Bahrain civil unrest

**desert fox** · March 16th, 2011 05:46 PM

Bahrain ‘eerie’

By ARAB NEWS
Published: Mar 16, 2011 01:12 Updated: Mar 16, 2011 01:12
MANAMA: Tuesday’s night was “eerie”on the reopened King Fahd Causeway, writes Arab News correspondent Molouk Ba-Issa who had flown in from Dubai and then headed across the causeway to Dammam.
Unlike the morning flight to Dubai from Manama, which has been crowded out with Westerners getting out of Bahrain as fast as they could, the inbound evening flight was half empty. The final destination for many was Dammam. The steward onboard was depressed. “Bahrain has turned into Somalia,” he said. “People are walking around with axes. How did this happen?” he asked.
At the airport, officials tried to persuade us all to take a flight to Dammam rather then drive. Some Saudis did but others refused. None of the Westerners who insisted on driving was refused a visa.
In Manama, everything was closed — bizarre for 9 o’clock at night! It felt like a city under siege. The few vehicles that were around were almost all headed to the causeway. All drove over the speed limit. There were four checkpoints, manned it seemed by police in plain clothes, but their pullovers and heavy coats may have been more to do with the fact that the night was chilly. The only place where there were any crowds was at neighborhoods that had been blocked off with steel drums and concrete blocks.
On the causeway, at Saudi immigration, the atmosphere suddenly changed. Suddenly everything was laid-back. Five officials were idly chatting by the side of the road. The trunk was given the briefest of glances and the car waved through. For a military campaign, it had to count as the most casual ever seen.
At the Saudi end, the causeway it was different again. There was a huge police presence. Bahraini vehicles were being allowed through. We had seen three on the causeway heading across, compared to the much larger numbers heading the other way at speeds way over the limit. But Saudi vehicles were not being allowed to go to Bahrain. Nor were trucks. They were backed up five kilometers. And there was no guarantee that they would be allowed over on Wednesday.

**chua_riwap** · March 16th, 2011 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by uls

Sunni vs Shia na yan

Saudi Arabia nagpadala ng sundalo sa Bahrain para tulungan ang kapwa nila Sunni ruling family

natatakot ang Saudi ruling family pag mapatalsik ng mga Shia protesters ang ruling family ng Bahrain, lalo lalakas ang loob ng mga Shia sa Saudi Arabia

so gagawin ng Saudi ang lahat para di maalis sa pwesto ang ruling family ng Bahrain

korekek ka diyan uls........

most of the shiites are on the eastern region of saudi, very near to bahrain.
yung protests last mar. 11, sa eatern lang makas ang support.

**uls** · March 16th, 2011 06:02 PM

sigurado there will be protesters killed and injured in Bahrain today

this time it's Saudi troops who will cause the casualties

**chua_riwap** · March 16th, 2011 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by uls

sigurado there will be protesters killed and injured in Bahrain today

this time it's Saudi troops who will cause the casualties

may balita nga rito na it's not bahrain who asked help from GCC countries, kundi saudi ang nagkusa na pumasok na sa bahrain to quell the protests. natatakot kasi sila na mag spill over yung gulo ng shiites sa saudi.

eh meron namang sariling police at military ang bahrain, bakit hihingi pa ng tulong sa iba..........

**uls** · March 16th, 2011 06:39 PM

as Shiite protesters in Bahrain get hurt or killed, it will cause more outrage among the Shiites in Saudi Arabia (and other places)

**desert fox** · March 16th, 2011 08:19 PM

Bahrain security forces expel protestors, 4 dead
(philstar.com) Updated March 16, 2011 06:24 PM Comments (0)

MANAMA (Xinhua) – Four Bahraini people, including two policemen, have been killed in clashes as hundreds of riot police tried to drive the pro-democracy demonstrators out of Manama's Pearl Square, the focal point of weeks-long protests, Al- Arabiya TV reported Wednesday.
Police arrived on early morning in tanks, troop transport vehicles and buses, and tried to expel mainly Shiite Muslim demonstrators, who have been camped out in the square for a month to press for political reform.
While, state-run BNA news agency said that all rioters have withdrawn from the square without any direct clashes with the police force.
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa declared on Tuesday the state of emergency in the tiny Gulf nation for three months to deal with unrest and protests which swept the country several weeks ago.
Also, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) troops, most of them from Saudi Arabia, arrived in Bahrain on Monday and officials said these troops would help Bahrain maintain order and protect strategic facilities.
Bahrain, a home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, is ruled by the Sunni Muslim al-Khalifa family, while the majority Shiite population say they face discrimination in jobs and other services, which was denied by the kingdom.

**shadow** · March 16th, 2011 08:58 PM

bankrupt na ang DFA!

**CVT** · March 16th, 2011 10:18 PM

A group of Filipinas working in a resort or something was left by themselves, practically trapped.... Scary...

12.6K:bike3:

**chua_riwap** · March 17th, 2011 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by shadow

bankrupt na ang DFA!

di nila alam kung ano uunahin nila.....

libya, japan, bahrain, & baka yemen.......

**uls** · March 17th, 2011 12:36 AM

what happens in Bahrain in the following days is very important

Saudi Arabia and Iran are waging a proxy war in Bahrain

this is about dominance of the Persian Gulf

the result of this proxy war can change the balance of power in the region