BAHRAIN Manama: Massive Rally Of About 100,000 Plus Protesters 2/22/11

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How To Go To Heaven: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/how_to_be_saved.html http://www.youtube.com/user/TelLieVision1 Casualties: The official death count of 7 was published by the Bahraini newspaper Al-Wasat on 21 February, issue # 3090. There is no official number on the wounded, which the Los Angeles Times has counted as 150. Censorship and Arrests: The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights said that Bahraini authorities were blocking a Facebook group being used for planned protests on 14 February, and that its own website had been blocked for many years. Nabeel Rajab said that the group was "only asking for political reforms, right of political participation, respect for human rights, stopping of systematic discrimination against Shias." Several bloggers were arrested prior to 6 February. 22 February: King Hamad has ordered the release of opposition and political prisoners. A Martyrs March is announced that includes a funeral of one the protesters killed earlier this week, along with the expected arrival of Hasan Mushaima, the leader of the opposition group Haq movement. Both pro-government and anti-government protests were reported. Reportedly, over 100,000 anti-government protesters, more than 12% of the population, were out on the streets, while some media agencies claimed that this anti-goverment rally was more than 280,000 since the march extended up to 3 kilometers long. 21 February: The state's Bahrain News Agency, a branch of Bahrain's Ministry of Culture and Information, claims that 300,000 Bahraini residents (more than 50% of the local population; Bahrain local population is 568,000), has gathered in the grounds opposite Al-Fateh Center in Manama to support the ruling monarchy. It was announced that the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix would be postponed from its original date on 13 March to a later date. 20 February: Protesters camped out through the night at the Pearl Roundabout for the night after soldiers were ordered to withdraw. Food and electricity were provided to protesters. 19 February: The military and then the police withdrew from the capital by orders of the government. Thousands of protesters were then able to return to the Pearl Roundabout. 18 February: On 18 February, government forces used live ammunition against protesters, mourners and news reporters, with multiple casualties reported. Security forces fired on medics loading the wounded into ambulances. At least five people died and at least 66 were wounded. The protesters moved into the centre of Manama from the funerals of protesters killed in a security crackdown earlier in the week, and then were fired on by Bahraini police. Some protesters held their hands up high and shouted, "Peaceful! Peaceful!" 17 February: At about 3:00 am local time, riot police moved in and, using tear gas and batons, dispersed thousands of anti-government protesters in Pearl Square. According to the opposition, three people died in the police operation while 231 sustained injuries. Sporadic clashes broke out around Manama hours after the riot police's attack on the makeshift encampment in the centre of the city. There were also reports of dozens of armoured vehicles moving towards the Pearl Roundabout. According to an Al Jazeera correspondent, hospitals in Manama were full of people injured during the police raid, including "doctors and emergency personnel who were overrun by the police while trying to attend to the wounded." Saeed al-Shahabi, a leader of the opposition in London, warned the Saudi National Guard against interfering in the country. Reportedly, tens of thousands of Saudi military had entered Bahrain in 1995 to quell an uprising. Later in the day, a state of emergency was imposed. 16 February: Thousands of protestors continued to occupy Pearl Roundabout. A funeral procession for the protestor killed on 15 February was held, without any police interference. The protests size had increased by several hundred on this day, and parliament members announced their intentions to remove the royal family from their office positions. 15 February: Police reportedly opened fire during a funeral of a protester killed on 14 February, killing one person and injuring at least 25 others. The number of protesters increased, and Al Wefaq, the political party that won the largest number of seats (18 out of 40) in the 2006 parliamentary election, officially joined the protests. Al-Wefaq declared it General David Petraeus Carter Ham Secretary Defense Robert Bob Gates Chairman Joint Staff Michael Mike Mullen Alex Jones Gerald Celente Rand Ron Paul Craig Roberts Webster Tarpley Wayne Madsen Judge Andrew Napolitano Rush Limbaugh Max Keiser Rachel Maddow WikiLeaks Julian Assange Dylan Ratigan John Pillger Stossel David Icke Mike Rivero Jeff Rense Ahmadinejad Hugo Chavez North Korea Vladimir Putin China Secessionist Blackwater Xe Rush Limbaugh Michael Savage Glenn Beck Michel Chossudovsky Zbigniew