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发帖数: 887 | 1 http://www.sina.com.cn 2011年03月13日05:07 新华网
新华网麦纳麦3月12日电(记者王波)巴林国王哈马德12日会见了来访的美国国防部
长盖茨，双方就双边关系举行了会谈。
哈马德说，巴林重视发展与美国在各个领域的合作关系，特别是在国防和军事领域
。他感谢美国对巴林政府与各政治派别展开对话所给予的支持。他表示，巴林的改革和
现代化进程将持续下去，逐渐满足巴林人民的要求和需要。
盖茨说，美国将继续支持巴林政府，保持和发展同巴林的盟友关系。
巴林驻有美国第五舰队。 | n*****d
发帖数: 956 | 2 标准TG体啊。TG真是输出文化不遗余力啊。有人又要悲愤了……
不过，谁来告诉我，这两位谈的究竟是什么？
【在 m**********r 的大作中提到】
: http://www.sina.com.cn 2011年03月13日05:07 新华网
: 新华网麦纳麦3月12日电(记者王波)巴林国王哈马德12日会见了来访的美国国防部
: 长盖茨，双方就双边关系举行了会谈。
: 哈马德说，巴林重视发展与美国在各个领域的合作关系，特别是在国防和军事领域
: 。他感谢美国对巴林政府与各政治派别展开对话所给予的支持。他表示，巴林的改革和
: 现代化进程将持续下去，逐渐满足巴林人民的要求和需要。
: 盖茨说，美国将继续支持巴林政府，保持和发展同巴林的盟友关系。
: 巴林驻有美国第五舰队。
| q*1
发帖数: 1128 | 3 After riding past the site of Friday's large protest and street battle with
police, Secretary Gates spent nearly two hours with Bahrains' top leaders,
including ten minutes alone with the king. On the flight home, the secretary
said the region's leaders need to respond to the protests with more than
what he called "baby steps."
"I believe, based on the things that I've heard from the crown prince and
the king, that they are prepared to do more than just, as I put it, baby
steps," he said.
Secretary Gates urged the Bahraini leaders to respond to their people's
political and economic grievances with "real reform." He said they have
already made some changes and would like to move faster with what he called
"more far-reaching steps."
But he said one problem is that some opposition elements have refused to
join a dialogue offered by the crown prince, a frustration the prince also
expressed to reporters at the start of meeting. Gates said U.S. diplomats
have met with opposition leaders to try to convince them to participate in
talks.
VOA - A. Pessin
Part of the Pearl Roundabout tent city, March 12, 2011
One reason for the reluctance could be found Saturday morning at the
headquarters of the protesters, Pearl Roundabout in Manama. While Gates was
at the royal palaces meeting the king and the crown prince, a tent city of
protesters and vendors was awakening after a day in which police fired tear
gas, and according to some reports rubber bullets, to break up a large
protest after Friday prayers.
The police were reportedly joined by pro-government gangs armed with pipes
and swords. Some protesters threw stones, while others tried to make them
stop and chanted for a peaceful approach by both sides.
One protester, a teacher who identified himself only as Nabil, says he is
not interested in any dialogue with the royal family. "Our grandfathers
tried them in [the] 20s and 50s and 60s and 70s, we had a problem with them.
And in 80s, 90s and now as well. They say, 'OK, let's sit at a table and
see what you want.' And we believe them every time. And every time they lie.
So no trust for this family now," said Nabil.
VOA - A. Pessin
Badria, right, with two friends on Pearl Roundabout, March 12, 2011
Also on the roundabout were several women in traditional black abayas,
including a nurse named Badria.
When asked why she is supporting the protests, she said, "Because we are
suffering here in Bahrain. All our rights are not given to us. Even our
grains they are now wishing us to sign that we are with the king. Otherwise,
they will not give us our grain."
VOA - A. Pessin
Protest signs at Pearl Roundabout, March 12, 2011
The mostly Shi'ite Muslim protesters' top complaint Saturday was about
foreign workers, Sunni Muslims brought in by the country's Sunni leaders to
do manual labor and given citizenship, a situation the country's Shi'ite
majority says is changing the political balance and depriving them of jobs.
Badria says she is worried about the future for her four small children.
"I am educating them. Who will give them work? Nobody! If the situation is
still like this, my children will not get jobs. They will not get any place
to stay," she said.
The protests in Bahrain pose a strategic problem for the United States. The
U.S. Navy's fifth fleet is based there, providing support to U.S. troops in
Iraq and Afghanistan. And there are concerns that if Bahrain becomes
unstable it could affect another key ally, neighboring Saudi Arabia, where
another Sunni royal family rules.
In addition, Secretary Gates said he told the Bahraini leaders if they allow
the already month-old unrest to continue, it could create an opportunity
for Iran.
"I expressed the view that we had no evidence that suggested that Iran
started any of these popular revolutions or demonstrations across the region
, but there is clear evidence that as the process is protracted,
particularly in Bahrain, that the Iranians are looking for ways to exploit
it and create problems. And so, I told him that in this instance time is not
our friend," he said.
Gates said he told the Bahraini leaders the widespread demand for reform in
the Middle East will not allow for a return to the status quo before the
protests began, and the United States wants its friends to lead the process,
rather than have change imposed on them by potentially destabilizing
popular uprisings.
本文来自: 中国雅思网(www.cnielts.com) 详细出处参考：http://www.cnielts.com/voa/101972.html
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: 标准TG体啊。TG真是输出文化不遗余力啊。有人又要悲愤了……
: 不过，谁来告诉我，这两位谈的究竟是什么？
| q*1
发帖数: 1128 | 4 美国国防部长嫌巴林民主化速度太慢, 让其加快速度 |
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