The Interior Ministry has ordered Bahrainis who are “currently in conflict zones … on the pretext of jihad” to “return to the country within two weeks” or face terrorism charges and the possible loss of citizenship. Security forces seized a number of ready-to-use Molotov cocktails at an apartment in Sanabis. The US Navy plans to step up operations in Bahrain and add new littoral combat ships. The “seat of the pants” style of US Ambassador Thomas Krajeski was criticized in a US State Department report.
