28.03.2011, 22:18
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David Elkins and Aprille Muscara
Arrival of more than 1000 Saudi and hundreds of Emirati security forces with a mandate from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) to support King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa’s regime in Sunni- ruled, Shia-majority Bahrain only stokes sectarian conflict and fuels the regional power politics between U.S.-Saudi hegemony and an increasingly influential Shia-led Iran, analysts argue.
“Although it is clearly too early to know the outcome of this decision, or perhaps even the purpose - to crack down on the protesters to intimidate the opposition into joining the national dialogue - I will hazard to predict that the impact will be negative, even on the stability they hope to preserve,” said Kristin Diwan, an expert on the Arab Gulf at the American University.
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