Video - Bahrainis with molotovs battle cops

BAHRAINI revolutionaries have fought back with molotov cocktails after a teenager was murdered by police.

Sayed Hashim Saeed, aged 15,  who died on Saturday, had apparently been hit by a tear gas canister at close range on Saturday.

The Al-Khalifa regime is backed by Saudi Arabia and the USA and Press TV reports that there have been anti-US protests in several areas, including Sitra, in which US flags were burnt.

In an interview with the Iranian TV channel, Bahraini activist Asma Darwish says: "Actually the regime mercenaries are shooting directly into people and into the houses and just today our house was shot by tear gas canisters. The smell is so strong and those tear gas [canisters] are all made in Brazil and in France and the United States. 

"The countries, including the United states should stop supporting the Bahraini regime. The Bahraini regime is an oppressive regime." 

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Saudi state attacks protesters

 

 

STATE forces in Saudi Arabia have attacked pro-reform protesters in the Qatif Governorate in the Eastern Province of the country.

The Saudis had gathered in an anti-government demonstration in the province's Awamiyah village, says a report from Press TV.

It says: "They chanted slogans against the province's Governor, Prince Mohammed bin Fahd, -- the son of the late King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.

"Reports say the forces arrested a 70-year-old man, whose son had participated in the protests, demanding the son to surrender himself in exchange for his father's release.

"A larger demonstration is scheduled for Monday in the city of Qatif, where protesters often take to the streets despite a heavy security presence to condemn Riyadh's role in the brutal crackdown on anti-regime protesters in Bahrain.

"The Saudi demonstrators call for respect for human rights, implementation of further reforms, freedom of expression, and the release of political prisoners, some of whom have been held without trial for more than 16 years.

"Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, known for its intolerance of dissent. Earlier in the year, the Saudi Interior Ministry imposed a ban on all kinds of demonstrations and public gatherings.

"Human Rights Watch says hundreds of dissidents have been arrested since February as part of the Saudi government's suppression of anti-government protests.

"According to the Saudi-based Human Rights First Society (HRFS), the detainees were subjected to physical and mental torture."

Apache helicopters attack Bahrain rebels

NEOLIBERAL global forces are using the ongoing disaster in Japan as a cover for a brutal attack on protesters in Bahrain.

Al Jazeera is reporting horrific scenes as anti-regime demonstrators at Pearl Roundabout in Manama are attacked by US-made Apache helicopters and foreign troops.

Ambulances are being denied access to the wounded in what appears to be an all-out military assault on the unarmed rebels.

Adds The Guardian: "Gunfire was widely heard throughout the capital and at least five helicopters were circling scenes of clashes, amid widespread panic on the streets below.

"This morning's events are a significant escalation in more than eight weeks of clashes that have threatened the legitimacy of Bahrain's monarchy and stoked sectarian tensions throughout the Gulf and Saudi Arabia.

"They follow the arrival of more than 1,000 troops from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), invited to the kingdom by its beseiged rulers.

"One Amoured Personnel Carrier flying a flag of the United Arab Emirates was seen by bystanders this morning amid a column of troop carriers."

The chances of any "humanitarian intervention" from the western allies of the oil-rich Gulf dictatorships are not thought to be high.

Revolts continue in Arab states

WHILE Libya's revolution has hit a stalemate, uprisings in other Arab states have been continuing.

Protesters in Yemen are increasingly confident of a break-through as mass demonstrations break out all over the country.

Reports The Financial Times: "Yemeni police opened fire on protesters in the capital Sana’a on Tuesday, wounding at least 65 people demonstrating for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 32-year rule, witnesses said.

"Demonstrations demanding Mr Saleh’s resignation took place in the capital and throughout the country, with thousands reported to have taken to the streets in the south-western province of Dhamar – the seat of some of the president’s key tribal allies. Tuesday’s was thought to be the largest protest yet in the area."

And in Saudi Arabia opposition activists have called for a day of protest on Friday, March 11.

Eman Al Nafjan, author of the Saudiwoman's Weblog, writes in The Guardian: "It's very difficult to predict what will happen on Friday. My guess is that there will be protests.

"The larger protests will be in the eastern region and mostly by Shia Muslims. I also expect smaller protests in Riyadh and Jeddah.

"What tactics the security forces use will greatly influence not only the demonstrators but also the people watching from their homes.

"If undue violence is used against the demonstrators, it could possibly ignite the same fuse that led to full-blown revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya."