GLOBAL ARAB NETWORK: "Your presence is a support and gives us strength," King Hamad said in a meeting with the commander and senior officers from the Peninsula Shield forces, deployed in Bahrain in line with a common defence agreement between the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.King Hamad, cited by official media, said the deployment of the peninsula shield forces was not to restore domestic order in Bahrain but to "have the duty of defending any country of the GCC states." The Bahraini Monarch said there was an "external plot" which has been ongoing for at least 30 years targeting the GCC. He asserted that the plot has failed. He did not elaborate.
The GCC consists of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates [.] » | Mohammed Almasri | Monday, March 21, 2011
