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Anti-government protesters hoist a released political prisoner in the air in the Pearl roundabout late on February 22, 2011 in Manama, Bahrain.
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011

Open quoteWhat we did to the people was not heroic.Close quote

  • YEUSSIF NAJRI,
  • a Bahraini army officer, explaining why he and other officers defected to join the antigovernment protesters in Bahrain's capital city of Manama
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