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Clashes in Bahrain

2013-09-16 2 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br /> <br />STORY: Dozens of protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails at riot police in the village of Daih, west of capital Manama, on Sunday following a third day of funeral rituals for a 22-year-old activist, Mohammed Abdul-Jalil.<br /> <br />The funeral rally soon turned violent with anti-government protesters throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at the riot police. Riot police responded with tear gas in an attempt to restore order.<br /> <br />The Bahrain opposition complains of discrimination against majority Shi'ites in areas such as employment and public services, and is demanding a constitutional monarchy with a government chosen from within a democratically-elected parliament. The government denies any discrimination.<br /> <br />Bahrain, a tiny island state that hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet as a bulwark for U.S.-aligned Gulf monarchies against Iran, has suffered bouts of unrest since February 2011 when a Shi'ite-led uprising demanded the al-Khalifa dynasty give

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