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Offline TomSea

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Bahrain unrest: City hall torched as execution protests rage
« on: January 16, 2017, 03:34:16 pm »
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Bahrain unrest: City hall torched as execution protests rage
Three men were put to death by firing squad for a bomb attack in 2014

Protesters set ablaze a city hall overnight in Bahrain, the government said on Monday, as fresh violence erupted over the executions of three men convicted of a deadly bomb attack on police.

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Bahrain, which has been ruled by the Sunni Khalifa monarchy for more than two centuries, has a majority Shia population which has long complained of marginalisation.

It has been rocked by sporadic unrest since the Saudi-backed security forces crushed the Arab Spring-inspired uprising in 2011.

Continued: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bahrain-city-hall-set-ablaze-execution-protests-rage-63460128

Shia majority, one does not hear about Bahrain that often. ?

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Re: Bahrain unrest: City hall torched as execution protests rage
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2017, 03:37:56 pm »
Muslims just being Muslims.