All eyes on the King Fahd causeway

Jonathan Pain | The Pain Report | 02 March 2011

I have numerous maps, pictures and photographs in my office. They include a map of the Middle East, China, a ballot paper from the historic 1994 election in South Africa and the Twin Towers. Several years ago, a satellite photograph of the Straits of Hormuz joined the items above and, as of this morning, a picture of the King Fahd Causeway, which links Saudi Arabia to Bahrain.

At 6.45 pm on Monday 28 Feb (Bahrain local time), there were reports of Saudi tanks crossing the causeway. The Bahraini government cla...