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Obama Urges Mideast Governments to Show Restraint

   VOA News  February 18, 2011
   An  unidentified  Bahraini  anti-government  protester is carried to a
   vehicle  to  be  taken  to  a  hospital  after  being  shot  during  a
   demonstration in Manama, February 18, 2011

Photo: AP

   An  unidentified  Bahraini  anti-government  protester is carried to a
   vehicle  to  be  taken  to  a  hospital  after  being  shot  during  a
   demonstration in Manama, February 18, 2011

   U.S.  President Barack Obama says he is deeply concerned about reports
   of violence in Bahrain, Libya and Yemen.
   A  White  House  spokesman  read a statement Friday from the president
   saying  the United States "condemns the use of violence by governments
   against peaceful protesters."
   Mr.  Obama  urged  the governments of Bahrain, Libya and Yemen to show
   restraint, and to respect the rights of their people.
   The  president's statement follows reports that security forces opened
   fire on protesters in the three countries over the past days.
   The  White  House  says  Mr.  Obama  is receiving daily updates on the
   anti-government  protests  that have spread across the Arab world, and
   brought down the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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