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Bahrain abducts two senior clerics
[Iran Press TV] Bahraini forces have kidnapped two senior holy mans as the government is putting more pressure to suffocate anti-regime protests.The Saudi-backed Bahraini forces incarcerated holy mans Sayyed Mohammad al-Alawi and Sheikh Abdul Adim al-Mohtadi in the capital Manama on Monday. It comes after the Bahraini government dismissed 30 doctors and 150 health ministry workers for supporting anti-government protests, a Press TV correspondent reported. Meanwhile, ...back at the Senate, Odius Sepulcher called for war against the Visigoths... police stormed schools on Monday and incarcerated teachers ahead of a planned strike. Earlier, Bahraini authorities expelled 16 Lebanese nationals from the country. The move came after the leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbullies, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, voiced support for the Bahraini protesters. Bahraini people have been demanding an end to the two-century-long rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty since February 14. Scores of protesters have been killed and many others gone missing since the beginning of the revolution. Bahraini forces have reinforced a massive armed crackdown on the uprising with the help of Saudi, the UAE and Kuwaiti troops. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-12 |
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