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| Bahrain: Authorities destroy the monument of Pearl Square |
| 2011-03-19 |
| [Ennahar] Bahraini authorities announced Friday they had destroyed the monument located on the Pearl Square in central Manama, which became a symbol of protest violently suppressed by government forces. "In the context of improving infrastructure, development work was started today at the crossroad of the Gulf Cooperation Council to facilitate the movement," said the Bahraini official news agency BNA. The monument was a concrete structure comprising six columns, representing the six GCC countries, supporting a sphere symbolizing a pearl, whose harvest underwater was long the mainstay of the kingdom. Place of the Pearl became February 19 the center of protest against the Sunni Al Khalifa dynasty, and the majority Shiite protesters were camping there day and night. Wednesday, Bahraini security forces launched an assault against the place and forced to flee the demonstrators, killing at least three and making dozens injured. |
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