Bahrain to receive more Gulf troops

Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said four Gulf states were sending troops and the forces would remain for as long as it took to bring calm after protests by the Shiite majority slid into sectarian violence and crippled the economy.

Their role would be limited to guarding strategic assets such as oil facilities,however,and they will not be involved in quelling protests, he told a news conference in Manama. We look with all confidence to the return of normal life in Bahrain, Sheikh Khaled said. We know dialogue is our path.