Security Forces Attack Sleeping Protesters in Bahrain - At least 2 confirmed dead

[carminaburana]

 Bahrain authorities launch surprise attack on protesters
Tear gas canisters bombard sleeping protesters in Manama's Pearl Square. At least two men are reported killed by rubber bullets.

Reporting from Manama, Bahrain, and Amman, Jordan -

Security forces in tiny but strategic Bahrain launched a brutal assault early Thursday against at least 1,000

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[danceprincess20]

Andy Carvin from NPR is doing a great job aggregating tweets, his feed is here:
http://twitter.com/#!/acarvin

Also, a heads up, a lot of people (maybe not a lot but I've seen a handful) are tweeting pretty graphic pictures of wounds/dead bodies.

[carminaburana]

Thanks.

[carminaburana]

I also just read that the army is about to enter Lulu/Pearl Square

[holdyourdevil]

D:

[homasse]

There's a post for requesting tags from the mods. It's not linked to off the main page, but if you click on the !mod post tag, it's the first one displayed.

[carminaburana]

Thanks! I totally forgot, as i was just seeing RED from the news.

[wemblee]

Ugh. UGH.

And now, my real comment

[homasse]

Oh, yes, gas children, attack doctors, and create martyrs for the protesters' cause.

I see no way in which this cunning plan to curb protests could possibly backfire.