Police Fire Teargas, Birdshot At Bahrain Demonstrators

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Source: REUTERS

MANAMA | Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:24pm EDT
(Reuters) - Bahraini police fired teargas and birdshot to disperse scattered protests across the country on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Muslims responded to a call by online activists for pro-democracy demonstrations.

The main opposition group said around 60 rallies were held in 40 locations, in an upsurge of a two-and-a-half-year-old campaign to push the Sunni Muslim ruling family for more democracy in the Shi'ite-majority nation of 1.25 million people.

The United States temporarily closed its embassy and Bahrani authorities tightened security after opposition figures used social media to call for rallies.

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Bahrain, a tiny island state that hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet as a bulwark for U.S.-aligned Gulf monarchies against Iran, has suffered bouts of unrest since February 2011 when a Shi'ite-led uprising demanded the al-Khalifa dynasty give up power.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/14/us-bahrain-protests-idUSBRE97D08520130814

[HumansAndResources]

1. WH call for a "humanitarian war" to liberate the people from a Dictatorship next?

Surely the UN-USAID and Wall St Currency-AttackThreats are going out as we speak - "vote our way or your people will starve." And then, with that next Grand UN vote, the "Will of the International Community" can be used to justify the massacre to come.

Oh, wait, that's right. Bahrain is one of the "allies" so such labels don't apply. Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia, Friday's head-choppings in the public square will take place at the usual time. Don't miss out on the blood-curdling action !!