4th March 2014

BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP

Bahrain arrests 25 for alleged ties to deadly bomb
Bahraini authorities have arrested 25 people on suspicion of involvement in a deadly bomb attack on police and listed an activist network and two littleknown anti-government groups as terrorist organizations, authorities in the Gulf Arab nation said Tuesday. The crackdown follows Mondays blast on the outskirts of the capital Manama, which killed three policemen. The interior minister, Sheik Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, announced the arrests in a televised address. He called Mondays bombing and another attack that killed a police ofcer last month a reminder of the high level of danger facing the country. Read More agency reported. Lt. Gen. Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa announced the arrests in a televised speech in Manama. "We are dealing with people who have no conscience and who do not fear God," he said. "Therefore, we need to identify these violent actors so that they get what they deserve. Their criminal acts must be punished in order to protect society from their evils and increasing danger." Read More capital Manama on Monday. Khalifa, announced the!arrests on Tuesday in a televised address.

Bahrain arrests dozens over deadly bomb blast

Bahrain has arrested 25 people and listed a prominent protest network as a "terrorist organisation", after a deadly bomb attack that killed three police ofcers. The interior minister, Sheik Rashid bin Abdullah Al

He called Monday's bombing and another attack!that killed a police ofcer last month a reminder "of the high level of!danger" facing the country. "Indeed, these terror acts are premeditated murder and represent a lack!of humanity," he said. Read More three policemen including an Emirati ofcer. Bahrain's Interior Ministry said that "these terror acts are premeditated murder and represent a lack of humanity." It announced that 25 suspects have so far been arrested. The authorities are still investigating to identify any further suspects, suggesting foreign links behind the attack. Read More In a statement, Al-Wefaq society also accused "hooded militiamen in civilian clothes" of attacking its ofces in Bilad alQadeem area, also west of Manama, and destroying its faade. Two Bahraini policemen and an Emirate ofcer were killed when a blast rocked the village of Al-Daih on Monday. Read More

3 police officers killed in bombing in Bahraini village

The government of Bahrain has rounded up 25 suspects in a bombing that killed three police ofcers, the interior minister announced Tuesday. The bombing occurred Monday in the village of Daih, where another police ofcer was killed in midFebruary, the Bahrain news

Bahrain arrests 25 suspects of bomb attack

Bahrain has arrested 25 suspects in connection with Monday's bomb attack that killed three policemen, Xinhua reported. A remotely detonated bomb exploded on Monday night in the Daih village, west of the capital Manama, killing

Arrests in Bahrain following deadly blast: Opposition

Bahrain's main Shiite opposition has accused security forces of raiding several homes in the towns of Sanabis and Musalla, west of capital Manama, following a bombing that killed three policemen in the nearby Al-Daih village.

Bahrain arrests 25 suspects after terror attack

Twenty-ve suspects have been arrested in connection with the bomb blast that killed three police personnel, including UAE Ofcer First Lieutenant Tareq Mohammed Al Sabi Al Shehi, in Daih near the

More suspects are being tracked down to bring them to justice. With overcast skies and a declaration of a day of mourning by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahrain closed ranks yesterday to grieve for the three latest victims. Read More

Bahrain bomb kills 3 police during protest, raising tensions in Gulf island kingdom
A bomb blast in Bahrain killed three policemen as they were dispersing "rioters and vandals" on the outskirts of the capital Manama, authorities said Monday in an escalation likely to increase tensions between security forces and hard-line protesters.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the police were killed Monday in what it called a "terror bombing attack," and that initial indications suggest the bomb was planted near a lamp post and was detonated remotely. Two other explosions occurred nearby and another bomb was defused, the ministry said. Among those killed in the blast was a police ofcer from the United Arab Emirates deployed to help bolster security in the tiny island kingdom. Read More The United Arab Emirates (UAE)!said one of its police ofcers, serving in a Gulf Cooperation Council force operating in the!island kingdom, was among the three dead ofcers, according to the UAE state news agency WAM. WAM identied the dead as Lieutenant Tareq Mohammed al-Shehhi. Read More

Manana, the interior ministry said. Three police members died in a terror explosion in Daih while police were dispersing rioters, the Bahraini interior ministry said on Twitter, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. The UAE's interior ministry said that an Emirati policeman was among those killed. Read More from the United Arab Emirates, state news agency BNA said. The attack has raised fears of more violence in the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom, where opposition groups led by majority Shi'ites have staged protests for the past three years demanding political reform and an end to perceived discrimination. Read More organisations. They included the Al Ashtar Brigade which claimed responsibility for the attack on Monday. The Popular Resistance Brigade and another opposition faction, the Coalition Youth of February 14 were also added to the list. The cabinet also tasked the foreign minister with seeking the groups inclusion on international terrorist lists. Read More

Ministry: Bomb kills three police in Bahrain

Three policemen in Bahrain were killed by a bomb explosion on Monday during confrontations between security forces and rioters in a Shiite village near the capital of

Bomb at Bahrain protest kills three policemen

Three policemen!have been!killed by a!remotely detonated bomb in Bahrain during a protest in!a village west of the capital Manama, the Interior Ministry!has said, in one of the worst incidents of violence in recent!months.

Bahrain blacklisted groups after bomb kills police

Bahrain blacklisted three anti-government groups as terrorist organisations on Tuesday, a day after a bomb killed two local policemen and an ofcer

What Drives the Bahrain Opposition

Regarding Bahrains hijacked reform efforts (Opinion, Feb. 19): Sarah Bin Ashoor argues that the popular protest movement in Bahrain is a consequence of Iranian involvement and sectarian tensions. Yet if you examine the Bahraini governments own rhetoric, it is clear that these explanations are being used to dismiss genuine concerns and democratic aspirations. Indeed, the Bahrain Independent Commission

of Inquiry commissioned by the king found no evidence of Iranian involvement, and even documented government use of sectarian rhetoric to ename sectarian tensions. It is easy for governments to ignore the demands of their people by labeling popular cries for democratic reform as terrorism or the result of foreign intervention. We cannot allow such claims to mask credible demands for human rights and necessary political reforms. Read More

After police killings, Bahrain vows to continue fighting terrorism

ABU DHABI // Bahrain vowed on Tuesday to continue combating terrorism after a bomb killed three policemen including Emirati ofcer First Lieutenant Tareq Al Shehi. In an extraordinary meeting, the Bahraini cabinet added three groups to the ofcial list of terrorist