Protesters Gather In Dubai

[lame54]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110215/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain_protests

Bahrain square becomes new center for Arab anger

By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press – Tue Feb 15, 3:00 pm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Thousands of protesters took over a main square in Bahrain's capital Tuesday — carting in tents and raising banners — in a bold attempt to copy Egypt's uprising and force high-level changes in one of Washington's key allies in the Gulf.
The move by demonstrators capped two days of clashes across the tiny island kingdom that left at least two people dead, parliament in limbo by an opposition boycott and the king making a rare address on national television to offer condolences for the bloodshed.
Security forces — apparently under orders to hold back — watched from the sidelines as protesters chanted slogans mocking the nation's ruling sheiks and called for sweeping political reforms and an end to monarchy's grip on key decisions and government posts.
The unrest in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, adds another layer to Washington's worries in the region. In Yemen, police and government supporters battled nearly 3,000 marchers calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in a fifth straight day of violence...

[AnOhioan]

1. Your title is in error....Bahrain and Dubai are seperate entities

The article is about the protests in Bahrain

[lame54]

3. thanks for that

[Waiting For Everyman]

2. The Arab "street" is ending the divide-and-conquor tool used against them.

They've figured it out. From the article:

Many waved Bahraini flags and chanted: "No Sunnis, no Shiites. We are all Bahrainis."

Wow, who among the foreign policy and intelligence pros predicted that would catch on and spread? The experts need to be unemployed real soon.

I wish our population could get it together like that, and unite around our common interest and drop the phoney religious baggage.