{"id":5161,"date":"2012-01-20T13:51:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T20:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=5161"},"modified":"2012-01-20T13:51:52","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T20:51:52","slug":"us-struts-its-stuff-in-bahrain-amid-suspended-weapons-sales-due-to-human-rights-abuse-continued-dark-skys-in-the-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=5161","title":{"rendered":"US &#8220;struts its stuff&#8221; in Bahrain amid suspended Weapons Sales due to Human Rights Abuse &#8211; continued dark skys in the forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bahrain protesters greet air show with black smoke from burning tires<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Associated Press,  19 January,2012 &#8211; Washington Post<\/p>\n<p>MANAMA, Bahrain \u2014 Anti-government protesters in Bahrain have set off pillars of black smoke from burning tires in apparent attempts to embarrass officials on the opening day of the country\u2019s air show.<\/p>\n<p>The plumes were visible by people attending the aviation event, which includes American warplanes.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain\u2019s Sunni leaders have welcomed the air show as a sign of stability after more than 11 months of protests by the kingdom\u2019s Shiite majority, which complains it faces widespread discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The many smoky tire blazes Thursday was a show of resolve by demonstrators in the strategic nation, home to the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day air show includes aircraft such as the U.S. F\/A-18 Super Hornet warplane.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/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%3D5161&amp;text=US+%22struts+its+stuff%22+in+Bahrain+amid+suspended+Weapons+Sales+due+to+Human+Rights+Abuse+-+continued+dark+skys+in+the+forecast+&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain protesters greet air show with black smoke from burning tires By Associated Press, 19 January,2012 &#8211; Washington Post MANAMA, Bahrain \u2014 Anti-government protesters in Bahrain have set off pillars of black smoke from burning tires in apparent attempts to embarrass officials on the opening day of the country\u2019s air show. The plumes were visible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=5161#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[2369],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161"}],"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=5161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5163,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161\/revisions\/5163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}