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June 13, 2011

Obama Administration Approved $200 In Military Sales To Bahrain In Run-Up To Violent Crackdown 
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Newly released government data shows the Obama administration approved
$200 million in military sales to Bahrain last year just months before
the Gulf nation launched a violent crackdown on pro-democracy
protesters. Part of the military sales involved the sale of rifles,
shotguns and assault weapons. There have been a number of developments
in Bahrain. Dozens of doctors and nurses were put on trial today for
treating injured protesters. Two former Shiite lawmakers were tried on
Sunday for calling for regime change. And a 20-year-old Bahraini poet
has been sentenced to a year in prison. Ayat al-Gormezi was arrested
earlier this year when she read a poem at a protest appealing for
democratic rights and criticizing the monarchy.



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