Bahraın Us Navy

epa02174104 A coalition ship seen at the docks of Mina Salman port in Manama, Bahrain 26 May 2010 near the site of a new expansion project for the US Navy in Bahrain. Construction began 26 May 2010 on doubling the size of the US Navy base in Bahrain, with digging beginning on a 70-acre site leased from the Bahraini government at the decommissioned Mina Salman port. The four-phase, 580 million dollar project will massively increase the military capabilities of the US 5th Fleet based there, according to US officials.  EPA/MAZEN MAHDI