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US Navy Fifth Fleet

Type: Organization

Name: US Navy Fifth Fleet

Description: United States Naval Forces Central Command/United States 5th Fleet help ensure peace and stability and protect America's vital interests in a 7.5 million square mile area of responsibility comprised of eastern Africa, the Middle East and Southwest Asia. Its configuration includes a Carrier Strike Group, Amphibious Ready Group or Expeditionary Strike Group, and other ships and aircraft with approximately 20,000 people serving afloat and 3,000 support personnel ashore

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Eisenhower Strike Group Departs U.S. 5th Fleet AOR

) Sailors participate in a general quarters drill in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility promoting maritime security operations, theater ... [Published Norfolk Navy Flagship - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Dwight D Eisenhower, Operation Enduring Freedom, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Eisenhower Strike Group Departs U.S. 5th Fleet AOR

Navy News ServiceStory Number: NNS130613-026/13/2013By Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Public AffairsUSS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, At Sea (NNS) -- The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) departed the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), June ... [Published GlobalSecurity.org - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Dwight D Eisenhower, Operation Enduring Freedom, USNAVCENT US Naval Forces Central Command, Carrier Strike Group, US Navy Fifth Fleet

First reported Jun 08 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

Chuck Hagel

Readout of Secretary Hagels Meeting with Bahrains Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa

Readout of Secretary Hagel's Meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: On June 7, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 08 2013]

Entities: Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Bahrain, Chuck Hagel, US Navy Fifth Fleet, George Little

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Obama urges 'meaningful reform' in Bahrain

US President Barack Obama has called for "meaningful reform" and respect for universal rights in Bahrain, during talks with Crown Prince Salman at the White House.Obama dropped by Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken's meeting with the prince ... [Published Al Jazeera - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Bahrain, Barack Obama, US Navy Fifth Fleet, Security

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Protecting Chinese Oil

Des Moines, IA -- According to the Washington Post, 6,648 U.S. service personnel were killed in Iraq starting in April, 2003.The vast majority of those killed, 4,588 or 69 percent were young people under the age of thirty.I am not going to re-litigate ... [Published News Talk 990 AM WNTP - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Iraq, US Navy Fifth Fleet, Reign of Terror, Strait of Hormuz, Amalgam

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Americans warned

AMERICANS in Bahrain have been warned to be on alert amid claims that extremists have been monitoring their movements.Diplomats say the Bahrain School and Fifth Fleet Navy Base in Juffair and US Embassy in Zinj are among the locations that have been put ... [Published Gulf Daily News - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Bahrain School, Surveillance, US Embassy

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Bahrain court jails three protesters

DUBAI: A Bahrain court on Monday jailed three protesters for up to 15 years on charges including attempting to kill a policeman and taking part in anti-government demonstrations, a lawyer said.The main defendant was given 15 years for trying to kill the ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Bahrain, Protesters, prison, Manama (Bahrain)

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 2 reports

'Terrorist' bomb wounds Bahrain policemen: police

A tear gas gun is seen smashed into pieces after a remotely detonated bomb that injured at least seven policemen on patrol in the village of Bani-Jamra, west of Manama May 29, 2013. A source said that there was an ambush while police were working on unblocking ... [Published Times of Oman - May 30 2013]

Entities: Bahrain, Bomb, Terrorists, Shia Islam, Manama (Bahrain)

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

Bahrain jails 14 Shiites for killing Pakistani

for killing PakistaniA top Bahraini court upheld a 15-year jail term for 14 Shiites on Monday after they were convicted of killing a Pakistani in Manama during the 2011 uprising, a judicial source said.The Court of Cassation announced its verdict in the ... [Published NOW News - May 27 2013]

Entities: Shia Islam, Bahrain, prison

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Bahraini protesters clash with police over raid on cleric's home

LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bahraini Shi'ite Muslims angered by a raid last week on a top cleric's home clashed with police on Friday, while thousands more gathered in the cleric's village for a peaceful sit-in against their Sunni-led government. The ... [Published Sharenet - May 24 2013]

Entities: Protesters, Shia Islam, Police

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Main Bahrain opposition group temporarily boycotts talks

DUBAI - Bahrain's major opposition group suspended its participation in reconciliation talks with the government for two weeks on Wednesday, blaming the slow pace of talks and the raid last week on a top Shi'ite Muslim cleric's home.Little progress has ... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 22 2013]

Entities: Bahrain, Boycott, Shia Islam

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Bahrain Court Jails Nine over 'Terrorist' Cell

A Bahraini court sentenced nine Shiites to jail terms ranging between 10 and 15 years on Monday after convicting them of forming a "terrorist" group, a judicial source said.Cleric Ahmed al-Majed and a second defendant were jailed for 15 years, while a ... [Published Naharnet - May 20 2013]

Entities: Bahrain, Terrorist Group, Shia Islam

Quotes

"It's been a privilege to watch the IKECSG team operate over the last year," said Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, strike group commander. "From supporting Operation Enduring Freedom to protecting the economic commons, providing the necessary security and stability for freefree trade, this strike group made a difference in this important area of the world. I'm proud of what we accomplished and of each Sailor who played a part on this team."

Eisenhower Strike Group Departs U.S. 5th Fleet AOR [Published Norfolk Navy Flagship - Jun 17 2013]

Typically, such violence takes place in areas off-limits to U S official personnel. Last week, however, the embassy warned that "extremist elements of certain opposition groups have conducted surveillance on U S persons and locations" listing the embassy itself, a school, the naval base where the U S Fifth Fleet is headquartered, and "American Alley," the street where U S sailors frequent...

Bahrain Rounds Up Organizers of Antigovernment Violence [Published Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Jun 15 2013]

Obama also stressed that "meaningful reform, dialogue and respect for universal human rights is the best path to achieving the peace and security that all Bahraini citizens deserve" she said

Obama urges 'meaningful reform' in Bahrain [Published Al Jazeera - Jun 06 2013]

The Chinese oil companies "are tools of Beijing's foreign policy of securing a supply of energy for its increasingly prosperous and energy hungry population."

Protecting Chinese Oil [Published News Talk 990 AM WNTP - Jun 05 2013]

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Protecting Chinese Oil [Published News Talk 990 AM WNTP - Jun 05 2013]
Americans warned [Published Gulf Daily News - Jun 05 2013]
Bahrain court jails three protesters [Published Qatar Peninsula - Jun 03 2013]
'Terrorist' bomb wounds Bahrain policemen: police [Published Times of Oman - May 30 2013]
Police: 'Terrorist' bomb wounds Bahrain policemen [Published NOW News - May 30 2013]
Bahrain jails 14 Shiites for killing Pakistani [Published NOW News - May 27 2013]
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Soccer, the Suez, and Irregular Sea Denial [Published Information Dissemination - Mar 20 2013]
The Iraq War Ledger (2013 Update) [Published Center for American Progress National Security - Mar 19 2013]
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Blogs

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Harvard' Nieman Foundation and King of Bahrain [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - May 11 2013] From Ibn Rushd: " It's mission statement says that "Since its inception, the mission of the Harvard Nieman Foundation for Journalism has been “to promote and elevate the standards of journalism and educate persons deemed specially qualified for journalism.” Check ...
Soccer, the Suez, and Irregular Sea Denial [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Mar 21 2013] I’m back from a little vacation in the Sahel… Sea denial might be described as the obverse of sea control, where a weaker force is able to achieve an operational objective at sea by thwarting a superior fleet, even if only for a short duration. History ...
Soccer, the Suez, and Irregular Sea Denial [Published Information Dissemination - Mar 20 2013] I'm back from a little vacation in the Sahel...Sea denial might be described as the obverse of sea control, where a weaker force is able to achieve an operational objective at sea by thwarting a superior fleet, even if only for a short duration. History ...
US submarine's periscope hits vessel in Persian... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Jan 11 2013] A US submarine's periscope struck a vessel in the Persian Gulf on Thursday but apparently caused no major damage or injuries, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet said in a statement.The USS Jacksonville, a Los Angeles-class sub, "struck a vessel while operating ...
your friendly dictatorship in Bahrain [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - Dec 28 2012] ""Salman acknowledges that younger protestors also strongly oppose Western policy towards Bahrain. The EU and Britain have historically had close ties to Bahrain because of its oil supplies and strategic location in the Gulf. The US Navy's Fifth Fleet ...

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Rep. Johnson discusses Bahrain's political situ... [Published Rep. Hank Johnson - YouTube Channel - Jun 07 2013]