Michael Slackman reports from Manama

with Michael Slackman
in Current Affairs
on Thursday, February 17, 2011 * * * * *

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A look at Bahrain with Michael Slackman, Foreign Correspondent with 'The New York Times' from Manama

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    1. REMant  02/18/2011 01:12 PM Report

      Correction: birdshot, not buckshot

    2. REMant  02/18/2011 12:57 PM Report

      I listened to this real time on Aljazeera Wednesday night. It has been well reported this time, and as he said, tho the situation there is similar to Egypt in that both an autocrat and economics is involved, it is different because you have a 70% Shiite majority ruled by a 30% Sunni minority, which the majority allege has been importing and employing Sunnis preferentially, including in the security forces. The police or army came without warning in the middle of the night firing tear gas, rubber bullets and buckshot, leaving four dead and many wounded and injured. Specifically asked by the Aljazeera anchors, the protestors said US presence is not an issue.