For weeks, the international community wondering whether to impose an air exclusion zone over Libya. Meanwhile, in the strange quiet of a Bahraini afternoon [March 13], Saudi thousand soldiers were deployed in the direction of Manama, [the capital of Bahrain]. Bahraini television proudly broadcast images of Saudi military enthusiasts, advancing in their tanks and troop transports on the road 25 km that links Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.
Tellingly, a man perched on the turret of a tank gun behind his address the "V" for victory at the camera. A cliché that perfectly captures the current strategy of the regime: smiles and peace signs for the general public, while involving heavy artillery. If the pro-government commentators accuse Iran of supporting the current uprising, Robert Gates, U.S.
Secretary of Defense Visits Bahrain on March 12, said there was no evidence of interference Tehran. However, not surprisingly, the White House issued a statement Monday saying she did not consider the troops entered Saudi Bahraini territory as an invasion. Since the beginning of the uprising - which among other things calls for constitutional reforms, an investigation into the misuse of public land for an amount of several billion dollars, and end the systematic discrimination - the regime has pursued a strategy that combines a conciliatory speech to violent repression.
Security forces killed two protesters and the king appeared on national television to express his regrets and promised an independent investigation to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted. Two days later, the security men stormed the camp of protesters on the now famous spot the Pearl, killing four more.
A few hours later, the crown prince was speaking on the screens to call for calm, while the Bahraini army opened fire on unarmed protesters, by shooting down two others. The government then said it was open to dialogue with the protesters (who show skepticism that we can understand). The mistrust of the power due to a history made of broken promises and oppression that has lasted far longer than the month of protest in Bahrain.
The government and its supporters incite further sectarian violence and resort to baltajiyya armed gangs already responsible for brutal attacks against civilians, something almost as disturbing as the military intervention. Since March 11, when the crowd marched on the royal court in Riffa (an upscale neighborhood occupied primarily by members of the ruling family), the regime has abandoned the street to the survival of the fittest.
Many government supporters and baltajiyya were photographed during the event and in clashes between civilians. In broad daylight, with the tacit approval of police swarming around them, these masked bandits move equipped with improvised weapons, including swords. To mobilize the population for the deployment of troops from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - and maintain its international reputation, which has so much more to him than his own people - the Bahraini government seems to have triggered a media campaign tacks dangerously between the desire to present the power as a defender of the beleaguered peace and inciting sectarian hatred.
March 13, after a day of clashes, while the excessive use of force by riot police had caused heavy losses, the Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa delivered a speech that spoke a Again open dialogue, but ended with a warning, noting that "the right to security and protection comes before any consideration." Bahrain TV, the organ of the regime, has repeatedly broadcast reports inflammatory, misleading and biased on events, portraying the protesters as violent thugs thirsty, one viewer even calling for intervention from the GCC to "protect" the Bahrainis protesters.
Probably to impress an international audience, the demonstrators are now presented as "terrorists", the "gangsters" and "foreign elements" by government officials and loyalists on online forums. The chain also provides a forum for extremists among the faithful of power, a viewer who suggested the protesters a "return to the days of Saddam Hussein and how he [Saddam] had treated its Shia population.
Recall that if the Shiites are the majority of the protesters, because they represent the majority of the population and the poor, it is not a "Shiite uprising". In this media hysteria, the government seems to be the party of moderation, which allows him to continue to suppress dissent with violence that has nothing to moderate.
Bahrainis have no use for rhetoric, they do not want foreign intervention or a system of privileges. What they want is to deserve what they know intrinsically: rights. And the regime's interest to rethink its strategy that combines public relations and bad policy. For the moment, the voice of youth who opposes him is stronger than the rumble of tanks crush the foreign country's sovereignty and threaten the lives of Bahraini protesters.
A youth, also seems to exclaim: "Kefaya" enough is enough. 
Tellingly, a man perched on the turret of a tank gun behind his address the "V" for victory at the camera. A cliché that perfectly captures the current strategy of the regime: smiles and peace signs for the general public, while involving heavy artillery. If the pro-government commentators accuse Iran of supporting the current uprising, Robert Gates, U.S.
Secretary of Defense Visits Bahrain on March 12, said there was no evidence of interference Tehran. However, not surprisingly, the White House issued a statement Monday saying she did not consider the troops entered Saudi Bahraini territory as an invasion. Since the beginning of the uprising - which among other things calls for constitutional reforms, an investigation into the misuse of public land for an amount of several billion dollars, and end the systematic discrimination - the regime has pursued a strategy that combines a conciliatory speech to violent repression.
Security forces killed two protesters and the king appeared on national television to express his regrets and promised an independent investigation to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted. Two days later, the security men stormed the camp of protesters on the now famous spot the Pearl, killing four more.
A few hours later, the crown prince was speaking on the screens to call for calm, while the Bahraini army opened fire on unarmed protesters, by shooting down two others. The government then said it was open to dialogue with the protesters (who show skepticism that we can understand). The mistrust of the power due to a history made of broken promises and oppression that has lasted far longer than the month of protest in Bahrain.
The government and its supporters incite further sectarian violence and resort to baltajiyya armed gangs already responsible for brutal attacks against civilians, something almost as disturbing as the military intervention. Since March 11, when the crowd marched on the royal court in Riffa (an upscale neighborhood occupied primarily by members of the ruling family), the regime has abandoned the street to the survival of the fittest.
Many government supporters and baltajiyya were photographed during the event and in clashes between civilians. In broad daylight, with the tacit approval of police swarming around them, these masked bandits move equipped with improvised weapons, including swords. To mobilize the population for the deployment of troops from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - and maintain its international reputation, which has so much more to him than his own people - the Bahraini government seems to have triggered a media campaign tacks dangerously between the desire to present the power as a defender of the beleaguered peace and inciting sectarian hatred.
March 13, after a day of clashes, while the excessive use of force by riot police had caused heavy losses, the Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa delivered a speech that spoke a Again open dialogue, but ended with a warning, noting that "the right to security and protection comes before any consideration." Bahrain TV, the organ of the regime, has repeatedly broadcast reports inflammatory, misleading and biased on events, portraying the protesters as violent thugs thirsty, one viewer even calling for intervention from the GCC to "protect" the Bahrainis protesters.
Probably to impress an international audience, the demonstrators are now presented as "terrorists", the "gangsters" and "foreign elements" by government officials and loyalists on online forums. The chain also provides a forum for extremists among the faithful of power, a viewer who suggested the protesters a "return to the days of Saddam Hussein and how he [Saddam] had treated its Shia population.
Recall that if the Shiites are the majority of the protesters, because they represent the majority of the population and the poor, it is not a "Shiite uprising". In this media hysteria, the government seems to be the party of moderation, which allows him to continue to suppress dissent with violence that has nothing to moderate.
Bahrainis have no use for rhetoric, they do not want foreign intervention or a system of privileges. What they want is to deserve what they know intrinsically: rights. And the regime's interest to rethink its strategy that combines public relations and bad policy. For the moment, the voice of youth who opposes him is stronger than the rumble of tanks crush the foreign country's sovereignty and threaten the lives of Bahraini protesters.
A youth, also seems to exclaim: "Kefaya" enough is enough.
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