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Protecting Persian Gulf Oil

Bahrain is a small island in the Persian Gulf attached to Saudi Arabia. It's also home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet. It's a small, moderately wealthy kingdom where 40 percent of the world’s oil com

Protecting Persian Gulf Oil

Bahrain is a small island in the Persian Gulf attached to Saudi Arabia. It’s also home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet. It’s a small, moderately wealthy kingdom where 40 percent of the world’s oil comes from. That’s where Tony Perry is wrapping up his seven week tour of the Middle East with a visit to a pair of oil terminals being guarded by U.S. and Iraqi forces. He spoke with KPBS Anchor Dwane Brown.