Standing Up to Iran: Gulf Alliance Flexes Its Muscles -- Time Magazine
Pilots winging over raging Libyan battlefields in Mirage and F-16 fighter jets. A convoy of troops and tanks rumbling to the aid of an embattled partner. Defiant words for a regional bully bent on meddling in domestic affairs.
These are just some of the hallmarks of the new-look Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — the bloc of six Arab nations that is shedding its image as a somnolent, oil-rich cartel and propelling itself forward in the role of hands-on military campaigner in the uprisings that are reshaping the region. It has already intervened — mainly with member Saudi Arabia's troops — in the rebellion in GCC compatriot Bahrain. This is the GCC 2.0 and the world, and most especially Iran, is watching.
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