Representatives Sign Bahrain Arms Sale Resolution
Representatives Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Christopher S. Murphy (D-CT) joined sixteen other cosponsors by signing on to H.J. Res. 80, which calls for “limiting the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and defense services to the Kingdom of Bahrain,” originally introduced by Rep. James McGovern (D-MA).
The resolution limits the proposed arms sale, requiring the Secretary of State to “certify to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives” that the Government of Bahrain “is conducting good faith investigations and prosecutions of alleged perpetrators responsible for the killing, torture, arbitrary detention, and other human rights violations committed since February 2011,” among other measures ensuring the Government of Bahrain’s compliance with international human rights standards.
December 27, 2011
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Category: Bahrain, Congress, Featured, Foreign Aid, Human Rights, US foreign policy, US politics
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Thanks for sents M.K. Hirono, Chris. S. Murphy and James Mc-Govern.
Kindly pass this message to the US Administratin.
Please read thoroughly the history of Bahrain and S. Arabia to learn the animosities, doctrinal huge difference between the Shiism and Wahabism. There is long historical hositilites between the Bahrain original native and Alkhalifa family who migrated from the Arab Peninsula and Bahrana.
Our friends Americans and the British people to support this family any more because the people (vicitivs) has determine and vowed to kikck them out of Bahrain and do not help to fill this poor people prey of your support.
Needless to say that this familycommitted crimes of tortures and mistreatment more thousands of that mentioned in BICI reports so that the Bahrana will yield to them.
Please again advise you.
I am not activist nor politcian but analyst and advise you.