Broadcast here June 12th, 11 to noon Eastern then archived. For less than a dollar a week you can subscribe…and listen to this show RIGHT NOW! Both of today’s guests argue that the ongoing uproar around the Persian Gulf – notably Saudi Arabia’s “act of war” blockade against Qatar, and its proxy terrorist attack in Tehran – has much to do with the struggle for Bahrain, where the Shia-majority population wants to overthrow the Saudi-backed al-Khalifa dictatorship in favor of democracy. (Bahrain is an island off Saudi Arabia’s Shia-majority east, where most of the oil happens to be located.) Are the Saudis freaking out because their…
FULL ARTICLEMuhammad Ali Carter and Marwa Osman: Bahrain at the heart of Middle East crisis
