The FCO travel advice is pure CYA.
This part of the world is still a lot safer than most western cities.
I have no problem staying here. I have no problem traveling to Kuwait every other week. I have no problem keeping my kids here and sending them to school here.
Some people just like to panic for the sake of it.
Have you worked it out yet. What do you think Saddam is able to throw at us. He does not have anything left..... Remember the original weapons inspectors were based in Bahrain and I knew a few of them. Nobody is listening to these guys when they say that from 91 to 98 they destroyed a huge amount of his stuff and effectively did disarm him. And even if he did we are ringed by anti missile stuff.
The biggest danger we are in is to be hit by "Friendly Fire"
This BA diversion means that leaving LHR at 10:00 I will now get into Bahrain at 23:30 instead of 19:00. Guess I am going Gulf Air from now on.
God, You people
