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Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa speaks during a news conference in Manama, Bahrain, August 29, 2016. PHOTO| REUTERS

What you need to know:

  • "The disagreement with Qatar is a political and security dispute and has never been military," Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said on Twitter.
  • "But the deployment of foreign troops with their armoured vehicles is a military escalation for which Qatar will bear the consequences."

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