Monday, March 19, 2007
while you were sleeping
Is this what it was like in the 90s? I keep hearing about "clashes" (GDN euphemism for protesting civilians being attacked by armed special security forces) in villages, arbitrary arrests, protests... The latest it seems was on sleepy Saturday:
"Bahraini Special Security Forces attacked, this afternoon, a peaceful sit-in attended by dozens of residents and families from Karbabad, in a protest of the continued imprisonment of their sons arrested more than three weeks, after some protesters blocked an outlet street on 22 of last February."
You know it seems the real Never Ending Story is being written here in Bahrain - it goes like this: 1)protest - 2)riot (GDN euphemism for protest which 'ends in violence' after armed special security forces attack civilians) - 3)arbitrary arrests - 1)protests against the arrests - 2)more riots (see above) - 3) more arbitrary arrests - 1) even more protests... in some variations a courtroom scene is included, but not these days it seems.
In fact, we can test this formula on the latest news:
1) Protest: "some protesters blocked an outlet street on 22 of last February"
2) 'Riot': I presume it happened, because then we had the
3) Arbitrary arrests: "the continued imprisonment of their sons arrested more than three weeks"
and again
1) Protest: "this afternoon, a peaceful sit-in attended by dozens of residents and families from Karbabad, in a protest of , after arrested more than three weeks (see above)"
2) 'Riot': "Bahraini Special Security Forces attacked,"
3) Arbitrary Arrests: "They also arrested four youths from the village, including a minor who was released after a period of detention. However, Seyed Ali Sayed Akbar (20 years), Jaafar Sadiq Kadhim (21 years), Mahmood Ali Mahdi (22 years) are still in custody, as they were detained at different locations in the village; one of them was coming from a soccer training session sport- in one of well known sports club, the other was leaving a restaurant, while the last was queuing nearby a bakery."
In the words of the inimitable Tom Waits: I want to know the same thing we all want to know - how's it going to end?
"Bahraini Special Security Forces attacked, this afternoon, a peaceful sit-in attended by dozens of residents and families from Karbabad, in a protest of the continued imprisonment of their sons arrested more than three weeks, after some protesters blocked an outlet street on 22 of last February."
You know it seems the real Never Ending Story is being written here in Bahrain - it goes like this: 1)protest - 2)riot (GDN euphemism for protest which 'ends in violence' after armed special security forces attack civilians) - 3)arbitrary arrests - 1)protests against the arrests - 2)more riots (see above) - 3) more arbitrary arrests - 1) even more protests... in some variations a courtroom scene is included, but not these days it seems.
In fact, we can test this formula on the latest news:
1) Protest: "some protesters blocked an outlet street on 22 of last February"
2) 'Riot': I presume it happened, because then we had the
3) Arbitrary arrests: "the continued imprisonment of their sons arrested more than three weeks"
and again
1) Protest: "this afternoon, a peaceful sit-in attended by dozens of residents and families from Karbabad, in a protest of , after arrested more than three weeks (see above)"
2) 'Riot': "Bahraini Special Security Forces attacked,"
3) Arbitrary Arrests: "They also arrested four youths from the village, including a minor who was released after a period of detention. However, Seyed Ali Sayed Akbar (20 years), Jaafar Sadiq Kadhim (21 years), Mahmood Ali Mahdi (22 years) are still in custody, as they were detained at different locations in the village; one of them was coming from a soccer training session sport- in one of well known sports club, the other was leaving a restaurant, while the last was queuing nearby a bakery."
In the words of the inimitable Tom Waits: I want to know the same thing we all want to know - how's it going to end?
