Bahrain Moves Closer to the United States

Posted by Matt in November 8th, 2006

On October 30-31 in the waters of the Persian Gulf, the 25th exercise of the U.S.–led Proliferation Security Initiative (P.S.I.), launched in 2003, took place. The countries involved in the war games have been the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Australia and Bahrain, an Arab state that has a large Shi’a population. Several other states, such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Pakistan, South Korea, Japan and others, took part as observers. The operation, called “Leading Edge,” consisted of the interception of a British-flagged ship, the “Brambleleaf,” carrying nuclear materials for a state that wanted to build a nuclear capability. The Italian and Bahraini marines had the task of intercepting the ship.

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