These Are The Controversial Satellite Photos That Set Off Protests In Bahrain

[TalkingDog]

http://www.businessinsider.com/bahrain-google-earth-2011-3#


How un-politic for Google Earth to show palatial residences, yachts and private islands right next to the crowded, filthy slums...

[elias49]

1. That's pretty embarrasing -

I guess it's a lot like Dubai...another money cyclone.

[annabanana]

2. Now THAT'S a bunch of interesting pictures... I expect that there

are many places on Earth with that kind of slideshow. Do you remember when The Dick had his residence (at the Naval Observatory) blurred out?

[northoftheborder]

3. Unbelievabale. What massive inequality looks like.

[Poboy]

4. wow. worth a look.

[damntexdem]

5. I'm still waiting for a parody cartoon of: "Pinky and Bahrain."

;-)

[Canuckistanian]

6. WOW

It's not that the palaces are so luxurious (which they are), it's that there are SO MANY of them, scattered across tiny Bahrain.

And apparently each one NEEDS several square kilometres that are forbidden to the public.

And almost ALL owned by the ruling family, while the peasants drown in their own sewage.

Unbelievable.