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Protesters set a junked car on fire in Qadam village, north of the Bahraini capital Manama, on Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom.
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Wounded anti-government protesters are treated at a house after being shot with pellets fired by riot police during clashes in Daih on Feb. 14, 2013. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising.
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A protester gestures toward riot police during clashes in Daih on Feb. 14, 2013.
Reuters reports — A Bahraini teenager was killed by security forces on Thursday, an opposition website reported, as activists demonstrated on the second anniversary of an uprising demanding democratic reforms in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state.
The protests could mar reconciliation talks that began on Sunday between mostly Shiite Muslim opposition groups and the Sunni-dominated government to try to end two years of political deadlock in the island kingdom, which is home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
Mass protests that erupted in the island state in February 2011 at the height of the Arab Spring were crushed, but small demonstrations continue on an almost daily basis demanding greater rights for Bahrain's Shiite majority and an end to the absolute power of the Sunni ruling family.
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Protesters march in Barbar village, north of Manama, on Feb. 14, 2013.
The website of the main opposition group Wefaq said a young man identified as Ali Ahmed Ibrahim al-Jazeeri had died in the village of Diya near Manama in an area mostly inhabited by Shiites. It said Jazeeri, born in 1996, had been shot by security forces using exploding bullets, banned internationally.
Dozens of people were also hurt in the violence, some by tear gas and other more seriously, it said.
The government's information department said a 16-year-old boy had been brought to the Salmaniya Medical Complex in the capital Manama and had been pronounced dead on arrival.
"The cause of death is as yet unknown. The case has been referred to the public prosecution and a thorough investigation is being conducted," it said in a statement, urging people to remain calm and "not to spread unfounded rumors". Read the full story.
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Protesters clash with police in Daih on Feb. 14, 2013.
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No democracy for you guys. Sorry.
After 2 hrs in the news of a teenager killed, we're the only posters. Huh!
I get this feeling if the word "Chicago" was in the same headline sentence, that I would be like the 1,233 rd post after 2 hours.
"It said Jazeeri, born in 1996, had been shot by security forces using exploding bullets, banned internationally."
See the irony of actions in Bahrain and Syria!
There was rebellion of Shiites against the despotic and highly corrupt Sunni ruler of Bahrain.
Brave Sunni rulers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwaiti, UAE and other Arab League nations sent their forces and just quelled the Shiites rebellion in no time.
All of a sudden, these seventh century fountainheads of Sunni Islamic haters and killers, remembered “human rights violations” in Syria.
So the Sunni rulers of Arab League sent “human rights” group to Syria.
The head of the Saudi and their Arab League observers to Syria was a Sudanese Gen. The brave Gen was responsible for the genocides of at least 300000 Christians in Darfur!
There are no UN and its big name agencies, human rights groups, democratic rights' screamers and so on as Shiites in Bahrain don't have big pockets.
Compare these with their screams on Syria!
Iran's handwriting is on the wall for all these uprisings that eventually undermine "moderate" or secular islamic governments and replace them with radical theocratic dictators - like Iran. The entire Gulf kingdoms are at risk, as they are several African countries as well as Lebanon.
Shiites vs Sunnis is worse than Islam against Judaism. Arab Muslims just hate everyone, including themselves. They don't want to be free. They just want to be in power, because that's where all the money is.
And yet no mention of the dozen or so policemen that were also injured, some seriously. If you're going to report a story, tell the whole story.
In Syria, Sunni majority don't want to tolerate comparatively one of the best ME Muslim dictator, Assad.
At the same time, watch how Sunni minority ruler is curbing Shiites in Bahrain.
Oil rich rulers of Sunni House of Saud, Kuwait, UAE and other ME Sunni Arab League nations are responsible for inventing, funding, promoting and exporting Sunni Islamic extremism of the worst levels through their Salaffi and Wahhabi mosques all over the world.
These mosques have become hate preaching and killer training centers without exceptions.
The fast backward march of Sunni Islam to seventh century desert days is responsible for the growing intolerance, hatred and violence in Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, Mali, Pakistan, and in many Muslim majority nations.
At this rate, Sunni Islamic extremism is going to be responsible for the gradual demise of Islam.
In the history of religions, religious extremisms have not survived for long.