Saudi Troops are in Bahrain to put a clamp down on the opposition of the government
the govt. has killed some people too
no1 cares, not america; the 5th fleet is stationed right there... and all America has to say is "its alarming"
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Security forces with tanks have overrun a square in the centre of Bahrain's capital Manama where anti-government protesters have been camped for weeks.
At least three civilians were reportedly killed after police fired on mainly Shia protesters. Officials said three police also died.
Troops have taken over a hospital treating the wounded. Officials have imposed a curfew and banned protests.
The country's Sunni rulers on Tuesday called in Saudi troops to keep order.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Gulf states were on the "wrong track" in sending in troops to Bahrain.
"We find what's happening in Bahrain alarming. We think that there is no security answer to the aspirations and demands of the demonstrators," she said in an interview with CBS.
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They are all around Salmaniya medical complex with their guns and they are shooting anybody”
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Bahrain's health minister, himself a Shia, has resigned in protest against the government's use of force, and the BBC's Caroline Hawley in Manama says Shia judges have resigned en masse.
Bahrain - which has a population of 800,000 and is home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet - is the first Gulf country to be thrown into turmoil by the wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world. Protests there began last month.
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Bahrain is at a tipping point. By inviting in 1,500 Saudi and Emirati troops to help restore order the ruling al-Khalifa family have dramatically raised the stakes in the tiny Gulf kingdom.
It is a controversial and somewhat desperate measure as Bahrain's own police and security forces have shown themselves patently incapable of handling the anti-government protests to date.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12753727
oh and Saudi Arabia has been clamping down heavily on its own protesters by gathering them all up at the first signs of unrest even at the signs of organizing online (they've arrested online organizers) so no chance for anything happening there or anyone caring as it would seem
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