Saudi Arabia Sends Troops To Bahrain
By Robin Wigglesworth in Manama, Simeon Kerr in Dubai and Reuters
14 March, 2011
FT.com
About 1,000 Saudi soldiers entered Bahrain early on Monday to protect government facilities following recent unrest by the country’s Shia Muslim majority, a Saudi official source said.
“About 1,000 Saudi soldiers entered Bahrain early on Monday morning through the causeway to Bahrain,” the source told Reuters. “They are part of the Gulf Co-operation Council force that would guard the government installations”.
Also see the Al Jazeera story
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