Following the recent killings of a soldier belonging to Saudi forces brought in to aid the government’s battle against the country’s pro-democracy protestors, Bahrain’s king has put the country in a state of emergency.
Last Sunday, pro-democracy demonstrators in their thousands had sealed off Bahrain’s financial center and 200 or so people had been injured by the military’s use of tear gas and clubs. This led the king to give Bahrain’s military unrestricted powers to quell the Shiite-led ‘pro-democracy’ protests which are threatening to oust the incumbent Sunni monarchy.
Saudi Arabia and Gulf states send in military aid and troops to quell the Bahraini ‘pro-democracy’ movement
Gulf leaders, including Saudi Arabia’s rulers have been encouraging the Bahraini king to remain steadfast as there is fear that Shite gains in Bahrain would fuel uprisings in other Gulf states where the Sunnis are in ascendancy. Recent violent clashes have resulted in a 24-year-old protester, Ahmed Farhan, being shot in the head and killed whilst many others suffered severe injuries from shotgun rounds and clubs used by the authorities.
[Middle East Contributor]
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