informative purposes only. All subject matter is credited to it's source of origin, and is not intended to represent original content authored by GCIS, it's partners or affiliates. All opinions presented are those of the author, and not necessarily those of GCIS or it's partners.