Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Deadly riots: state of emergency in Bahrain

The soldiers of the Arab neighbors should provide for peace. But now the opposition in Bahrain is certainly on the road and also protested against the foreign troops. Clashes between protesters and security forces: three people die. A day after the transfer of Arab troops in Bahrain, the situation in the Arab kingdom has worsened dramatically. King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa on Tuesday imposed a state of emergency for three months. The king instructed the Army chief of state, public order with the help of the military, police and National Guard to restore.


Despite the state of emergency in the afternoon thousands of people gathered in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in the capital Manama to demonstrate against the presence of troops from Saudi Arabia in their country. According to those in opposition, it helps to violent clashes between demonstrators and the security forces.

EU expresses concern over development in Bahrain, the European Union expressed concern about reports of serious violence in the streets of Bahrain.
The United Arab Emirates sent 500 police officers. A smaller contingent came from Qatar. Shiite opposition groups see the soldiers an "occupying power". A report by the Bahraini newspaper Al-Ayyam ", according to the Shiite Wifak company is said to have threatened to ask why the Iranian army for help, was later denied by the company on Tuesday.

Most people in the capital Manama on Tuesday were not to work and did not send their children to school. In some areas civilians erected roadblocks.
Part of the demonstrators is now also claim to power of the government and the ruling family in question. Individual members of the ruling family have already indicated willingness to talk. One of the main opponents of the activists is one of the acting prime minister since 1971, Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, an uncle of King Hamad.

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