Bahraini police disperse crowd of hunger striker’s supporters (PHOTOS)
April 24, 2012 19:46
Bahraini police have once again brutally dispersed a crowd of protesters calling for the release of a jailed activist serving a life sentence. Witnesses say the Bahraini security forces used tear gas and water cannons against the demonstrators.
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New World Order24.04.2012 22:40
We should critize all super powers but in the case of Bahrain we can see the figerprint of the Wahhabist Saudi Arabia is all over this conflict.Syria also is under the threat of being turn into another wahhbi nightmare-- we must prevent that by any means necessary. Dialogue is what Russia support- not regime change. So why it is you do not see that?
New World Order wrote in #3 Yes, true. I totally agree with you on that the Americans are very selective in their foreign policy. But wouldn't you agree with me that the Russian act the same if not worse? Is it not a crime when they send so much ammunition to a leader who them self have described as "shooting on innocent protesters "? Should't we be criticizing all the super powers instead of only one? Together they are destroying everything that is left in humanity and we still applaud them?Although I am not a fan of Khomeini, I agree with him when he said "US is worse than Russia and at the same time Russia is worse than US."
Hassan: My point is not whether what is happening in Bahrain gets mentioned in the world media. My central point is the geopolitical of selective outrage of the Susan Rice and Hillary Clinton and the UN leadership must be resisted and rejected. This is the real point.
New World Order wrote in #1
I agree with you that the Bahraini-Saudi atrocities are not addressed enough on western media. However, they are mentioned on the most media. For example, when that protester died in the Formula 1 protests, all the Western and Arab media mentioned. When we talk about the low media attention about Bahrain, we do not say that the western facts. The most of the time they cover big events or when people die. However, they do not give much attention to the political discussio n related to Bahrain as much as they do with Syria. The fact that since the start of the revolution there were 86 civilian casualties in Bahrain and 11000 civilian casualties in Syria might have added to the fact. Still I think this is wrong and more attention should have been given to the political discussions of Bahrain. As I said, I agree with you on that point. However, I do not agree with you about downplaying the Syria's revolution. I cannot blame you and other RT loyal viewers. My problem is mainly that RT never mentions any event that happened in Syria and any casualties. While Homs was under very heavy artillery fire, they were spreading conspirac y stories. It is like nothing happened over there. Not even one casualties. I could live with not putting focus on the political side (like western or Al Jazeera do with Bahrain), but systematically hiding the facts every day is very worrying. Don't forget that the western media and Al Jazeera do mention casualties in Bahrain every time. Every independent organisation (Red Cross, UN, Human Right Watch, Amnesty International, etc) has conformed the atrocities by Assad's regime against its civilian. It is a proven fact that Assad had used often live ammunition on protesters. Even the Russian minister of foreign affairs have stated that. Still RT discredits these stories!
Despite the fact Bahrain is in fire and people are getting killed and maimed; doctors and other medical professional who dare treat protestors are being put behind bars- Hillary Clinton and the West are using Kofi Annan and the UN system to build a case for regime change in Syria but nothing will be done about Bahrain.
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New World Order 24.04.2012 22:40
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Hassan (unregistered) 24.04.2012 22:14
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New World Order 24.04.2012 21:49
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Hassan (unregistered) 24.04.2012 21:37
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New World Order 24.04.2012 20:35
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