Press TV - 9/3/12
Bahraini dictator Hamad bin Essa Al Khalifa has donated £3 million to Britain’s internationally-renowned elite officer training academy, Sandhurst, local media reported.
Bahraini dictator Hamad bin Essa Al Khalifa
Despite global denouncement of the Bahraini regime following a brutal crackdown on ongoing pro-democracy protests in the tiny Persian Gulf island country, the academy accepted the donation honorably in January, British media reported.
Bahrain has been in crisis since a revolt led by mainly Shi'ite Muslims began 18 months ago to demand democracy in the Sunni-ruled dictatorship.
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