Bahrain Protesters Claim Central Square

The demonstrators in Bahrain are now claiming to have captured a key part of the capital Manama. This follows a week of protests in this tiny Persian Gulf island-state, which is also home to the US Fifth Fleet. According to the anti-government protesters, the army and the police left the square and ceded it to the mob.

From earlier this week

People circling through the square clapped, whistled and wept. Some wore white sheets symbolizing their readiness for martyrdom, while others carried Bahraini flags, flowers and signs that said “Peaceful.”
“We are victorious!” they chanted as they marched back into the square that has been the headquarters for their revolt against the Sunni monarchy in the predominantly Shiite island nation.

The Bahraini people have their equivalent of Tahrir Square. The Monarchy here is more progressive that Mubarak’s Egypt was but still has a stranglehold on power.

Cross-posted at WorldThreats.

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