Bahrain 'asks for Gulf help'

Bahrain has asked for help from neighbouring Gulf Arab countries after protesters overwhelmed police and cut off roads, and an adviser to the royal court said the forces were already on the strategic island kingdom.
"Forces from the Gulf Cooperation Council have arrived in Bahrain to maintain order and security," Nabeel al-Hamer, a former information minister and adviser to the royal court, said on his Twitter feed late on Sunday, accroding to the Reuters news agency.
Gulf Daily News, a newspaper close to Bahrain's powerful prime minister, reported yesterday that forces from the GCC, a six-member regional bloc, would protect strategic facilities.