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| 'Bahrain police abduct 6 female teachers' |
| 2011-04-20 |
| [Iran Press TV] Bahrain police have kidnapped six female teachers from school in Muharraq following the regime's crackdown on anti-government protesters. The teachers were kidnapped on Tuesday, witnesses said. On Monday, Bahraini security forces placed in durance vile eight teachers and several pupils in the town of Hamad. So they weren't actually kidnapped. They were arrested. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, a new, even louder, voice was to be heard... the Bahraini education ministry formed a committee tasked with taking action against school officials taking part in anti-government protests and strikes. Reports said some heads of schools, administration staff as well as teachers have already been summoned for questioning. To express solidarity with the ongoing revolution, thousands of teachers, called by the Bahrain Teachers Society, went on a strike in February and again during in March. People in Bahrain have been protesting since February 14, demanding an end to the rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty. Demonstrators maintain that they will hold their ground until their demands for freedom, constitutional monarchy as well as a proportional voice in the government are met. Bahraini forces with the help of Saudi, the UAE and Kuwaiti troops have cracked down on the anti-regime protesters. Many people have gone missing since the beginning of the revolution. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 "we are the rulers instead of the ruled" More like "we are the despots we decried". |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-04-20 22:32 |
| #7 Ebbang Uluque6305, if we defined "desirous of liberty" as "we are the rulers instead of the ruled", would that suffice? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-20 19:47 |
| #6 The only part I'm not sure about is the desirous-of-liberty part. I mean, you gotta wonder how much of this is merely a result of Mad Mullah agitation. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-04-20 16:03 |
| #5 I'm sure they're both putting their own spin on things. No doubt you're correct, Ebbang Uluque6305. So we've got a desirous-of-liberty Shiite underclass vs. a status quo Sunni ruling class. There doesn't seem any way this can end well, but it will certainly keep Iran's ruling mullahs engaged until they complete their nuclear devices... at which point they're going to have to decide whether they prefer getting Jewish/Israeli or Sunni/Saudi-Pakistani nukes on the return salvo. Or am I reading this all wrong? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-20 13:28 |
| #4 I dunno, tw. You have Bahraini government propaganda and you have Iran Press TV. I'm sure they're both putting their own spin on things. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-04-20 12:00 |
| #3 I am from the people of Bahrain. I am safe now. That is all that matters. "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin But perhaps I am being facile in the face of what certainly appears to be a Bahraini government propaganda attempt. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-20 10:41 |
| #2 There are no riots now, there is no danger to anyone. There never were any protestors, they were always rioters. They killed several workers, tortured them and then slaughtered them then threw them in the streets. It was horrifying. We couldn't leave our homes until this state of security was announced. Why does everyone believe them to be peaceful? I am a woman and I remained at home, because they went to the University and attacked girls and women there. The rioters. The police only came out to protect us. I am from the people of Bahrain. I am safe now. That is all that matters. |
| Posted by: Bahraini Woman 2011-04-20 04:31 |
| #1 ION IRNA > BAHRAIN SLIDING INTO ABSOLUTE DICTATORSHIP, WARN TRADE UNIONS [ITUC]. and * WAFF > IT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. ARTIC = Bahrain [+ Yemeni] Crisis could revive ancient War/Conflict between ARABS + PERSIANS [Iran]. * TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > BAHRAIN FM: GCC TROOPS TO REMAIN INDEFINITELY. * SAME > ANALYSIS: NATO NEEDS ESCALATION TO BREAK LIBYA STALEMATE. [ENERGIZER Bunny here]. * PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > EU ONLY NEEDS UN APPROVAL TO SEND GROUND TROOPS INTO LIBYA. * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > LIBYAN WAR ACCELERATES [internal CPC-Govt] CHINESE DEBATE OVER FOREIGN "NON-INTERVENTION". ARTIC = NATO's UN-approved NFZ in Libya has seriously undermined China's economic position in Libya + forces Beijing to consider options which will best protect or guarantee China's interests; LIBYAN CRISIS ILLUSTRATES THE STEADILY SHARPENING RIVALRY/COMPETITION AMONG THE WORLD'S MAJOR POWERS FOR RAW MATERIALS, MARKETS FOR GOODS-N-SERVICES, + SPHERES OF INFUENCE - UNLESS THE WORKING CLASS CAN EFFEC ABOLISH THE PROFIT SYSTEM, TENSIONS WILL LIKELY EXPAND TOWARDS DE FACTO MIL CONFLICT. ** VARIOUS CMF POSTERS > believe ... > HONG KONG may become another "YUGOSLAVIA" [Bosnia-Herzegovina], espec as due to 250,000 Non-Chinese? Muslims in HIng Kong becom at odds wid Locals??? > "BOSNIA-STYLE" CIVIL WAR IN THE UK BY 2030??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-20 01:34 |