Bahrain Security Forces Launch Brutal Assault On Sleeping Protesters

[lame54]

Run time: 01:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAS-JHkr0tE   Posted on YouTube: February 17, 2011 By YouTube Member: albahrain2011 Views on YouTube: 3855   Posted on DU: February 17, 2011 By DU Member: lame54 Views on DU: 761

 
via The LA Times:

Security forces in tiny but strategic Bahrain launched a brutal assault early Thursday against at least 1,000 defiant anti-government protesters, including women and children, camped out in tents in the capital's Pearl Square.

A barrage of tear gas canisters thundered across the square about 3 a.m. as dozens of police cars, armored security vehicles and ambulances converged on a makeshift tent city in the center of Manama that was beginning to resemble a smaller version of Tahrir Square in Cairo, where Egyptian protesters this month were successful in overthrowing their president.

Most of the protesters in Pearl Square were asleep when the assault began, witnesses said, noting that no steps had been taken to guard the area against the security forces, even though two people had been killed in earlier clashes with them.

[Turborama]

1. Video of the brutal assault filmed from above...

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsG3nTVtIL8

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbcji9ehph8

This is what the peaceful protest looked like during the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0XKgul94q4

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Here is why the crackdown:

Tiny Bahrain is a pillar of Washington's military framework in the region.

It hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, which is a critical counterbalance to Iran's efforts to expand its clout in the region.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_bahrain_protests

[sabrina 1]

3. They tried to lie about it, claiming they were attacked by the

sleeping protesters.

[JDPriestly]

4. The crowd is huge. The government of Bahrain will fall.

It is just a matter of time. People have learned how to bring change through non-violence. The people will prevail no matter who opposes them.