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Mayhem at Bahrain Airport, Silly Bahraini Girl Says. While Mahmood wonders why every issue in Bahrain is politicised and invariably turn to violence? Zainab shows pictures that were not in the newspapers and emoodz says, you simply can't give an airplane to someone who miserably fails to fly a kite. Manama Republic describe what happened by saying, “international airport is back at its old job as the first interdiction point for rogue citizens,” and Sabbah had to tell his employees at the airport to go home. Checkout what happened at Bahrain International Airport!

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