Bahrain Crackdown: Riot police storm protest camp on Manama Pearl Square

Riot police firing tear gas and wielding clubs stormed a landmark square occupied by anti-government protesters before dawn on Thursday, driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hub for demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom. The main opposition group Al Wefaq said at least two people were killed in the assault on Pearl Square, which was littered with flattened tents, trampled banners and broken glass.

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[Teresa Roberts]

Take heart. We will make it known.

[Teresa Roberts]

We are resisiting and occupying in america as well.

We do not approve our government.

[Mohammad ismail]

Kafir is America and those who support America (Al Khalifa, King of Jordan, King of Saudi Arabia,alldictators and murderers)

[Mohammad ismail]

Bahrain National Council will fight against the tyrant Dictator Al Khalifa

[amjadami]

and which master do you serve.? doesnt happen to be that big shia kafir in iran called ahmadinejad is it ?

[Mohammad ismail]

Those who itched to drop bombs on Libya have little to say about Bahrain — Misrata, yes; Manama, no. Bahrain is “complicated”, say our leaders. It isn`t. A king has turned his security forces on his own subjects. And the reason the US hasn`t come out against him is as cynical as it is simple: Bahrain is a strategic ally of the US, a counterweight to Iran, and home to the US navy`s fifth fleet. Syria isn`t. Neither is Libya