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Bahrain committee investigates 'planned' riots
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Friday, January 3, 2003
ABU DHABI — Bahrain's newly-elected parliament has appointed
a committee to investigate New Year riots in Manama in which up
to 2,000 young men attacked foreigners in the entertainment
district of the capital.
Officials said the riots were planned and those accused of helping
organize them include Saudi nationals. Officials said 45 people were
arrested and four of them have been released.
"What happened was deliberately aimed at causing chaos and harm
to the security and stability which the country enjoys," Bahraini
Interior Minister Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said on Thursday.
"They were aiming to corrupt and distort the historic achievements
of the kingdom."
The panel will also oversee the kingdom's military and defense
establishment, Middle East Newsline reported.
Parliamentarians elected Ahmed Bahzad as chairman of the new
Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Economy Committee. The
panel is meant to oversee such bodies as the military, Defense
Ministry and Foreign Ministry.
The committee will also have a vice chairman. He was identified as
Mohammed Al Abbas.
Arab diplomatic sources said they do not expect the new
parliamentary committee to have much influence on Bahrain's
defense policy, including the significant U.S. military presence. The
sources said defense and military issues will remain the exclusive
domain of King Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabber Al Thani.
Members of the Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Economy
Committee were not elected. Instead, they were appointed by a
panel that consisted of the speaker of parliament, his two deputies
and the general secretary.
Members of five other committees were also appointed by the
panel.
Last year, Bahrain elected its first parliament in nearly 30 years.
Many of the deputies have appeared uncertain over the powers and
procedures of the institution.
The 40-member parliament is composed entirely of males. Islamic
fundamentalist movements dominate the body.
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