Destroy symbols. The Bahraini authorities aim to curb the protests against the regime that began Feb. 19 and destroyed the monument at the Pearl Plaza, in downtown Manama, center stage demonstrations. "In the context of improving infrastructure, development work began Friday at the crossing of the Gulf Cooperation Council to facilitate the movement", says about the official state news agency BNA.
The monarch said on Tuesday a state of emergency and let in the troops in the Gulf to stop the protest. The memorial was a concrete structure six columns, representing the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Oman) and held in the center symbolizes a sphere a pearl, which the crop was for long the economic mainstay of the kingdom.
Pearl Plaza has been the focus of protest against the Sunni Al Khalifa dynasty, and Shiite protesters were camping in it. On Wednesday, the Bahraini security forces launched an assault on the place and forced to flee the protesters, killing at least three people and injuring dozens. On Friday, near Manama, again and despite the prohibitions, a large crowd of mostly Shiite demonstrators gathered to demand reforms to the Sunni dynasty of Al-Khalifa, in power for over 200 years in this small country ally with the United States.
The protest has joined the funeral of a victim of repression. In the Bahraini funeral procession shouted "Down with King Hamad." Thousands of people accompanied the body and carried portraits of activist Ahmed Farhan, who was killed on Wednesday. A helicopter hovered overhead and tanks lined the entrance to the place where he was buried, but not dispersed concentration despite a blanket ban imposed all kinds of meetings this week.
Sheikh Issa Qassim, one of the most influential Shia clerics in Bahrain, said in his Friday sermon that the troops should help the Palestinians in Gaza before they engage into Bahrain, and thanked those who died in the uprising. "The violence of the authorities has created a deep wound, large and dangerous between the government and people," he said.
The crackdown on demonstrators has angered Iran and tension has risen in most oil-exporting region in the world. The international financial community expressed concern about instability. 
The monarch said on Tuesday a state of emergency and let in the troops in the Gulf to stop the protest. The memorial was a concrete structure six columns, representing the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Oman) and held in the center symbolizes a sphere a pearl, which the crop was for long the economic mainstay of the kingdom.
Pearl Plaza has been the focus of protest against the Sunni Al Khalifa dynasty, and Shiite protesters were camping in it. On Wednesday, the Bahraini security forces launched an assault on the place and forced to flee the protesters, killing at least three people and injuring dozens. On Friday, near Manama, again and despite the prohibitions, a large crowd of mostly Shiite demonstrators gathered to demand reforms to the Sunni dynasty of Al-Khalifa, in power for over 200 years in this small country ally with the United States.
The protest has joined the funeral of a victim of repression. In the Bahraini funeral procession shouted "Down with King Hamad." Thousands of people accompanied the body and carried portraits of activist Ahmed Farhan, who was killed on Wednesday. A helicopter hovered overhead and tanks lined the entrance to the place where he was buried, but not dispersed concentration despite a blanket ban imposed all kinds of meetings this week.
Sheikh Issa Qassim, one of the most influential Shia clerics in Bahrain, said in his Friday sermon that the troops should help the Palestinians in Gaza before they engage into Bahrain, and thanked those who died in the uprising. "The violence of the authorities has created a deep wound, large and dangerous between the government and people," he said.
The crackdown on demonstrators has angered Iran and tension has risen in most oil-exporting region in the world. The international financial community expressed concern about instability.
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