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Arabia
Bahraini women die amid crackdown
2011-04-17
[Iran Press TV] At least two Bahraini women have died as a result of a crackdown on the opposition, while thugs backed by Saudi forces stormed the village of Karzakan following the country-wide protests.

Azizeh Hassan died in her home after pro-regime thugs stormed houses in Bilad al-Qadim district, a Press TV correspondent reported on Saturday.

Moreover, a female teenager died a month after she was attacked by pro-regime thugs in Manama. Jawaher Abdul-Amir Kuwaitan was in a coma at the capital's al-Salmaniyah Hospital.

A number of rallies were held in cities and villages across the country, including in A'ali, Diraz, Karzakan and Bani Jamrah, on Friday.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio had his hands full of angry bleached blonde...
Al Khalifa loyalists backed by Saudi forces poured into the streets of Karzakan, terrorizing and damaging properties.

Security forces have stepped up their crackdown on the opposition, with over 800 people now being tossed in the clink.

According to the opposition Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights and the al-Wefaq party, the prominent human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
lawyer Mohammed al-Tajer was tossed in the clink on Saturday night during a raid on his house.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights in Manama has said that those jugged by government forces undergo torture. The group has also cited incidences of families receiving the bodies of those who died in jug with bruising and lashing marks.

Since the beginning of anti-government protests on February 14, scores of protesters have been killed and many others gone missing. Many of the families believe those tossed in the clink are most likely being jugged at the Sheikh Isa military base.

Most Bahraini media outlets have been blocked and mosques demolished by the government. Additionally, doctors and others who help the injured protesters have been targeted in arrests.

Bahraini protesters are demanding an end to the 200-year rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Thank you Mr. B my new word for the day.
"Good Intention and naive doesn't mean HALAL"
Posted by: Dale   2011-04-17 13:00  

#3  It is not halal to arm the brother of your brother.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-04-17 10:18  

#2  "Why aren't we actively subverting the Mullahs and RG by arming the opposition and disrupting the gov't ops?"

Two words, Frank: The Won.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-04-17 10:12  

#1  Iran is pushing the Shias into protests, then distracting the Iranian populace with the whipped up hysteria. Nice double game if they can get away with it. Why aren't we actively subverting the Mullahs and RG by arming the opposition and disrupting the gov't ops?
Posted by: Frank G   2011-04-17 10:10  

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