MANAMA - Hundreds of anti-riot law enforcement officials this morning gave their assault on Shiite demonstrators camped out from 19 February to the streets of the Pearl in Manama to demand reforms. Arrived with tanks, troop transport vehicles and buses, the police have launched dozens of tear gas. From the combat zone was raised a column of smoke.
According to a parliamentary opposition five people were killed and dozens were injured. Some demonstrators were hit with a police car. According to reports from the Interior Ministry, but the two policemen died of their wounds during the attack in Manama. A third agent is killed during the operation conducted by force against the camp of Pearl Square, while four policemen were wounded by cutting weapons, but would not be life threatening.
The leader of the opposition party in parliament, Shiite Wefaq, Abdel Jalil Khalil, said "this is a war of annihilation. This does not happen even in war and is unacceptable." Khalil added that security forces were deployed around the Bahrain, closing streets and making arrests. The regime has imposed a curfew in Manama, Bahrain from four in the afternoon at four o'clock in the morning and banned demonstrations throughout the country.
The announcement was made on Al Arabiya TV channel, by an army officer. The curfew covers the center of Manama and the financial district. Shortly before the youth group in February '14 ', one of the leaders of the protests, had launched a major event in the north of the capital for three in the afternoon, inviting everyone to converge on Buday Street.
Yesterday, the king has declared martial law, the day after the arrival of troops to his aid Saudi and other Gulf countries. One protester was killed yesterday in clashes with security forces in the Shiite village of Sitra, 15 miles south of Manama. The troops deployed in the Gulf of Bahrain belong to the 'Peninsula Shield', a joint force to the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait.
The dignitaries Shiites of Bahrain - ruled by a Sunni dynasty, while the Shiites are the majority - have turned in the night an appeal to the international community and the Muslim world to intervene to avoid a''horrific''in the kingdom. 
According to a parliamentary opposition five people were killed and dozens were injured. Some demonstrators were hit with a police car. According to reports from the Interior Ministry, but the two policemen died of their wounds during the attack in Manama. A third agent is killed during the operation conducted by force against the camp of Pearl Square, while four policemen were wounded by cutting weapons, but would not be life threatening.
The leader of the opposition party in parliament, Shiite Wefaq, Abdel Jalil Khalil, said "this is a war of annihilation. This does not happen even in war and is unacceptable." Khalil added that security forces were deployed around the Bahrain, closing streets and making arrests. The regime has imposed a curfew in Manama, Bahrain from four in the afternoon at four o'clock in the morning and banned demonstrations throughout the country.
The announcement was made on Al Arabiya TV channel, by an army officer. The curfew covers the center of Manama and the financial district. Shortly before the youth group in February '14 ', one of the leaders of the protests, had launched a major event in the north of the capital for three in the afternoon, inviting everyone to converge on Buday Street.
Yesterday, the king has declared martial law, the day after the arrival of troops to his aid Saudi and other Gulf countries. One protester was killed yesterday in clashes with security forces in the Shiite village of Sitra, 15 miles south of Manama. The troops deployed in the Gulf of Bahrain belong to the 'Peninsula Shield', a joint force to the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait.
The dignitaries Shiites of Bahrain - ruled by a Sunni dynasty, while the Shiites are the majority - have turned in the night an appeal to the international community and the Muslim world to intervene to avoid a''horrific''in the kingdom.
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