BAHRAIN Saudi Deployment Could Widen Communal Fault Lines http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54844

Monday's arrival of 1,200 Saudi and 500 Emirati security forces with a mandate from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to support King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa's regime in Sunni- ruled, Shiite-majority Bahrain only stokes sectarian conflict and fuels the regional power politics between U.S.-Saudi hegemony and an increasingly influential Shiite-led Iran, analysts here argue.In a seemingly unmistakable rejection of al-Khalifa and the U.S.'s proposals, the main opposition party, al-Wefaq, has refused to participate in a national dialogue and, along with other opposition groups, denounced the arrival of the GCC troops as barefaced "occupation" and an affront to unarmed citizens in a statement Monday. "The presence of the foreign troops plays strongly into the hard-line opposition conviction that the al Khalifa-led government is illegitimate and cannot be trusted," Diwan noted. "Inviting foreign troops to put down protesting citizens only reinforces this view. 

U.S. Response-"We urge the government of Bahrain to pursue a peaceful and meaningful dialogue with the opposition rather than resorting to the use of force," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement Sunday. "In particular, we urge our GCC partners…to act in a way that supports dialogue instead of undermining it." Critics point out that the GCC mandate was designed to protect the council members from foreign invasion and not for intervening in a nation's domestic affairs.

[us rethoric and lies,nothing else,talking about they urge restraint,pleaseeee..you arm bahrain and saudi regime illegitimate,regimes,to the teeth,you help train their militaries and riot and counter-terrorism(the real terrorists-themselves)units wich commit crimes against populations and dissenters and all against us laws(see leahy),then in a despicable fashion play impartial...shaytans...shaytans...shytans...