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n itself with great powers who saw an opportunity to pursue other interests by arming Israel. Israel's first patron was the Soviet Union — through Czechoslovakia — which supplied weapons before and after 1948 in the hopes of using Israel to gain a foothold in the eastern Mediterranean. Israel, aware of the r
the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Despite significant pressure from the Obama administration to remain on the sidelines, Saudi leaders sent troops into Manama in March to defend Bahrain's monarchy and quell the unrest that has shaken that country since February. For more than 60 years, Saudi Arabia has be
ck to the Prague Spring of 1968. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023458 --- PAGE BREAK --- But comparison to the short-lived flowering of protests 40 years ago in Czechoslovakia is turning out to be apt in another way. For all the attention the Mideast protests have received, their most notable impact on the region thus far h
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023459 →narrow expanse of water on Saudi Arabia's northeast border, protesters in Bahrain rallied in the hundreds of thousands around a central roundabout in Manama. Most Bahraini demonstrators were Shiites with a long list of grievances over widespread economic and political discrimination. But some Sunnis also
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023463 →in the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Despite significant pressure from the Obama administration to remain on the sidelines, Saudi leaders sent troops into Manama in March to defend Bahrain's monarchy and quell the unrest that has shaken that country since February. For more than 60 years, Saudi Arabia has been
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031845 →lign itself with great powers who saw an opportunity to pursue other interests by arming Israel. Israel's first patron was the Soviet Union - through Czechoslovakia — which supplied weapons before and after 1948 in the hopes of using Israel to gain a foothold in the eastern Mediterranean. Israel, aware of the ris
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031872 →Entities connected to both Czechoslovakia and Manama

George W. Bush
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Marc Rich
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Bill Clinton
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Bahrain
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Ghislaine Maxwell
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Joe Biden
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Jeffrey Epstein
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United States
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Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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John F. Kennedy
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Jerusalem
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Donald Trump
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Tehran
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Lebanon
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Mao Zedong
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Xi Jinping
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Tunisia
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