Quotes of the Day

People gather to mourn and pray for demonstrators who were injured after riot police stormed an anti-government protest camp, outside the Salmaniya hospital where the casualties were sent to, in Manama February 17, 2011.
Friday, Feb. 18, 2011

Open quoteWe are pro-government. We are pro-King. We don't want what they want.Close quote

  • AHMED ZAINAL,
  • a public-relations executive and part of a minority Sunni population in Bahrain that is protected by the country's ruling elite and resents the political demands of the Shi'ite-dominated opposition, which for days has been protesting for democracy
Photo: REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed | Source: NYT