10/11 November 2015

BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP

in Iraq" and revoked their
citizenship.

Bahraini prosecutor says

eight men jailed for up to
10 years for terrorism
A Bahraini prosecutor
said on Tuesday that eight
Bahraini men had been
sentenced to between three
and ten years in jail for
terrorism, according to state
news agency BNA.

Home to the U.S. Navy's

Fifth Fleet, Bahrain's Shi'ites
staged massive protests
during the 2011 Arab
Spring uprisings to demand
political reforms.

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Public Prosecutor Ahmed

al-Hammadi
said
the
convictions
related
to
"setting tires on fire, placing
an object resembling a
bomb in a public place,
gathering publicly, rioting
and possession of Molotov
cocktails (petrol bombs)".

The two individuals have

been convicted of terrorrelated
offences
and
sentenced to ten years in
prison.
A court in Bahrain has
revoked the nationality of
two Bahrainis for receiving
and facilitating explosives
and firearms training in
Iraq.
The two individuals have
been convicted of terrorrelated
offences
and
sentenced to ten years in
prison. The Chief of the
Terror Crimes Prosecution
also confirmed that the
individuals' citizenship has
been revoked due to the
seriousness of the offences.

A Bahrain court on Tuesday

sentenced eight people to
between three and 10 years
in prison for attacking
police in the Gulf state, the
official BNA news agency
reported.

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Six defendants were given

10-year
sentences
and
two were jailed for three
years, BNA said, citing the
prosecutor in "terrorist"
cases, Ahmed al-Hammadi.
The eight went on trial for
their alleged involvement in
incidents in April last year
in the village of Saar, west of
the capital Manama.

On Monday, the same court

had handed down 10-year
sentences to two men for
"military training and use
of weapons and explosives

Court revokes nationality

of two Bahrainis

Bahrain jails eight for

attacks on police

tyres alight, placing fake

bombs in the streets and
being involved in a petrol
bomb attack on security
forces, Hammadi said.

They were accused of setting

The first suspect was found
guilty of travelling to Iraq
last year to receive terrorist
training camps, with the
intention of carrying out
attacks within Bahrain
upon his return. The second
suspect was found guilty of
facilitating travel, providing
funds, and liaising with
members of the terrorist
group within Iraq.

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in prison. The court also

ordered the confiscation of
the seized items.

Bahrain: Eight terror

suspects to be jailed for
three, ten years
MANAMA,
11th
November, 2015 (WAM)
-- Ahmed Al Hammadi,
Advocate General and
Chief of the Bahraini Terror
Crime Prosecution, said the
High Criminal Court today
sentenced eight suspects
after convicting them of
terror-related
offences
including setting tyres
alight, planting a hoax bomb
in a public place, rioting
and possessing Molotov
cocktails.
According to Bahrain News
Agency, BNA, the third
and fourth defendants were
handed three years in jail
while the remaining ones
each received ten years

Details of the case date to

April 3rd, 2014 when the
convicts set tyres on fire
in Sar, in the Northern
Governorate, planted a
hoax bomb and attacked
police officers with Molotov
cocktails.
After questioning three
of them, the Public
Prosecution charged them
with arson, planting a hoax
bomb in a public place for
terror purposes, rioting and
disrupting public order by
using violence and Molotov
cocktails.

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the same amount as in the

prior-year period.

Bahrain's Batelco Q3 net

profit falls 16 pct
Bahrain
Telecommunications
Co
(Batelco) reported a 13.4
percent fall in third-quarter
profit on Tuesday.

In
Bahrain,
Batelco
competes with units of
Kuwait's Zain and Saudi
Telecom Co as well as about
10 Internet providers.

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The former monopoly made

a net profit of 13.4 million
dinars ($35.53 million) in
the three months to June 30,
up from 16 million a year
earlier, Reuters calculated
based on Batelco's ninemonth earnings statement.

Batelco made a net profit of

40.9 million dirhams in the
first nine months of 2015, its
statement said, which was

Bahrains Foreign Minister

Khalid bin Ahmed Khalifa
said Wednesday that the
Iranian leadership must stop
interfering in the internal
affairs of other Arab States
if it seeks to establish good
relations.
RIYADH (Sputnik) The
minister said that Arab
states must take "adequate
measures"
to
protect
themselves from "this kind
of intervention," noting the
role of Saudi King Salman
bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Bahrains current public

debt and budget deficit are
subjects of controversy. The
public debt index is one
of the crucial economic
indicators of the national
economys well-being, and
in order to reach sound
conclusions
about
the
national economys status,
all debt indicators must be
analyzed in a scientific and
sound economical manner.
Under the leadership of
Prime Minister Prince
Khalifa bin Salman Al
Khalifa, Bahrains economy
achieved satisfactory results
over the past decades.
Despite
the
numerous
tumultuous events affecting
oil-exporting states causing

SICO Bahrain had forecast

Batelco would make a
quarterly profit of 13.6
million dinars.

Bahrain Calls on Iran to

Refrain From Interfering
in Affairs of Arab States

Bahrains rising public

debt

"Tehran, if it seeks to
establish good relations with
the Arab countries, should
stop interfering in their
affairs," the minister said
at the 4th Summit of South
American-Arab countries
which launched Tuesday in
the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Bahrain opposes Iran's
nuclear deal with the six
world powers reached in
July. The Bahraini foreign
minister has repeatedly
accused Iran of allegedly
creating training camps for
terrorists and smuggling
weapons and explosives into
the Middle East.

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oil prices to plunge

whether in the 1980s, 1990s,
after the global crisis in 2008
or at the current moment

Bahrains
national
economy maintained its
balance and durability; it
laid solid foundations and
launched
mega-projects
ensuring a continuous good
performance.
In June 2015, the public debt
stood at 6 billion Bahraini
dinars
($15.9
billion)
compared with 1.35 billion
dinars in 2009, registering
a rise of 252% during 5
years.

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