From Axis of Evil to Union of Evil: Saudi Arabia and Bahrain forge union
Saudi Arabia and the tiny, troubled kingdom of Bahrain are expected to push toward a broad security and economic union on Monday, an agreement that regional power Saudi Arabia hopes will spur a similar tightening of ties with other Gulf countries.
Last December, Saudi King Abdullah, perceiving the Gulf as surrounded by revolutions and under encroachment by Shiite Muslim Iran, made an impassioned appeal for fellow Sunni Muslim royals to join forces. "You all know that we are targeted in our safety and security," he told the kings, emirs and sultans of the Gulf, who were gathered in their gold-braided black cloaks for a summit in a gilded palace in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
At Monday's summit in Riyadh, the other leaders of the six-country Gulf Cooperation Council could signal their response to the king's appeal. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are strongly signaling that they want a union to formalize what has, since the Arab Spring, become a tight, security-focused alliance between the two neighbors.
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