The local media today carried news of yet another scandal, one (like many others) will be soon forgotten and vanish into oblivion; one that even the slightest evidence supporting which could lead to a mass revolt if not an overthrow of the government if it happened in a tribe that lives within the rainforests of Africa. But then again, this is Bahrain isn’t?! A country whose people have developed a rare natural immunity against instinctive defensive response towards accusations or evidence supported allegations of corruption, crimes against nation’s identity, pollution, taxes, stealing of lands, torture of the innocent like it did with tear gas and rubber bullets, something that itches temporarily and soon to be gone, a couple of bandages and an onion (yes an onion) and you are good as new. Wake up to another day, with most probably another reason to nag or whine and scream “bloody murder”, we grew to be a nation used to royal decrees as solutions to all matters, financial or political, we became a nation addicted to narcotic and partial solutions to problems, poorly engineered decisions that solve the problem momentarily only to explode beyond fixing tomorrow.

The issue at hand, a warning statement by Mr. Adulla AlAsha’al the executive director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) published in AlWasat Newspaper; from which I quote: (Source)

The NDI is in great danger, it is being controlled by a mob of Iraqi Baathists, one in the Board of the Trustees, and the director of the institute is a former officer during the era of the deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

He insisted urgent intervention by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to dissolve the Board of Trustees. Mr AlAsha’al expressed his willingness to work with the new Board of Trustees. He also expressed his readiness to appear before the parliamentary commission of inquiry to present his testimony or public questioning. He is also calling on all forces of society, particularly the members of the Shura Council, deputies, civil associations and political activists to get involved and save the Institute of this “evil mob”.

فجر المدير التنفيذي لمعهد البحرين للتنمية السياسية عبدالله الأشعل مفاجأة من العيار الثقيل، حين أعلن أن «معهد التنمية السياسية في خطر حقيقي، لأن عصابة من البعثيين تسيطر عليه، وأقطابها عضو عراقي في مجلس الأمناء، ومدير في المعهد كان سابقاً ضابطاً في عهد الرئيس العراقي المخلوع صدام حسين». وكشف الاشعل أن «المدير جاء من العراق بعد الاحتلال بواسطة عضو في مجلس الأمناء يشغل منصباً أكاديمياً في إحدى الجامعات البحرينية، وهذا المدير يحصل على راتب قدره 2200 دينار بحريني، وهو ما يفوق الراتب الذي يحصل عليه عضو مجلس النواب البحريني المنتخب من الشعب، كما يتمتع بامتيازات كثيرة في حين أنه لا يقوم بأية مهمات»، على حد قوله.

ووجه الأشعل مناشدة عاجلة عبر «الوسط» إلى عاهل البلاد جلالة الملك حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة، يطالب جلالته فيها بحل مجلس أمناء المعهد، وأبدى استعداده للعمل مع مجلس أمناء جديد. إلى ذلك، أعلن الأشعل استعداده الكامل للمثول أمام لجنة تحقيق برلمانية لعرض شهادته، مطالباً جميع قوى المجتمع وفي مقدمتها أعضاء مجلسي الشورى والنواب والجمعيات الأهلية والسياسية بالعمل على إنقاذ المعهد من هذه العصابة التي تضمر الشر».

I hate conspiracy theories; I am even a poor constructor or believer of ones, but it’s just that I have seen evidence supporting what this guy is saying but chose to overlook them. There is this thing inside that doesn’t allow me to pass everything through to my head, a “sane check” filter if you may. It didn’t take long to dig up those sources, I knew exactly where to look as I’ve been through them and they left a mark somewhere, the Bander effect syndrome maybe? Who knows..

The Los Angeles Times reports on the situation within Bahrain (Source):

Figures allied with the Muslim Brotherhood or more extreme groups have gained the upper hand over the ministries of information, finance and large parts of the military, government critics and human rights groups say. Banks owned by Muslim charities or organizations have grown rich with the return of Arab funds from the United States and Europe after the increased post-Sept. 11 scrutiny of Persian Gulf money in the West. Islamic charities have morphed into powerful political groups, with the government’s encouragement, critics say.

Some likened the rapid buildup of Sunni groups to the U.S. and Saudi support for Islamist Afghan warriors during the 1980s Soviet occupation.

Stories of unexplainable tolerance the government is showing towards extremists is just beyond comprehension and are mounting up before own eyes making it very hard to overlook or forget, or play the Bahraini Ostrich and bury our heads deep under the ground hoping nothing will happe. And by evidence I don’t just mean the story of possible naturalization of Ba’athist Iraqis, nor harboring Wagdi Ghunaim (More), or even inviting public supporters of AlQaeda to so called Islamic Conferences (More), stories like those were explained and detailed not only by the un-namable report, but local and international media altogether.

Stories like this (backed by a photo – Source) expressing astonishment towards the huge number of Iraqis that showed up in a mourning gathering the morning after the execution of the former Iraqi President Sadam Hussain, on Bahrain the very land who have lost tens of it’s citizens brutally murdered for no sin whatsoever.

Where is this country heading with this?
Why isn’t anyone speaking?! Why isn’t anyone reacting?! Who is benefiting from this?!