With Manama a virtual ghost town and the city divided up by warring gangs of youths, Bahrain today bowed to the inevitable and declared a state of emergency to last three months. Hundreds are reported injured and at least two dead in clashes over the past few days.
However, the reason for the arrival of Saudi and UAE forces remained unclear as the island state has an army of 10,000 men, quite sufficient to impose martial law.
So far the Saudi troops have remained barraked around the royal compound. But protestors were due to march to the Saudi embassy this afternoon to voice their objection to the arrival of their forces, which might trigger some response.....read on
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