Sakeena
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- A Bahraini princess, whose elopement with a US Marine in 1999 once caused tension between the US and Bahrain, is heading home because of a marriage gone sour and family fears about her safety, the Los Angeles Times reported on September 29.
Meriam Al Khalifa Johnson, who swept out of Bahrain hiding under a baseball cap and flashing fake Marine identification, flew to Washington on Thursday to catch a flight back home to the Middle East, the newspaper said. The couple inspired a television movie, "Romeo and Juliet set against Desert Storm," and a foreign-relations tempest when the Bahraini government asked the United States to send the princess back.
The newspaper reported that Al Khalifa Johnson told her husband, Jason Johnson, to get a job, while the ex-Marine, reduced in rank for forging a fake identification for Meriam, wanted to attend college.
Meriam Al Khalifa Johnson, who swept out of Bahrain hiding under a baseball cap and flashing fake Marine identification, flew to Washington on Thursday to catch a flight back home to the Middle East, the newspaper said. The couple inspired a television movie, "Romeo and Juliet set against Desert Storm," and a foreign-relations tempest when the Bahraini government asked the United States to send the princess back.
The newspaper reported that Al Khalifa Johnson told her husband, Jason Johnson, to get a job, while the ex-Marine, reduced in rank for forging a fake identification for Meriam, wanted to attend college.