Bahrain Launches A Surprise Attack Against Protesters In Main Square

Bahrain Authorities Launch Surprise Attack On Protesters -- L.A. Times

Tear gas canisters bombard sleeping protesters in Manama's Pearl Square. At least two men are reported killed by rubber bullets.

Reporting from Manama, Bahrain, and Amman, Jordan — Security forces in tiny but strategic Bahrain launched a brutal assault early Thursday against at least 1,000 defiant anti-government protesters, including women and children, camped out in tents in the capital's Pearl Square.

A barrage of tear gas canisters thundered across the square about 3 a.m. as dozens of police cars, armored security vehicles and ambulances converged on a makeshift tent city in the center of Manama that was beginning to resemble a smaller version of Tahrir Square in Cairo, where Egyptian protesters this month were successful in overthrowing their president.

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Riot police storm Bahrain camp; 2 reported dead -- Yahoo News/AP
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Riot Police Attack Bahrain Protesters -- Voice of America
Police attack Bahrain protest site -- Al Jazeera
At least 2 people dead after police move on protesters in Bahrain -- CNN
Security forces attack Bahrain protesters -- Gulf News

Two dead as Bahrain police break up protest camp -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Bahrain forces break up protesters' camp: witnesses -- Yahoo News/AFP
Riot Police Attack Bahrain Protesters -- Voice of America
Police attack Bahrain protest site -- Al Jazeera
At least 2 people dead after police move on protesters in Bahrain -- CNN
Security forces attack Bahrain protesters -- Gulf News
Police rout sleeping protesters in Bahrain -- UPI
Bahrain protests: Police break up Pearl Square crowd -- BBC
Two Dead As Bahrain Police Break Up Protest -- Radio Free Europe
Police break up Bahrain demonstration -- Financial Times
Country profile: Bahrain -- Al Jazeera

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