Wikileaks: Bahrain crown prince: "Iran conspires with Qatar, Hezbollah & Hamas to split the Arabs ..."

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN AS "IRAN'S FOURTEENTH PROVINCE"  
...  After an Iranian official spoke of supposed Iranian claims to Bahrain, Egypt's President visited Manama in a demonstration of Arab solidarity..... The gaffe attributed to Nateq-Nuri provided Bahrain and other moderate Arab governments with an opportunity to put the Iranians on the PR defensive, and to shame Qatar for bringing Iran into Arab counsels. Inside Bahrain, the GOB is also using this episode to amplify its ongoing campaign (reftel) against allegedly disloyal radicals among Bahrain's Shia.  
¶6.  (C) In private, Bahrain's leaders do not seem very concerned about the prospect of annexation to Iran.  For example, during a meeting February 17 with Codel Pingree, Crown Prince Salman ticked off a long list of Iranian offenses against regional stability (including support for Hizballah and Hamas, nuclear ambitions, and "conspiring" with Qatar to split the Arabs) but made only a brief, dismissive mention of Nateq-Nuri's February 10 eruption.."