This image and its caption convey a little of the complexity that underlies events in the Middle East. Here's more news from Bahrain.

Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters
Thousands of Sunni Bahrainis gather near the home of a Sunni family to protect the household from Shi'ites they believe are intending to attack them, in the town of Busiteen, north of Manama, early 8 March 2011. A member of the Sunni family was involved in a car accident that injured a Shi'ite who was protesting at Bahrain's Financial Harbour on Monday night, and people from the Sunni community turned up to defend the family against possible reprisals from the Shi'ites.


Bahrain oppostions protest prooved they are peacfull and never used any voilence and the lady who hit the protester the protesters protected her until she left the accident seen as I saw it on you tube. They didn't attack anybody in contrast to all voilence been used against them,, this is another trick of the goverment and new allies (Bahrain al-ghaedah and other extremist groups) to recruite thugs to attack the opposition same as Hosni Mubarak did and now is Ghadhfi is doing it., the picture will proof that all the sticks, swords and acxes in the hand of demonstrators .
And I forgot to mention that Sunnis and government backers have never used force against ambulances or anyone since unrest broke out. In anything they exercised self control except when they were attacked like in Hamad Town and then getting ready to defend a poor lady. They never went out of their towns or roamed the streets in non stop demos like the thugs you represent which do not represent the peaceful manners that Bahrainis are known for. We strongly urge the Bahrain government to take away the Bahrain nationality from all those like you who ruined the image of our Bahrain. God wrath be upon you and your accomplices. Soon you will be shunned by our society and you will be the biggest loser. I also urge Bahrain government to send all those traitors to Iran where they come from. Let the Iran government beat you up like they do their traitors.
I think you live in another planet,, all the world saw what happened
Protesters were blocking the main road [speed limit on the road is 80km] shouting at all cars that come through. She was a girl alone in the car surrounded by tens of angry rebels shouting at her for having the kings picture in her car. The anti government rebels took her car plate number and found out where she live. A picture of her number plate was broad-casted on a satellite channel called Alaalam [the world]! Some one got her full name, house location and car type and broadcasted it in Facebook and twitter. Message was re-tweeted many many time. There were lots of rumors on twitter about revenge going to take place, and given the recent Hamad town clashes - which were bloody - men in the neighborhood [not thugs as the previous post wrongly claims] went out to protect this girl and her family.
this is the vidio of the thugs and some of them are known alghaedah sympthiers and attaked poeple in their cars and injured them seriously and taken to hospital and they attacked one of ambulances and injures one attendent of the ambulance
and see the vidio of the woman who hit the demonstrators , if they wanted to harm her they were able to do that when she was in the middle of the protester in finacial harbour which pm bought for 1 BD (2.7 US$) loool by the way what she was doing between protesters while carrying the king's picture which he ordered the shooting of protesters, women and children, soon I hope he will be tried for his crimes in front of international for ordering to kill innocent protesters when they were in there sleep and all the world saw it.
I cannot believe the audacity you have to say what you say. This girl was heading back from her office in the Financial harbor (which you now occupy) and was asked to remove a picture of the ruling family on her car and was verbally abused after her car was totally surrounded by screaming mob. We all saw the film. She tried to move slowly but your mob threw themselves on the car to stop her moving despite the intervention of the police, causing one man to be slightly injured. Her picture, name and address was immediately broadcasted on Iranian TV through your on the ground agents traitors. As a result she was followed to her town which caused thousands of her neighbors and other parts of Bahrain to come to protect her. You and the group you are representing which by the way is the terrorist group terrorizing Bahrain, have twisted facts and employed your Iranian backed media to distort all facts. We, the majority of Bahrainis which include well meaning Shia and residents, but exclude traitors like you being paid by your paymasters Iran, deplore what you are doing to our country. Why don't you speak about how your group colonized our biggest government hospital and refused treatment to all Sunnis in Bahrain. Only yesterday an 18 yr old girl died because she was refused entry because she was Sunni. Numerous others with kidney problems, cancer treatments etc were turned away by your hardliners who were sent to study abroad by the government and being paid top salaries. You bit the hand that fed you. Why don't you speak about all the Shia teachers who were directed by the Teachers Society (headed by a Shia extremist) who walked out on their pupils, abused and threw out volunteer teachers, and encouraged their students to protest including hoarding them on six wheelers like cattle to take them to the pearl roundabout. Why don't you tell the world that no less than 80 to 90% of jobs in the health and education sectors are held by Shia?? We are sick of your lies and treason for a country that has given you more than Sunnis who by the way suffer more but do not make noise in the destructive manner you do. You, the rich Shia who turned against us like that of Jawad and A'ali families, and all other traitors have now been exposed including your leader Mushaima who for those who don't know him is a criminal and a thief that is being paid by Iran; has already blatantly declared that he really wants to turn Bahrain into the Islamic Republic which means under Iran cleric regime. He also declared that government will fall today Friday 11th March. This supports what the majority of Bahrainis said all along i.e. the latest movement was aiming to ride the wave of uprisings to benefit its benefactor Iran and not the disadvantaged few from both Sunni and Shi'a. Iran has a plan which is well known to all Arabs. You cannot mask the truth. Your time is up and masks have fallen. Go to your hole in the village.
My sister Munira out of respect for my self I am not going to answer your fanatic and racist insults just I will pray that you see the light and get out the hate from your heart,, but just want to let you know if shia (they are idinigous people) hold 80 to 90% proffessional jobs because they are majority and that reflect that fact, and they need to work hard and educate them self to get a head because they will not get easy jobs withe goverment and the instiution in their control unless they really need their expreties .
Note: Alkhalifa family (rulers of Bahrain) they are not from Bahrain but they conquired Bahrain thats why they call their mosque (Al-fateh=conquerer) it is the name of first Alkhalifa ruler Ahmad Alfateh
Just I forgot to mention I have sunnis inlaws , nephews, neices and freinds , they don't think the way you think and most of Bahrain sunnies they charrish the values of justice , human rights and freedom which are all humanity values .
You are talking about speed limit 80km when their is thousands of people in the road you don't drive 80km/h unless you intend to kill them,,, and blocking the road in peacfull demosteration is not crime,, but shooting innocent poeple or making hatfull speeches from known alghaedah sympethier (Shaikh Khaled Mohammed) telling thugs to get armed and attack protesters and using very degrading and hatefull words toward protesters which is going to hunt him in future in front of local courts (after downfull of alkhalifa) or international courts like Rawandan hate monger which he was on trial in Canada .
Is seems that you my Bahraini brother have a grudge against the king and the prime minister for some reasons you state above. Solve your issues with them directly and leave those who want a peaceful life out of it. I think we can both agree that some 'peaceful' demonstrations have a few hooligans that swear at and harass those passing by and want to pick a fight for no good reason. This was one of them but this was a young girl that got scared and acted stupidly in panic. And it is unfortunate that one of our bahraini brothers got hurt in that accident. This is then a hit-and-run accident and there is no need to take the law in one's own hands and spread fear and compromise peoples safety by publicizing personal details on satellite channels and on the internet urging people to take revenge; that is why the legal system exists my brother.
I agree withe you brother that they shouldn't pulicized her personal information in public,, but my comment was regarding the holigans who had the sticks and swords and say they want to protect her , where are the police and security forces why they are not protecting her?, (IF) she is in danger,, and if the goverment is not trying to creat secterian strife???
Regarding king and pm my grudge is not personal but its about basic human rights for self determenation and if this right been garunteed through ballot boxes then poeple don't need to come to street and protest other wise they have full right and duty to do that they .. personally I am one of the victimes of this regime,,and witness to the murder under torture of one of prisoners in dec. 1980, I hope one day I will be witness in the trail of those toturers which I know them and all documented since 80' by the international organisations,, and hope one day we all live sunni, shia, christain, seculers and whatever beleivers in peace and harmony with full rights as citizens without any discremation,, as we always been like that in our personal relations except for the govermnt interfernce which served them to devide us and rule on us through the dividsion by using some of the extremist and go listen to shaikh Khaled Mohammed and other like him speeches which any civilised society will not allow it, then we can talk about the legal system and rule of law brother.