Qatari navy fire on Bahraini boats 14, May 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in Bahrain, Qatar.Tags: Bahrain sailor injured, Naval Skirmish, Qatar navy, Qatari navy attack
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Earlier this month Qatari coastguards opened fire on a Bahraini boat that entered Qatari territorial waters. One Bahraini sailor was injured. Although the article in the Gulf News is typically unclear, it appears as if this is an incident of Qataris zealously protecting their fishing rights as opposed to any other security related issues.
It is interesting, however, coming but a few months after a wholly ignored naval spat between Saudi Arabia and Naval forces from Abu Dhabi.
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[…] On the Qatar Bahrain naval skirmish 25, May 2010 Posted by davidbroberts in Bahrain, Qatar. Tags: Bahrain, Fishing skirmish, Gulf naval skirmish, Qatar, Qatar Bahrain skirmish trackback A few more scraps of information regarding the Bahrain-Qatar skirmish: […]