Bahrain Govt Warns Shi’ites Over ‘Incitement’
Claims Mosques Being Used to Hide Weapons
Bahrain’s government today issued new threats to the Shi’ite majority, saying that their religious leaders would be held responsible for “incitement speeches” or for storing pamphlets that are incendiary.
Officials also claimed they found three shotguns and some birdshot in a rural mosque in the village of Malkiya, which they said was proof that Shi’ites are using their mosques to store weapons.
Saudi-led troops invaded the island in mid-March, helping the Sunni monarchy to crush the protests which had spread across the nation’s Shi’ites. The king has accused foreign nations, notably Iran, of fueling the unrest.
Since the Saudi invasion, the news reports coming out of Bahrain have ground to a halt. Reports continue to emerge intermittently that opposition figures are facing harsh treatment, but they are nearly impossible to verify.
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Andron
April 13th, 2011 at 12:15 am
Three shotguns and some birdshot ?
Wow ! What an arsenal to fight off Baharani, and Foreign Forces.
Cannot the Government of Bahrain come up with a better reason for killing Shiítes than this ridiculous effort???
I suppose the "birdshot"could be considered a weapon of Mass Destruction.
mike
April 13th, 2011 at 8:54 am
Do the Statists really expect anyone to believe this steaming pile of BS?
thedissenter
April 13th, 2011 at 11:58 am
Where's the US outrage and the condemnations over this? Oh, never mind, I forgot. Bahrain is a 'ally' and 'allies' can't do no wrong.
thedissenter
April 13th, 2011 at 11:59 am
Yes, yes, yes. Weapons of Mass Distraction, soon, the US will have to intervene for "humanitarian" reasons.
Monther Majed
April 13th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
for your information there were 59 AK47 and a bout 100 Handguns found in another place, the problem is that you people see one side only< What Foreign Forces are you talking about, the GCC Forces is just like NATO forces, But as usual you get a bunch of people talking about a topic they don’t know anything about, would it satisfy you if Bahrain turns into another Afghanistan or another Iraq. When you have a 20K person trying to force their way on 523K which is the remaining number of Bahrain population, I can hardly call that Democracy. These people terrorized the country for a whole month, opened torture chambers at public health facility for people, destroyed the economy of the country, worked closely with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Tortured and killed innocent people, and all of that is done under the cover of peaceful demonstrations. I suggest that you visit Bahrain and see for you self before making the stupid comments, I’m welling to pay for your trip and stay in Bahrain on one condition, is to go back and tell the truth.