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Bahraini security troops block a street leading to Pearl Square in the capital Manama on March 16, 2011, as heavily armed police forces raid a month-old pro-democracy sit-in, leaving three protesters dead.
Thursday, Mar. 17, 2011

Open quoteThey are all around Salmaniya medical complex with their guns and they are shooting anybody.Close quote

  • A DOCTOR
  • at the hospital in Manama, Bahrain, which has been surrounded by security forces who are attempting to contain antigovernment protests; doctors say the forces are preventing the injured from receiving treatment
Photo: JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images | Source: BBC