May Allah guide us to the good of the kingdom of Bahrain and its loyal people. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Allah, Loyal, May
Muslims do drink, as anyone who has spent a wild weekend with Saudi booze tourists in Bahrain will know. Those Saudi tourists are like teenage girls in Manchester on a Saturday night. But each country and region is different. Lawrence Osborne
Country, Saturday, Weekend
I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Play, Allow, Very
The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Decision, People, Embrace
We invite American companies looking to raise capital to list on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The region has a liquidity oversupply approximating $1 trillion and this pool of capital can be tapped into by creative American companies. The next Facebook may very well get funded on the BSE. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Next, Very, Capital
There’s Kenyan guys who last year or two years ago were running for Kenya, and then they switched to Qatar and Bahrain and other countries. Yes, I do have a problem with that. Mo Farah
Last, Other, Last Year
Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world – a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Been, Violent, Fleet
Al Qaeda’s message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each day in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and throughout the Arab lands. Elliott Abrams
Hope, Rejected, Yemen
It is a natural goal of Iran to try and expel the Fifth Fleet from Bahrain. Elliott Abrams
Goal, Fleet, Expel
Iran has had a very harmful effect in a variety of ways in the region… fomenting unrest to a degree in Saudi Arabia, undoubtedly in Bahrain, and definitely in Yemen with Hamas, with Lebanese Hezbollah among other activities in locations. David Petraeus
Other, Very, Unrest
Like Syria, the government of Bahrain employs aggressive tactics to censor and monitor its people’s online activity. Rebecca MacKinnon
Government, Like, Activity
The U.S. relationship with Bahrain is obviously more complicated than with Syria and Iran. Rebecca MacKinnon
Complicated, More, Than
I wasn’t a happy kid. I felt like my mum ruined our chance of a better life, because when she remarried, we went to live in Bahrain, on a compound with a swimming pool, and she ruined it all. James Arthur
Happy, Kid, Mum
Post ‘Kick,’ I was flooded with offers. The film has given me a solid fan base even in Dubai and Bahrain. Jacqueline Fernandez
Solid, Given, Offers
Bahrain ‘s margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Growing, Head, Margin
I care about Bahrain. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Care, I Care, About
The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Media, Facts, Eager
There is no ethnic cleansing in Bahrain, no mass genocide, no policy of killing innocent people. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Innocent, Ethnic, Mass
In a sense there is no ‘opposition’ in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that’s ok. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Constitution, Sense, United
There is no doubt that some in Iran have an unhealthy focus on Bahrain, as some of the broadcast coverage shows. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Some, Broadcast, Coverage
There are no ‘political prisoners’ as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Political, Arrested
Bahrain is very dear to me. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Me, Dear, Very
Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example – the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region. Frank Carlucci
King, Doing, Participation
I remember when I was in the Middle East, Yasser Arafat used to go to Bahrain and Qatar on a Thursday and then go to Saudi Arabia and get his financial help on a Saturday. Leon Charney
Saturday, Middle, I Remember