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Rioting In Bahrain Escalates, Third Protester Dies In Police Clashes
The small country of Bahrain has promptly been displaced in the docket of revolutionary news, by recent developments in Iran. Yet the peace on the Saudi island neighbor is deteriorating as demonstrations escalate. According to ABNA.ir, "Tens of Bahraini Army jeeps surrounded the main square and attacked the protesters. Thousands
of Anti-Government protesters filled a main square in the Bahrain
capital due to discriminations posed by the government. Security
forces at first appeared to hold back as the crowds poured into Pearl
Square in Manama. After a while, in an extreme violent action the army
released more than 50 war vehicles to the square, which resulted in
shameless and violent attacks against the righteous freedom seekers. The
dramatic move Tuesday comes just hours after a third protester died in
clashes with police in the strategic Island Kingdom, which is home to
the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet." So while we wait for Al Jazeera or anyone else for that matter to start covering the protests in Manama (which could be a while: the world has suddenly developed revolution burn out), below we present a photographic update from the island nation.
Via Abna.ir
h/t Hedged In
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Thanks for the translations.
As to the "Shah" the protestors are referring to, could it be this guy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamad_ibn_Isa_Al_Khalifa
Yes, Shah is just a sovereign by birth, and Hamad bin Isa is the man now. As for the picture of the guy with the orange sign...I'm having a little trouble with the third word. What I think it says, however, is....
"We will not accept that corrupt officials and looting of our nation's wealth is the natural order of things, so beware of insulting us, or trying to undermine our dignity...signed by the people of Bahrain"
Maybe Hulk can help with the translation. The point is, there is no mention of religion or Caliphates or Shi'ites vs. Sunnis.
Many years ago, long before the causeway from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, I used to go to Manama to get away from the bleakness of Saudi. There was a beach called "The Sheikh's Beach" which was open only to foreigners (bathing suits on women were considered too dangerous for the locals, especially the Shi'ite locals, to see). The beach was near one of the then ruler's homes. The Sheikh, Isa if I remember correctly, was about 5'2". Occasionally he would come on to the beach carrying a cooler and hand out cold drinks to the beachgoers. Seemed like a nice guy.
Bread Helmets Bitchez!!!
Mid East powder keg is blowing up. Bahrain is connected by bridge to the Saudi city of Al-Khobar. Ths could easily escalate over to the Saudi Eastern Province. There are plenty of unemployed youth over there with nothing better to do, oh and lots of oil facilities. Ye haw, Black Swans are warming up their feathers and getting ready to fly.
Powder thimble. To the degree it gets out of hand, the answer is brutal oppression, which they will apply to themselves while the west pretends to tsk tsk at them for doing so. The people over there didn't suddenly become self-governing worthy enlightened citizens of the world. It takes several generations.
Every time when "tough guys" from FBI or CIA will try to provide "measures" against DrLamer, they will have yet another headache anywhere in the world. When "tough guys" forced ZH to "cooperate", got DrLamer's IP address and then issued an international warrant against DrLamer in January 2011 (on "jewish financial mafia"), - the local "tough guys" in my place got semi-terror act (no victims). When they (or ADL) tried to get info about me in Russia's FSB, the Russia got Domodedovo (among dosens muslims, one jewish girl killed). When "tough guys" pushed the case higher in DC, the CIA/FBI got Egypt's revolution in late January 2011.
Last week I wrote on ZeroHedge about companies Aricent and NICE, about their role in monitoring US' homeland security, including the Statue of Liberty in New York (New Jersey). Did I mention AGAIN the owners of Aricent? No? Oh sorry, "tough guys". Permit me to do it now:
The owners of Aricent is .... royal family of Bahrain.
Here the links:
http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2008/09/24/stories/2008092450750400.htm
http://www.allvoices.com/news/1372150-aricent-raises
First mention of the word "Bahrain" on ZH by DrLamer:
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/overseas-asset-buying-spree
I can explain: there are two legal basements/reasons for The Chief Lawyer to provide this headache for CIA around the globe:
1). UN's convention from 14 Dec 1973
"The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents"
http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/cppcipp/cppcipp.html
2). the Bible, Book of Amos 3.7:
"7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."
I dont care what the "tough guys" think about it. I care what they DO.
This is official: stay away from DrLamer and his family, and you will be safe, and got much, much less headache.
DrLamer shouldn't talk about DrLamer in the third person if DrLamer wants to stay outside of an asylum.
It worked! It worked! I can't believe it! The injection of democracy into Iraq has lit the fuse of freedom!
Bushie is brilliant!
"Eyewitnesses told the BBC that the unrest had been triggered by the arrest of a lawyer who is an outspoken critic of the government."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12477275
Man your chairs start texting, save the planet with theories!! Who showed up in Fn D.C. today? Anybody? Stupid interweb.
It is indeed ironic dumb shit US Presidents end up at least initiating the change of the world events with their grandstanding speeches which actually are making sense!
An Arab colleague who lives in Bahrain says that the portests are actually Shia vs Sunni, not the People vs the Government, or Commoner vs Royals. They are using the guise of democracy to protest thier minority position in a Sunni lead government. I spoke to him in person today and he says the protests are local an disolated to the Shia neighborhoods and villages in the kingdom. Further, the gatherings are sporadic and pose no immediate threat to him, his family nor the continuation of business.
Guranteed that CNN and Chritiane Amanpour get this wrong. Everything now will be viewed through the "Egypt" lens of analysis, which is what these protestors desire. "they protest therefore there is "a democracy movement" afoot." Hardly.
WTF from DXB
That's a relief. So this is like Texas vs OU weekend in Dallas. Sort of loud, transient roudiness in certain parts of town on game weekend.
I don't know. The Texas vs OU weekends I went to never had the police beating people to death. Maybe just an occasional arrest for drunkeness. Probably a few driving fatalities. I think it takes a special kind of pissed off for folks to run out in the street and start hurling rocks at police or soldiers. It's the kind of thing that only happens when someone's life feels in jepordy.
TX vs OU, Sunni vs Shia, Steelers vs Yankees...what's the diff?
Seef Mall *supposedly* completely looted FYI.