Not much US can do about al Khalifa Regime? Obama tell US Corporations to pull out of Air Show!

Bahrainis demand air show cancellation
Oct 20, 2011 – Shia Post

Bahrainis are calling on the organizers of next year’s Bahrain International Air Show to cancel their plans for holding the event in the crisis-hit country, Press TV.

The Bahraini people have called on the organizers of the Bahrain Air Show at Farnborough International Limited not to go ahead with organizing the exhibit for several reasons, Bahrain Freedom Movement said in an email.

“The first reason is that the country is unstable; it has serious human rights crimes committed by senior members of the regime,” the human rights group announced.

It also noted that the Bahraini regime has lost its legitimacy and is no longer representative of the Bahraini people.

The London-based group was referring to the deadly repression of anti-government demonstrations in Bahrain, with the help of the Saudi Arabian government, which deployed military equipment and troops to the neighboring country to help quash the popular revolt.

The group said that by inviting Saudi troops to occupy the island, the regime of ruling Al Khalifa regime has forfeited its sovereignty over the country and its rule is thus considered null and void.

Bahrain International Air Show, the second event in the Persian Gulf state, is scheduled for 9-15 January, 2012, in Bahrain, despite an ongoing brutal crackdown on peaceful protests that have demanded the downfall of the ruling Al khalifa family.

The Saudi-backed Al Khalifa regime has killed dozens of people and arrested hundreds of others, including physicians and academics, since the popular uprising began in the Arab sheikhdom in mid-February.

Some activists say they were tortured while in custody. International lawyers have also filed a lawsuit against the Bahraini regime at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. …source