Pro Democracy protests in Bahrain | News & Discussions

[al-Hasani]

The ancient Dilmun civilization was a NATIVE Semitic civilization based in what is now KSA and Bahrain. They were native. Just like all the other civilizations and all the Semitic ones since the accepted theory is that Semitic people came from the Arabian Peninsula.

BBC News - Bahrain digs unveil one of oldest civilizations

Last time I checked Bahrain lies off the coast precisely in the middle of what is now the Eastern Province of KSA and lies a few km of the Saudi Arabian coastline. Today there is a bridge connecting us.
From the recent BBC article:

Abdullah Hassan Yehia also explains that the Dilmun merchants had a monopoly of trade in copper, a precious commodity which was shipped from the mines of Oman to the cities of Mesopotamia. But he debunks the theory that Bahrain may have been used by prehistoric inhabitants of the Arabian mainland as a cemetery. The island has approximately 170,000 burial mounds covering an area of 30 square kilometres or 5% of the main island area.

It's good that terrorists have been suppressed.

Indeed 7abibi. We will be there until everything is calm 100%. At least we are not leaving anywhere. But the Bahraini government is going to decide that since they invited us.

When you invite Americans into your own country to protect you, it's similar to letting another man sleep together with your wife.

No wonder Osama BL. got infuriated at seeing American GIs guard Mecca and Medina.

This was how Al Qaeda was started.

@F117

Al-Qaeda is based on the ideology of Sayyid Qutb. Google Qutbism. OBL saw him as his greatest inspiration.

Basically every modern-day JIHADI gets a lot of his inspiration from Sayyid Qutb.

Qutb's message was spread through his writing, his followers and especially through his brother, Muhammad Qutb, who moved to Saudi Arabia following his release from prison in Egypt and became a professor of Islamic Studies and edited, published and promoted his brother Sayyid's work.[7][8]
Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who went on to become a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, was one of Muhammad Qutb's students [9] and later a mentor of Osama bin Laden and a leading member of al-Qaeda.[10] and had been first introduced to Sayyad Qutb by his uncle, Mafouz Azzam, who had been very close to Sayyad Qutb throughout his life and impressed on al-Zawahiri "the purity of Qutb's character and the torment he had endured in prison."[11] Zawahiri paid homage to Qutb in his work Knights under the Prophet's Banner.[12]

Osama bin Laden is reported to have regularly attended weekly public lectures by Muhammad Qutb, at King Abdulaziz University, and to have read and been deeply influenced by Sayyid Qutb.[13]

Late Yemeni Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki has also spoken of Qutb's great influence and of being "so immersed with the author I would feel Sayyid was with me... speaking to me directly.”[14]

Qutbism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It would really help if outsiders (non-Arabs), before they started discussions, actually knew what they were talking about. That way we could actually discuss a lot of interesting issues.

KSA invited MB members when they were persecuted and banned in Egypt in the 1960's and 1970's. Including the very same brother of Sayyid Qutb. After the Al-Masjid Al-Haram hijacking in 1979 most got thrown out and their ideology got targeted. Ever since KSA has been against them hence the Saudi Arabian support for Al-Sisi.

MB has also ever since been against Arab monarchies especially. There were never any American soldiers in Makkah or Madinah. They were based in a few military bases largely totally cut off from the remaining society. In the Eastern Province. They had their own American fast food chains etc. on their bases. This is the theory of how fast food really entered the GCC area and Arab world. They were stationed there to protect nearby Kuwait from being attacked by Saddam Hussein AGAIN (who still claimed it) and the smaller GCC states who feared for a attack due to their support of Kuwait and vulnerability. But nothing ever happened again and then KSA told them to leave and they did that. They also trained locals if I remember correctly. There was military cooperation at least which is only normal given that both KSA and USA were and are allies. As of now at least although both countries are slowly moving away from each other.

You being an Iranian should know that politics quickly change, especially those of the ME, since your country (Iran) was not more than 35 years ago the greatest American and Israeli ally of the region and it might become that again. Not long from now on. Actually the same Israel that your Mullah's have screamed "death to" for the past 35 years supported you during the Iran-Iraq war.

 

[Devil Soul]

Protests called 3 years after Bahrain's crushed uprising
By AFP
Published: February 12, 2014

DUBAI: Bahrain’s opposition has called for protests to mark the third anniversary Friday of an Arab Spring revolt led by the Shia majority that was brutally crushed by the Saudi-backed Sunni monarchy.

The Gulf state is deeply divided, with persistent protests on the outskirts of the capital Manama that ignite clashes with police, scores of Shias jailed on “terror” charges, deadlocked reconciliation talks and simmering sectarian distrust.

The main opposition group al Wefaq is calling for a strike on Thursday and a rally Saturday to commemorate the February 14 uprising, which was inspired by the pro-democracy revolts that swept the Arab world in early 2011.

But even the head of Al-Wefaq, cleric Ali Salman, admits there will only be “symbolic activities to protest the deterioration of the situation.”

The clandestine February 14 youth coalition has called on protesters on Friday to try to reach Pearl Square, where demonstrators camped for a month before being violently driven out by security forces in March 2011.

The roundabout and its central monument, which became a symbol of the uprising, were later razed and the site remains heavily restricted.

At least 89 people have been killed since the protests began, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

Two rounds of national reconciliation talks have so far failed to bring the two sides anywhere near common ground on the future of the tiny but strategic Gulf archipelago.

Crown Prince Salman, who has made several overtures to the opposition, called last month for a third round of national talks.

But many in the opposition believe his efforts have been undercut by more hawkish members of the royal family, including his great uncle Prince Khalifa, who has been prime minister ever since independence from Britain in 1971.

The opposition says the Sunni monarchy, which crushed the uprising with the aid of a Saudi-led Gulf intervention force, has little interest in sharing power, much less in accepting a constitutional monarchy with an elected prime minister that could bring the Shiite majority to power.

“The dialogue has failed because of the lack of a real will by the regime to find a political solution,” the opposition chief told AFP.

“The royal family monopolises all the powers… and refuses to make concessions,” Salman said, accusing the government of trying to “buy time and deceive the international community” during previous talks.

The Wefaq-led opposition responded to the latest call for dialogue with a roadmap reiterating its demands for “a parliament with full legislative powers” and an “elected government” as well as the release of political prisoners.

The government has in turn sought to dilute the opposition’s presence by widening the dialogue to include Sunni associations that support the monarchy.

“There is no place for bilateral talks between the government and the opposition,” Information Minister Samira Rajab said, adding that authorities had requested proposals from all parties and would prepare an “agreed” agenda after studying them.

Bahrain, like Syria, is widely seen as a battleground in the regional standoff between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, with Riyadh fearing both the spread of Arab Spring unrest to the Gulf and the potential emboldening of its own Shia minority.

Gulf monarchies “will not abandon Bahrain,” says Kuwaiti analyst Ayed al Mannaa, charging that Iran “dreams of establishing a bridgehead at the doorstep of Saudi Arabia.”

Claire Beaugrand, a political analyst at L’Institut francais du Proche-Orient, said the dialogue’s outcome depends on “the relative strength of internal forces” within the royal family and the level of foreign support enjoyed by the government and the opposition.

While politicians in Manama trade blame for the deadlock, in Shia villages on the city’s outskirts the struggle has played out in increasingly vicious clashes between protesters and police, with authorities reporting an increase in the use of explosives.

Human Rights Watch accused Bahraini authorities last month of “seriously” undermining prospects for a political solution, citing an increase in “restrictions on the exercise of core human rights like freedom of speech, assembly and association.”

“Official talk of reform is a joke at the time when peaceful critics of the government are labelled terrorists and kept in jail,” said the group’s deputy Middle East director Joe Stork.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Protests called 3 years after Bahrain's crushed uprising
By AFP
Published: February 12, 2014

DUBAI: Bahrain’s opposition has called for protests to mark the third anniversary Friday of an Arab Spring revolt led by the Shia majority that was brutally crushed by the Saudi-backed Sunni monarchy.

The Gulf state is deeply divided, with persistent protests on the outskirts of the capital Manama that ignite clashes with police, scores of Shias jailed on “terror” charges, deadlocked reconciliation talks and simmering sectarian distrust.

The main opposition group al Wefaq is calling for a strike on Thursday and a rally Saturday to commemorate the February 14 uprising, which was inspired by the pro-democracy revolts that swept the Arab world in early 2011.

But even the head of Al-Wefaq, cleric Ali Salman, admits there will only be “symbolic activities to protest the deterioration of the situation.”

The clandestine February 14 youth coalition has called on protesters on Friday to try to reach Pearl Square, where demonstrators camped for a month before being violently driven out by security forces in March 2011.

The roundabout and its central monument, which became a symbol of the uprising, were later razed and the site remains heavily restricted.

At least 89 people have been killed since the protests began, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

Two rounds of national reconciliation talks have so far failed to bring the two sides anywhere near common ground on the future of the tiny but strategic Gulf archipelago.

Crown Prince Salman, who has made several overtures to the opposition, called last month for a third round of national talks.

But many in the opposition believe his efforts have been undercut by more hawkish members of the royal family, including his great uncle Prince Khalifa, who has been prime minister ever since independence from Britain in 1971.

The opposition says the Sunni monarchy, which crushed the uprising with the aid of a Saudi-led Gulf intervention force, has little interest in sharing power, much less in accepting a constitutional monarchy with an elected prime minister that could bring the Shiite majority to power.

“The dialogue has failed because of the lack of a real will by the regime to find a political solution,” the opposition chief told AFP.

“The royal family monopolises all the powers… and refuses to make concessions,” Salman said, accusing the government of trying to “buy time and deceive the international community” during previous talks.

The Wefaq-led opposition responded to the latest call for dialogue with a roadmap reiterating its demands for “a parliament with full legislative powers” and an “elected government” as well as the release of political prisoners.

The government has in turn sought to dilute the opposition’s presence by widening the dialogue to include Sunni associations that support the monarchy.

“There is no place for bilateral talks between the government and the opposition,” Information Minister Samira Rajab said, adding that authorities had requested proposals from all parties and would prepare an “agreed” agenda after studying them.

Bahrain, like Syria, is widely seen as a battleground in the regional standoff between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, with Riyadh fearing both the spread of Arab Spring unrest to the Gulf and the potential emboldening of its own Shia minority.

Gulf monarchies “will not abandon Bahrain,” says Kuwaiti analyst Ayed al Mannaa, charging that Iran “dreams of establishing a bridgehead at the doorstep of Saudi Arabia.”

Claire Beaugrand, a political analyst at L’Institut francais du Proche-Orient, said the dialogue’s outcome depends on “the relative strength of internal forces” within the royal family and the level of foreign support enjoyed by the government and the opposition.

While politicians in Manama trade blame for the deadlock, in Shia villages on the city’s outskirts the struggle has played out in increasingly vicious clashes between protesters and police, with authorities reporting an increase in the use of explosives.

Human Rights Watch accused Bahraini authorities last month of “seriously” undermining prospects for a political solution, citing an increase in “restrictions on the exercise of core human rights like freedom of speech, assembly and association.”

“Official talk of reform is a joke at the time when peaceful critics of the government are labelled terrorists and kept in jail,” said the group’s deputy Middle East director Joe Stork.

Cry me a river baby

 

[Arabian Legend]

Cry me a river baby

Crazy…..

Where do you get these pics from……...

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Miscellaneous
3 policemen killed in Bahrain blast

Three police personnel, including an officer, were killed in a terror blast in Daih area of Bahrain, while police were dispersing rioters, the Interior Ministry said.

Daih village is located west of the capital Manama.

It said on its Twitter account that a group of protesters had broken away from a mourning procession in the village of Daih and started blocking roads. The explosion took place as the policemen were trying to disperse the rioters, it added.

There was no immediate word on what had caused the blast.

Miscellaneous
Improvised explosive device used in Bahrain attack

An improvised explosive device (IED) was used in the attack on police in Bahrain, in which three policemen were killed, a report said.

The police came under attack following a funeral procession in Daih at around 5pm, said a Gulf Daily News report.

Bahrain's Interior Ministry said it was one of three blasts in Daih, although two resulted in no injuries.
A fourth bomb was discovered and defused.

It was the biggest death toll suffered by security forces in a single attack since anti-government radicals began a campaign of violence following the unrest in 2011, the report said.

Among those killed was a UAE officer who was part of the GCC Peninsula Shield Force, Bahrain's Interior Ministry said.

The bombs went off after rioters pelted stones and Molotov cocktails at police following a procession for Jaffar Al Durazi, an inmate with sickle cell anaemia who died in hospital last Wednesday.

He was in police custody after being arrested in connection with a plot to smuggle detonators and explosives into Bahrain by boat.

The IED was detonated remotely as police dispersed armed rioters in Daih.

"The initial investigation indicates that terrorists planted the bomb near a lamp-post on Budaiya Highway," the Interior Ministry said. "The device was remotely detonated while police were securing the roads and restoring order."

It said security checkpoints were set up in the area to support the work of investigators, while the Public Prosecution has been notified.

"The Interior Ministry will conduct a thorough investigation to find and arrest those responsible for the killings of the policemen," it said.

Coinciding with the funeral procession, saboteurs had caused traffic disruption from noon by blocking roads in Jidhafs, Daih, Tashan, Khamis and adjoining areas.

Several police checkpoints were set up during the day, but as police dispersed rioters, the blast occurred.

The Emirati officer has been identified as First Lieutenant Tariq Al Shehi.

The UAE Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the WAM state news agency that he died along with two members of the Bahraini police force "while performing his national duty of maintaining order".

The two other policemen killed were named as Ammar Abdulrahman and Mohammed Arsalan, although their identities were not confirmed by authorities.

Yesterday's toll takes the number of policemen killed since February, 2011 to 13, while more than 2,500 have been hurt in clashes with violent anti-government rioters.

A graphic picture circulated online hours after yesterday's tragedy showed two riot policemen lying in a pool of blood as their colleagues tried to revive them.

Riot police were also pictured standing near the body of a seriously injured officer.

A radical opposition group calling itself the Popular Resistance Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack, which happened a day after the government released a report stating explosive devices used by rioters in Bahrain were the same as those employed by insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The attack sparked an angry and emotional response on social media, with Bahrainis calling for an end to terrorism and describing it as a "dark day" in the country's history.

One restaurant employee, who heard the bomb go off, said many people left after the blast.

Most people in the area left their homes and went elsewhere because the situation is going to be tense," he said. - TradeArabia News Service

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Outrage follows Bahrain killer bomb

Community leaders have reacted with outrage following the explosion of a bomb in the Daih area of Bahrain that killed three policemen and injured several others, with an MP branding the perpetrators as "murderers" and "terrorists".

Human rights should not be considered when it came to national security, MP Sawsan Taqawi was quoted as saying in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

In a passionate outburst shortly after hearing the news, she told the GDN those responsible should be given the death penalty.

"I am shocked, everyone is shocked. This is something planned and calculated by terrorists; nothing but a bunch of murderers," said the parliament's foreign affairs, defence and national security committee chairwoman, breaking down in tears.

"We do not see this happening on the streets of London and the US, because when there is any matter of national security they put the safety of people first. UK Prime Minister David Cameron said that when it comes to national security no human rights should apply.

"People are dying and we must take action; these murderers must be punished.

"I understand they could not even collect the body of one of these policemen because he was blown apart.

"And as for the National Dialogue, how can we sit down with a bunch of murderers now? We cannot," she added.

Foreign Affairs Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa took to Twitter to condemn the attack and used the hashtag "Our souls are not Cheap".

"Those behind the killing of policemen along with the instigators are responsible," he tweeted.

Parliament chairman Dr Khalifa Al Dhahrani stressed the need to enforce the law "decisively and immediately" on the perpetrators and instigators of the terror act. He extended heartfelt condolences to the families of the dead policemen, stressing parliament's full support for all measures taken to enforce justice on the perpetrators.

Northern Governor Ali Al Asfoor and Bahrain's ambassador to Saudi Arabia Shaikh Hamoud bin Abdulla Al Khalifa condemned the heinous act and urged all Bahrainis to stand united in confronting such evil forces.

The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned against the dangerous escalation of violence and shift in terror tactics. "Enforcing the law on everyone without exception is the only viable way to deter any attempt to subvert national security and stability," the chamber said in a statement last night.

The members stressed support for all measures which will be taken by His Majesty King Hamad to maintain security and stability.

The Foreign Correspondents Club board of directors called on international organisations to stand firm against terrorism. It added that no country is immune from cross-border terrorism.

Bahrain Society for Tolerance and Religious co-existence president Yussef Buzaboon and Bahrain Real Estate Development Society chairman Araf Hagras condemned the blast and extended condolences to the martyrs' families. – TradeArabia News Service

 

[Falcon29]

Hezbollah Blamed for Deadly Bombing in Bahrain - Middle East - News - Israel National News

According to NOW Lebanon, the Deputy-Chairman of Dubai Police and Public Security Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said that a Hezbollah-trained operative perpetrated the blast on Monday that killed three police officers outside Bahrain’s Manama.

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Oh wow...I don't think Hezbollah would be going after a low rank police officer....

 

[Al Bhatti]

March 4, 2014

Emirati hero killed in the line of duty in Bahrain laid to rest

By the grave, his distraught uncle knelt in grief, inconsolable.
Overhead, even the grey skies of Shaam, on the nation’s northernmost tip, seemed in mourning.

It was the day his family, his friends and his country laid to rest the Emirati hero who went to Bahrain to serve and defend the peace, and gave his life protecting the innocent from the scourge of terrorism.

First Lieutenant Tariq Al Shehi, 41 and a father of four, died after an improvised terrorist bomb exploded on Monday as security forces dispersed Shiite protesters in the village of Daih, near Manama.

UAE authorities dispatched a private plane to fly Lt Al Shehi’s body to Ras Al Khaimah International Airport, and the body was escorted by a police convoy to the grave site in his home town of Shaam, 56 kilometres away near the Omani border.

More than 500 mourners lined the little town’s main street, along with official and private vehicles from around the emirates, waiting for Lt Al Shehi’s body to arrive.

As the ambulance opened its rear doors mourners jostled for an opportunity to carry the body for the few metres to the final resting place.

Before the body, wrapped in white, was lowered into the grave, they laid it on the ground for a brief moment of silence.

Grieving family members were the first to place dirt over the body, followed by other mourners.

Lt Al Shehi’s uncle, Ali Abdullah Al Qaidi, was close to tears over his nephew’s nameless headstone after the burial was complete.

Mourners took turn reciting Quranic verses over the grave, led by Sheikh Mohammed bin Saqr Al Qasimi, the Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah.

Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, offered his condolences to the grieving family, and conveyed those of the President, Sheikh Khalifa, of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, and of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

Sheikh Saif said the sons of the nation, such as Lt Al Shehi, did not hesitate in fighting terrorism and in standing up for what the UAE considers of mutual interest.

Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed, the National Security Adviser, was also among leading government figures at the funeral.

Lt Al Shehi “was an example of goodness, dedication, discipline and excellence”, said Maj Gen Sheikh Talib bin Saqr Al Qasimi, chief of Ras Al Khaimah Police.

“He was loyal to, and did a great deal for, his homeland, and received martyrdom for the sake of his God and his homeland, and for duty, humanity and peace.

“On this sad occasion, we offer our heartfelt condolences to the family of the martyr, asking the Lord to have mercy upon him and accept him in paradise as a martyr.”

Two other police officers with the Bahraini security forces were killed in Monday’s bomb blast.

Emirati hero Tariq al Shehi who died in Bahrain bomb attack laid to rest in UAE | The National

 

[Al Bhatti]

First Lieutenant Tariq Al Shehi, a 41-year-old father of four, died after an improvised bomb exploded as security forces dispersed Shiite protesters in the village of Daih, near Manama.

From left to right, Sheikh Talib Al Qasimi Chief of Police, Ras Al Khaimah, Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, second left, with Mohammed Al Shehi, son of First Lieutenant Tariq Al Shehi, centre, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, second right and mourning the death of First Lieutenant Tariq Al Shehi.

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March 4, 2014

Family of Emirati officer killed in Bahrain ‘happy he died a martyr’

RAS AL KHAIMAH // Family and friends of First Lt Tariq Al Shehi gathered at a grave site in Ras Al Khaimah grave on Tuesday afternoon to bury and pay respects to their relative and friend.

The Emirati police officer, who was killed in a Bahrain bomb attack on Monday, was laid in his final resting place in a graveyard in his hometown of Sha’am near the Oman border.

More than 500 mourners attended the funeral for Lt Al Shehi, whose body was flown into RAK from Bahrain before making the 56-kilometre journey north to the coastal city.

Soon after the funeral ended, those closest to Lt Al Shehi made a short walk to a tent set up outside his uncle’s home in Sha’am.

“I am sad and happy,” said his eldest son, Mohammed, 12, who could only muster a few words. After a long pause he added: “I am sad because my father is gone, but happy he died a martyr.”

Others shared Mohammed’s feelings after the 41-year-old’s passing.

“We all feel sadness but he died a martyr’s death serving his country so we feel happy for his family at the same time,” said Abdullah Al Qaidi, his cousin.

Mr Al Qaidi had seen Lt Al Shehi just two weeks ago, before his latest deployment to Bahrain, and said he was his usual happy self.

“He was happy with work and travelling to Bahrain.”

Lt Al Shehi was on the verge of moving into a new house in Ras Al Khaimah, given to him under the UAE housing programme, with his wife and four children.

“He just had the electricity connected and was going to move in when he got back from Bahrain,” Mr Al Qaidi said.

“Everyone wishes for a martyrdom like his,” said Fahim Al Habsi a long-time friend.

The men became friends more than 13 years ago.

“Every time you saw him he was happy and would greet you with a smile,” said Mr Al Habsi who left the RAK police force four years ago and joined the Army.

But the two stayed in touch and saw each other days before Lt Al Shehi left for Bahrain.

“He was always kind and died serving his nation which is a great thing,” Mr Al Habsi said.

Khalid Al Shehi, who works in Abu Dhabi, said he had no idea his younger brother was in Bahrain.

“I saw him two months ago and am so shaken it is hard to find the words,” said Mr Al Shehi, 43. “But we are all one in the Gulf and Tariq dying in Bahrain is just as if he died right here in the UAE.”

Family of Emirati officer killed in Bahrain ‘happy he died a martyr’ | The National

 

[Arabian Legend]

May his brave soul rest in peace.

 

[Al Bhatti]

March 4, 2014

UAE martyr buried in RAK village

Fallen UAE policeman laid to rest at burial ground in Sha’am cemetery

The body of a fallen Emirati UAE police officer killed in an explosion in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday was repatriated to his home soil yesterday and buried in his home village.

The body of the 41-year-old martyr First Lieutenant Tarek Mohammad Al Shehi was laid to rest in the presence of his family, Mohammad, the victim’s brother, told Gulf News.

“The body arrived on Tuesday afternoon at Ras Al Khaimah Airport on a special plane,“ he said before the journey to the family’s home in the Sha’am area of Ras Al Khaimah and then to the village cemetery.

Bahrain vowed on Tuesday to eliminate “terrorism,” a day after a bomb killed three policemen in a Shiite village, in the deadliest attack on security forces since they crushed the 2011 uprising.

Ministers at an extraordinary meeting pledged to “take the necessary measures to eradicate terrorist groups and those who support them,” the BNA state news agency said.

The government asked the interior ministry “to carry on relentlessly its combat against terrorism,” it said.

Back in the UAE, meanwhile, prayers for First Lt Al Shehi were performed by Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.

On Monday, Shaikh Saif sadly announced that Al Shehi had died along with two members of the Bahraini police force while confronting a terrorist group in the village of Daih. The three men were performing their national duty of maintaining order in Bahrain, within the joint GCC security cooperation agreement.

His Highness Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, attended the funeral rites. Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor and Vice-Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Shaikh Hamdan Bin

Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and deputy rulers of various emirates, shaikhs, citizens and others attended the funeral prayers held at Ahmad Bin Hanbail Mosque.

Shaikh Saif expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family of Al Shehi and his fellow officers, praying to Allah Almighty to let their souls rest in eternal peace and to grant their families patience and solace to bear the loss. He also wished a speedy recovery to those wounded in the terrorist act.

Shaikh Saif condemned the heinous act; stressing the need to fight terrorism in all its forms.

Ahmad Al Shehi, a close friend of the victim, told Gulf News that Tarek was known for his high morals, hard work, devotion and sincere commitment to fulfilling his duty, as well as his courage in all tasks.

“It was a shock for me to hear such tragic news. I could not believe what I heard,” he said

The late police officer was working with Ras Al Khaimah Police at the office of Ras Al Khaimah Police Commander-in-chief, Major General Shaikh Taleb Bin Saqr Al Qasimi.

Al Shehi was a father to four children, Mohammad, 12, Fajer, nine, Fatma, eight, and Ahmad, three.

“Tarek had a pleasant spirit and always had a smile on his face,” said Major General Al Qasimi.

“We were a group of friends, including Tarek, we shared our time, travelled together, now this is broken,” he said.

Umm Ali, a next door neighbour told Gulf News, he was in a state of disbelief over the news and remembered the victim‘s kindness,

“Everyone is in shock,” she said. “How could people die just like that and none of us manage to do anything to help rescue them? They were nice and quiet people.”

He brought up his children to be full of virtue and carry out good deeds.

After Al Shehi’s father died roughly two years ago, Al Shehi took over the responsibility of taking care of his mother and his four brothers and three sisters...he was the one who looked after all his family members, the neighbour said.

UAE martyr buried in RAK village | GulfNews.com

 

[ResurgentIran]

Hezbollah Blamed for Deadly Bombing in Bahrain - Middle East - News - Israel National News

According to NOW Lebanon, the Deputy-Chairman of Dubai Police and Public Security Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said that a Hezbollah-trained operative perpetrated the blast on Monday that killed three police officers outside Bahrain’s Manama.

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Oh wow...I don't think Hezbollah would be going after a low rank police officer....

Its not Hezbollah, come on. Why would they be in Bahrain?
Hezbollah and Iran's involvement in Bahrain is practically zero, except for verbal support for the opposition.

 

[Al Bhatti]

05/03/2014

Four Daih terror blast suspects arrested

Four bombers suspected of involvement in the terrorist blast which left three on-duty policemen dead last Monday in Daih have been arrested. Public Security Chief Major-General Tariq Hassan Al-Hassan tonight announced the clampdown in a press conference.

The security forces identified the suspects, a few hours after the terrorist blast and caught them under an arrest warrant issued by the Public Prosecution. The suspects are Abbas Jameel Taher Mohammed Al-Samea (aged 25 – sentenced to five years in terror cases), Ali Jameel Taher Mohammed Al-Samea (aged 24 – sented to five years in jail in terror cases), Taher Yusuf Ahmed Mohammed Al-Samea (aged 22 years).

Major-General Tariq Hassan Al-Hassan announced that the fourth Sami Mirza Ahmed Mushaima (aged 40), had also been arrested today. The security forces have launched a manhunt to track down the other accomplices involved in the Daih terror blast and bring them to justice. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Interior announced resolve to continue undertaking all security and legal measures to protect citizens and residents as well as public and private properties.

Bahrain News Agency | Four Daih terror blast suspects arrested

 

[Fukuoka]

Shias heroes fighting the zionist wahabit sect oppressing everybody to give all the oil for JEW NATO

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[Fukuoka]

Cameraman films a tear gas that's launched directly to him (2 videos)

Happened in Bahrain yesterday night. Shiite majority of the country are demanding democratic reform in the Sunni-led Gulf Kingdom. Shi’ites claim that they have been on the receiving end of discrimination for many years, regarding jobs, housing and other benefits, while the government vehemently denies the marginalisation of the muslim majority sect. Street protests are a daily occurrence, but mainstream opposition leaders have failed to advance a political settlement that would grant Shi'ites more of an influence in government.
Bonus second video, the injured of a protester before he threw a coctail molotov to a police vehicle yesterday.

Shiite have the right to ask for power as they don't behave bad. The wahabit lust be removed because they destroy Islam with USA bases and create zionist Al Qaeda

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[Fukuoka]

Police try to ambush protester gets hit by a molotov
This policeman is such an idiot.. He was trying to ambush 2 protesters with Molotovs ALONE.

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