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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 08:54 PM Original message |
Bahrain Protests: ABC News Correspondent Beaten / Riot police attack Bahrain protest camp; 2 dead |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recommend - AJE is reporting on it - sounds rather serious! |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Riot police attack Bahrain protest camp; 2 dead |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thanks a lot, I've added it to the OP |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. the note about '2 dead' was just added to AP's feed a few minutes ago |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. How awful... K&R. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. A girl on the phone just then said the riot police are surrounding the hospital! n/t |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. For quick updates @BreakingNews is doing a pretty good job on Twitter too |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Breaking News are really good. Just got this from AC360, looks like he'll be covering it... |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I was wrong, he didn't cover it |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Kudos to Anderson Cooper. He's doing a good segment on Libya and Bahrain now. n/t |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bahrian is the home of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, I wonder how Obama's admin will react to this news |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. 3rd protester now confirmed dead (on the CNN ticker at the bottom of the screen) |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thank you for continuing to report on this news, Turbo |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You're welcome, suffragette |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. Five dead now, according to Al Jazeera |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. This is bad: |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. "the king used mercenaries--Pakistani, Indian, Syrian riot police--to attack Bahrainis" |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I've heard that Bahrain is predominantly Shiite but ruled by a Sunni monarchy that |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. 'Will we hear anything from Obama or Clinton condemning this? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. Looks like the Saudis are helping too: |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Thanks for the heads up on Kristoff, I'm following now. He interviewed protesters yesterday (Video) |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Thank you, he's doing really good work there. He hasn't |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. That last tweet he sent out is very worrisome... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yes, and he hasn't posted anything since. I imagine he has |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Have you seen these videos yet? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. No, I haven't. I will go watch them now. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. For chronology, they need to be watched from the 1st "Lulu Roundabout protest in Bahrain" video up. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Really disturbing reports from Nick Kristoff |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. This is going to be a brutal crackdown, it looks like. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The pictures out of Bahrain are much, much worse |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Damn. That's terrible. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. Egyptian revolutionary, Wael Ghonim, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. The police seem to be murdering people. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Shooting into the crowds: |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
24. Videos of the brutal assault |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
26. Kicked and recommended. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. 'As a reporter, some things just break your heart' |
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