SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2011
Saudi Arabia & Bahrain protests-News Analysis-03-11-2011
Saudi Arabia & Bahrain protests-News Analysis-03-11-2011
This edition of Press TV's News Analysis continues its extensive coverage of the protests across the Middle East and North Africa. This program focuses on the Persian Gulf - and Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in particular.
Saudi Arabia was the new addition to the Friday protests this week, as pockets of protests across the country managed to take shape despite an extremely heavy police presence and efforts to deter demonstrations from the streets. In Jeddah, Dammam and Qatif helicopters flew overhead. There were protests in al-Asha, Hofuf, Awamia and Qatif where Saudi police fired in the air.
Meanwhile in Bahrain police fired on protestors again, as estimates of 150 to 200 thousand people out on the street, for a country with about a million population, only about a half indigenous that is unprecedented. But as about 50 thousand protestors decided, after some contention, to march on to the royal court, violence erupted, as the authorities attacked with tear gas, live ammunition, swords and batons.
To discuss how important and how different these two movements are Nargess Moballeghi is joined by Pat Lancaster, James Jennings and Saeb Shaath
This edition of Press TV's News Analysis continues its extensive coverage of the protests across the Middle East and North Africa. This program focuses on the Persian Gulf - and Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in particular.
Saudi Arabia was the new addition to the Friday protests this week, as pockets of protests across the country managed to take shape despite an extremely heavy police presence and efforts to deter demonstrations from the streets. In Jeddah, Dammam and Qatif helicopters flew overhead. There were protests in al-Asha, Hofuf, Awamia and Qatif where Saudi police fired in the air.
Meanwhile in Bahrain police fired on protestors again, as estimates of 150 to 200 thousand people out on the street, for a country with about a million population, only about a half indigenous that is unprecedented. But as about 50 thousand protestors decided, after some contention, to march on to the royal court, violence erupted, as the authorities attacked with tear gas, live ammunition, swords and batons.
To discuss how important and how different these two movements are Nargess Moballeghi is joined by Pat Lancaster, James Jennings and Saeb Shaath
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