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  • 14
    Feb
    2011
    12:06pm, EST

    Tear gas fired at anti-government protesters in Bahrain

    AFP - Getty Images

    Bahraini protestors run for cover after police fired tear gas canisters to disperse them in the village of Diraz, northwest of Bahrain on Feb. 14 during a demonstration called for on Facebook and inspired by similar initiatives which led to the ouster of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt.

    Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters

    A Bahrain woman shows empty packages of tear gas and sound bomb used by riots police in Manama on Feb. 14. Small-scale clashes erupted in two Bahraini villages as security forces tightened their grip on Shi'ite communities for Monday's "Day of Rage" protests inspired by upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia. Helicopters circled over the capital Manama, where protesters were expected to gather in the afternoon, and police cars stepped up their presence in Shi'ite villages, breaking up one protest with teargas and rubber bullets. At least 14 people were injured in clashes overnight and on Monday.

    Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters

    A protester collapses after inhaling tear gas during a demonstration in Manama Feb. 14. Bahraini police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up protests on Monday in Shi'ite villages that ring the capital Manama, dampening a "Day of Rage" stimulated by popular upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia.

    By Elena Grothe

    The AP reports:

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bahrain's security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets Monday at thousands of anti-government protesters heeding calls to unite in a major rally and bring the Arab reform wave to the Gulf for the first time.

    The punishing tactics by authorities underscored the sharply rising tensions in the tiny island kingdom — a strategic Western ally and home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.

    Riot police — some firing bird shot pellets — moved against marchers in various sites to prevent a mass gathering in the capital, Manama, that organizers intended as an homage to Egypt's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the popular revolt that drove Hosni Mubarak from power.

     

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    we in the west only hope for transparency of governments.

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  • 7
    Feb
    2011
    7:51pm, EST

    Tear gas fired at crowd during protest in Haiti

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    THONY BELIZAIRE / AFP - Getty Images

    People rally in the streets on February 7, 2011 in Port-au-Prince to protest against the presidential elections. Haiti politician, Jude Celestin, who was dumped from the race to be president, on February 4, 2011 complained that victory had been stolen from him, but said he would bow to the election council's decision. Announcing definitive results February 3, the commission said popular singer Michel Martelly -- and not the ruling party's Celestin -- would face off against former first lady Mirlande Manigat in the run-off on March 20.

    Ramon Espinosa / AP

    Demonstrators overturn a trash bin during a protest against Haiti's President Rene Preval in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Feb. 7, 2011. Preval's term had been scheduled to end Monday but will stay in office for three more months as his country chooses a successor in a delayed election, said his chief of staff. A group protested outside the National Palace, blocking traffic with overturned trash bins and burning tires and chanting "Preval is a crook!"

    Ramon Espinosa / AP

    A demonstrator stops a concrete pipe from crushing his leg during a protest against Haiti's President Rene Preval in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Feb. 7, 2011. Preval's term had been scheduled to end Monday but will stay in office for three more months as his country chooses a successor in a delayed election, said his chief of staff. A group protested outside the National Palace, blocking traffic with overturned trash bins and burning tires and chanting "Preval is a crook!"

    Allison Shelley / Getty Images

    Police officers secure a street near the National Palace as protestors took to the streets to demand that Haitian President Rene Preval leave office February 7, 2011 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Though he has parliamentary approval to stay in office until May 14, Preval's official mandate as president expires today.

    Reuters

    Residents run away from tear gas thrown by national policemen in a provisional camp for earthquake victims during clashes with demonstrators in downtown Port-au-Prince February 7, 2011. Around 200 protesters demanding that Haiti's outgoing President Rene Preval leave office immediately set up burning barricades on Monday and threw stones at police and U.N. peacekeepers in the capital Port-au-Prince, witnesses said.

    Reuters

    A boy cries after breathing in tear gas thrown by national policemen in a provisional camp for earthquake victims during clashes with demonstrators in downtown Port-au-Prince February 7, 2011. Around 200 protesters demanding that Haiti's outgoing President Rene Preval leave office immediately set up burning barricades on Monday and threw stones at police and U.N. peacekeepers in the capital Port-au-Prince, witnesses said.

     

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    Every where you look, in the news, on tv, all you see is protesters. How sad!!!

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  • 7
    Jan
    2011
    10:41am, EST

    A weekly protest in the West Bank

    By Stokes Young, nbcnews.com

    The first picture looks like a particularly dangerous and violent volleyball game, in which the net is electrified and the balls change from rocks to tear gas canisters depending on who is serving:

    Atef Safadi / EPA

    A Palestinian youth protester lobs a rock at an Israeli soldier standing on the other side of the fence, during the weekly proteste against Israeli-built separation barriers in the West Bank village of Billin, on Jan. 7. The protesters also commemorated the death of a Palestinian protester Jawaher Abu Rahmah from the village of Billin, who died after inhaling tear gas on Dec. 31. The cause of death is disputed.

    Abbas Momani / AFP - Getty Images

    Israeli soldiers disperse protesters in Bilin.

    Abbas Momani / AFP - Getty Images

    Israeli soldiers fire tear-gas grenades at protesters.

    Mohamad Torokman / Reuters

    A Palestinian woman throws a stone towards Israeli soldiers.

    Palestinians in Bilin have protested the West Bank separation wall every week for six years. Yesterday, The New York Times' The Lede Blog rounded up the reporting, charges and counter-charges around the use of tear gas by Israeli troops and the Dec. 31 death of  Jawaher Abu Rahmah, whose brother was killed at a 2009 protest after being struck by a tear gas canister. Palestinians, and some Israeli bloggers and newspapers are protesting the potential lethality of tear gas being used against protesters. Read the post here.

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    Happy Days. The IDF are shooting each other with friendly fire again. YES :)

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