Not in Bahrain sorry Halas in the UAE. Border Bahrain and talk to them a lot but can't place the guy you're talking about.
The only thing I'll say in defence of Bahrain, is from what I've seen and heard its a nasty bit of airspace and they do border Saudi Arabia, who give Bahrain no help and a lot of grief with there exceedingly restrictive requirements that Bahrain and by osmosis the UAE have to then place on the aircraft. If you are flying to Europe from Dubai etc via the Bahrain/Saudi route our hands are tied as to what we can offer as part of Saudi airspace is non radar so we have to set up procedural standards in a radar environment.
Hope that helps maybe explain the pressures that this guy may have been under. cheers.