ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Hundreds of Bahraini Shi'ite Muslims angered by a raid last week on a top cleric's home clashed with police on Friday (May 24), while thousands more gathered in the cleric's village for a peaceful sit-in against their Sunni-led government.<br/> <br />The raid by security forces on the home of Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassim on May 17 infuriated the opposition and drew condemnation from neighboring Shi'ite power Iran.<br/> <br />Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, has been in turmoil since mass pro-democracy protests erupted in 2011 and has become a hot spot in a region-wide tussle for influence between Iran and Sunni Arab states such as Saudi Arabia.<br/> <br />The mass protests were crushed but smaller demonstrations continue, led by Bahrain's Shi'ite majority, who want the Gulf Arab state's Sunni rulers to call elections and create a constitutional monarchy.<br/> <br />The raid on the ayatollah's house prompted main opposition group Al-Wefaq to annou
