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March 15, 2013

Bahrain: Dozens Wounded in Clashes as Protesters Mark Anniversary 
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Dozens of people were wounded in Bahrain on Thursday as protesters
marked the second anniversary of a Saudi-led intervention that helped
crush the pro-democracy uprising. Clashes erupted around the capital
Manama with police firing stun grenades and tear gas at protesters who
burned tires and threw Molotov cocktails. Bahrainis have defied a ban on
demonstrations despite a brutal government crackdown. Bahrain houses the
U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet and is a key U.S. ally in the Gulf.

 

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