bahrain

The USA is constantly pressuring Bahrain into allowing the Shi'a a voice in government, and every 6 months or so, Bahrain expels yet another American diplomat for mentioning the Shi'a.

Where is Qatar, Bahrain etc, and the various groups that were smashed with tanks during arab spring?

As mcintyre1994 said, the only Bahrain mentions were in regards to Gamma Group (FinFisher).

They failed to mention that Bahrain was a client of Hacking Team as well, although they were quite cautious this time around after having been burned by a previous experience (presumably FinFisher).

And that is why when last week I went shopping for an e-reader in Bahrain and found out that the only thing here is the Kindle, I turned around and went home.

Spring 2035: Unrest in Bahrain turns coldly bloody as the regime infects anyone with an iMe, Nexus Implant, or Surface Inside with acute vaccination sickness, caused by firing all vaccination pods simultaneously (all implants are now pre-loaded with vaccinations for common infections).

It should be noted that the Pakistani government and military are bought and paid for by the Arab states in the Persian Gulf, where Pakistani mercenaries protect the Monarchs from their civilian population, Bahrain being a notable example: the majority of Bahrainis are Shia and they are naturally friendly with Iran/Iraq.

With Saudi Arabian provided mercenary tanks (because Bahrain's own army is at least partly Shi'a), and this was definitely not "blessed" by the USA.

FTA "Two years ago their software was found being widely used by governments in the Middle East, especially Bahrain, to hack and spy on the computers and phones of journalists and dissidents." "I have hard proof they knew they were selling (and still are) to people using their software to attack Bahraini activists"

"We don’t want the state-run telcos in Saudi, Iran, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Egypt, Cuba, USA, etc… to have direct access to the metadata of TextSecure users in those countries or anywhere else." I <3 Moxie.

We ignored Bahrain, we never stopped funding the Egyptian military and said nothing when they reestablished control.

Bahrain and UAE are peaceful, but certainly have political standoffs that could explode.

I agree that Egypt, Libya, and Yemen (and also Syria and Bahrain) are worse off now than before the Arab Spring.