Troubled Sisterly Waters of my Gulf, Toilets and Incense………..
“Manama: Bahrain on Sunday called for the repatriation of 107 Bahraini professional and amateur fishermen held by Qatar. "The ministers of interior and municipalities and agriculture have been tasked by the government to monitor the conditions of the Bahraini fishermen held in Qatar and to coordinate with their counterparts in Doha to ensure their safe return home," a government spokesman said following the weekly session…… Ten days ago, Adel Al Taweel, a Bahraini fisherman was shot by Qatari coastguards for allegedly illegally entering Qatari waters. The wounded sailor was subsequently taken to hospital amid promises that he would be allowed to go home in a matter of days. However, the authorities later said that they would put him on trial for illegally entering the country. The Qataris said that they were forced to shoot after the boat did not comply with the orders to vacate the area alongside six other ships spotted on the Qatari radars……….”
There are border troubles among the various states of the GCC, as well as between them and Iran and Iraq (and perhaps Yemen). Qatar has had territorial issues with Bahrain (and with others probably as well), UAE has territorial issues with Saudi Arabia that are periodically manifested in border closures, etc…..
Meetings of high officials either do not discuss these issues or do not publicize them. Still, these problems persist and cannot be completely hidden: after all a toilet with a lot of incense and perfume is still a toilet, full of what it is supposed to be full of. No sense adding anymore to it, figuratively speaking of course, n’est-ce pas?
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