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February 21, 2011

Bahraini Protesters Occupy Key Square After Massacre 
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In Bahrain, protesters have won a symbolic victory by reclaiming a key
square in the capital of Manama where four protesters were killed by
riot police last week. Thousands of protesters are now camped out in the
Pearl Roundabout following days of violence by the U.S.-backed regime.
The New York Times reports Bahraini forces fired on hundreds of
funeral-goers from a helicopter, and security forces on the ground fired
on ambulances that tried to help the wounded.

Bahraini Protester: "We will stay until we achieve our demands. We are
here, this is our country. But we will stay here, if they hit us, we
will stay here. We want to achieve the national unity of Bahrain and we
will insist on our demands until we achieve all of them."



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