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MANAMA, Bahrain) Soldiers and riot police used tear gas and armored vehicles Wednesday to drive out hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital, a day after emergency rule was imposed in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom. At least six people were killed, according to witnesses and officials.
The full-scale assault launched at daybreak swept into Pearl Square, which has been the center of uprising against Bahrain's rulers since it began more than a month ago. Stinging clouds of tear gas filled streets and black smoke rose from the square from the protesters' tents set ablaze.
Witnesses said at least two protesters were killed when the square was stormed. Officials at Ibn Nafees Hospital said a third protester later died from gunshot wounds in his back. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears of reprisals from authorities.
Meanwhile, Bahrain state TV also reported that two policemen died when they were hit by a vehicle after anti-government protesters were driven out. The Interior Ministry also at least one other policeman was killed, but did not give the cause.
It was unclear whether the offensive included soldiers from other Gulf nations who were dispatched to help Bahrain's Sunni monarchy, which has been under relentless pressure from the country's majority Shiite Muslims to give up its monopoly on power.
But state TV broadcast video showing military vehicles in the square flying Bahrain's red-and-white flag as security officials moved through the wreckage of the encampment, set up at the base of a towering monument to the country's history as a pearl diving center. The video showed the ground littered with debris, including satellite dishes and charred tent poles.
America Govt. and UN will pay a lot to return back trust of world people. America Govt. and UN can stop this massacre before it begin but they did not stop it.
American freedom people we respect your support to us but your govt. participate in what happen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Bahrain.
Besides everyone in Washington, asides from the people who believe in this 'Muslim Democracy'*, know that the moment the US claims victory the people will hate them, throw scorn upon them, burn US flags and call for the destruction of Israel...wait for it...dictatorship that tolerates the US and Israel vs Muslim democracy that wants to destroy the US and Israel. Foreign Policy wise, there must be a rational decision here, and it isn't supporting the protesters.America Govt. and UN will pay a lot to return back trust of world people. America Govt. and UN can stop this massacre before it begin but they did not stop it.
American freedom people we respect your support to us but your govt. participate in what happen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Bahrain.
I really wish we could help you but America has their hands tied in Iraq and Afghanistan and their ties to the Saudis dont help either.![]()
Besides everyone in Washington, asides from the people who believe in this 'Muslim Democracy'*, know that the moment the US claims victory the people will hate them, throw scorn upon them, burn US flags and call for the destruction of Israel...wait for it...dictatorship that tolerates the US and Israel vs Muslim democracy that wants to destroy the US and Israel. Foreign Policy wise, there must be a rational decision here, and it isn't supporting the protesters.America Govt. and UN will pay a lot to return back trust of world people. America Govt. and UN can stop this massacre before it begin but they did not stop it.
American freedom people we respect your support to us but your govt. participate in what happen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Bahrain.
I really wish we could help you but America has their hands tied in Iraq and Afghanistan and their ties to the Saudis dont help either.![]()
*If you want the perfect Muslim Democracy, visit Turkey, minorities are persecuted, Christian churches are shut down, Mosques send radical islamists on flotillas, it is a regular state of civil war with the Kurds. Sounds great.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) A senior Iranian cleric on Friday urged Bahrain's majority Shiites to keep up their protests until death or victory against the Sunni monarchy in the tiny island kingdom.
Bahrain has been rocked by a month long uprising of the Shiite-led opposition against its Sunni rulers. And though there are no apparent links between Bahrain's Shiite opposition and Iran's predominantly Shiite nation, the Persian Gulf leaders are concerned that political gains by Bahrain's Shiites could give Iran a stepping stone to its archrival Saudi Arabia.
Iran has denounced the deployment of a Saudi-led force from Sunni Arab allies this week to prop up the Sunni monarchy in Bahrain.
In Tehran, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati spoke to worshippers after Friday prayers and called on "brothers and sisters" in Bahrain to "resist against the enemy until you die or win."
Jannati, a supporter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, asked all Muslims to help the Bahraini Shiites "restore rights" and also accused the United States of being an "accomplice in all crimes."
After prayers, thousands of Iranians rallied against the crackdown in Bahraini, chanting against leaders of Bahrain and Saudi.
Iran on Wednesday recalled its ambassador from Bahrain. And on Tuesday, Tehran summoned Bahrain's charge d'affaires in Tehran to officially protest to the crackdown. The Saudi ambassador in Iran was summoned in a similar protest.
On Thursday, scores of students and clerics gathered in Tehran, angrily chanting against Saudi and Bahraini leaders outside the embassies of the two countries. The protesters blamed the United States for allegedly supporting the deployment of the 1,000-strong Saudi-led forces to Bahrain.
I feel sorry for them too, but even if they do achieve their freedom from one faction (Ghadaffi and the like), they will have to achieve it from others such as the military and religious radicals. The aftermath of these revolutions is unlikely to be pleasant for those groups not in the majority.Besides everyone in Washington, asides from the people who believe in this 'Muslim Democracy'*, know that the moment the US claims victory the people will hate them, throw scorn upon them, burn US flags and call for the destruction of Israel...wait for it...dictatorship that tolerates the US and Israel vs Muslim democracy that wants to destroy the US and Israel. Foreign Policy wise, there must be a rational decision here, and it isn't supporting the protesters.I really wish we could help you but America has their hands tied in Iraq and Afghanistan and their ties to the Saudis dont help either.![]()
*If you want the perfect Muslim Democracy, visit Turkey, minorities are persecuted, Christian churches are shut down, Mosques send radical islamists on flotillas, it is a regular state of civil war with the Kurds. Sounds great.
Everything you are saying is true I'm just saying from a personal perspective I hate to see people fighting for their freedom getting shot down like this, even though I know the US will not get involved physically on the ground to stop any of this.
I feel sorry for them too, but even if they do achieve their freedom from one faction (Ghadaffi and the like), they will have to achieve it from others such as the military and religious radicals. The aftermath of these revolutions is unlikely to be pleasant for those groups not in the majority.Besides everyone in Washington, asides from the people who believe in this 'Muslim Democracy'*, know that the moment the US claims victory the people will hate them, throw scorn upon them, burn US flags and call for the destruction of Israel...wait for it...dictatorship that tolerates the US and Israel vs Muslim democracy that wants to destroy the US and Israel. Foreign Policy wise, there must be a rational decision here, and it isn't supporting the protesters.
*If you want the perfect Muslim Democracy, visit Turkey, minorities are persecuted, Christian churches are shut down, Mosques send radical islamists on flotillas, it is a regular state of civil war with the Kurds. Sounds great.
Everything you are saying is true I'm just saying from a personal perspective I hate to see people fighting for their freedom getting shot down like this, even though I know the US will not get involved physically on the ground to stop any of this.
I feel sorry for them too, but even if they do achieve their freedom from one faction (Ghadaffi and the like), they will have to achieve it from others such as the military and religious radicals. The aftermath of these revolutions is unlikely to be pleasant for those groups not in the majority.Besides everyone in Washington, asides from the people who believe in this 'Muslim Democracy'*, know that the moment the US claims victory the people will hate them, throw scorn upon them, burn US flags and call for the destruction of Israel...wait for it...dictatorship that tolerates the US and Israel vs Muslim democracy that wants to destroy the US and Israel. Foreign Policy wise, there must be a rational decision here, and it isn't supporting the protesters.
*If you want the perfect Muslim Democracy, visit Turkey, minorities are persecuted, Christian churches are shut down, Mosques send radical islamists on flotillas, it is a regular state of civil war with the Kurds. Sounds great.
Everything you are saying is true I'm just saying from a personal perspective I hate to see people fighting for their freedom getting shot down like this, even though I know the US will not get involved physically on the ground to stop any of this.