The Bahraini regime has arrested six US citizens today during a protest march in the capital city of Manama. The protesters were with the group Witness Bahrain, a new organization founded to monitor human rights abuses in Bahrain.
The Bahraini government has so far declined to comment on the latest arrests, but two other US citizens were also captured on Saturday while monitoring another protest in Manama. Those two have been deported.
The Obama Administration has urged “restraint” among the protesters as well as the Bahraini government, but has continued to sell large quantities of weapons to the Bahrani military.
The new protests come one year after the pro-democracy rallies began. During the 2011 protests, large portions of the nation’s population were in the streets. The protesters were crushed when Saudi Arabian troops invaded at the behest of the Bahraini King and martial law was declared. Since then, the king has repeatedly promised reforms but delivered very little, and has amassed troops in anticipation of another round of demonstrations.
Hey, its all about the 5th Fleet´s home port.
and to crush down the last meditarian seaport of the Russians in Syria …
Bahrain is a key figure in the Arab dictator league along with Qatar & the Saudi King
The Department of Defense released the name on of a US army soldier killed in the Kingdom of Bahrain supporting, "Operation Enduring Freedom", on Saturday, February, 11.
Or may be, the US fans these unrest to gain more concession from the Arab regimes. US spies know that if they are caught they will automatically get diplomatic immunity.
Agree or disagree with what is happening in Bahrain, Americans need to stay out of this. They should be expelled for their actions.
I am a huge supporter of liberty but this is not our (Americans) fight. I would NOT want them getting involved in our domestic issues and we should NOT involve ourselves in theirs.