{"id":12050,"date":"2012-08-24T09:17:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T16:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12050"},"modified":"2012-08-24T09:17:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T16:17:04","slug":"dave-cameron-continues-to-prop-up-one-of-the-gulfs-bloodiest-rulers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12050","title":{"rendered":"Dave Cameron continues to prop-up one of the Gulf&#8217;s Bloodiest Rulers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bahrain, UK pledge closer ties<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Habib Toumi &#8211; 24 August, 2012 &#8211; Gulf News<\/p>\n<p>Manama: Bahrain and Britain have agreed to boost cooperation to safeguard stability and security in the region, Bahrain\u2019s foreign minister has said.<\/p>\n<p>King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa on Thursday met British Prime Minister David Cameron in London for official talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe visit by HM King Hamad is highly significant and is happening at a time when closer ties between Bahrain and London are required,\u201d Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The talks between King Hamad and Cameron covered bilateral relations and ways to safeguard stability and security in the region. The two leaders also discussed ways to safeguard peace in the Middle East as well as the latest developments in Syria. \u201cThere is common concern about the bloodshed [in Syria] and its repercussions for security in the region,\u201d Shaikh Khalid said in a statement carried by the Bahrain News Agency. <a href=\"http:\/\/gulfnews.com\/news\/gulf\/bahrain\/bahrain-uk-pledge-closer-ties-1.1065315\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D12050&amp;text=Dave+Cameron+continues+to+prop-up+one+of+the+Gulf%27s+Bloodiest+Rulers&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain, UK pledge closer ties By Habib Toumi &#8211; 24 August, 2012 &#8211; Gulf News Manama: Bahrain and Britain have agreed to boost cooperation to safeguard stability and security in the region, Bahrain\u2019s foreign minister has said. King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa on Thursday met British Prime Minister David Cameron in London for official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12050#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[3409],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12052,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12050\/revisions\/12052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}