Friday, March 18, 2011

DTN News - BAHRAIN UNREST: Bahrain Tore Down Monument At Pearl Square In Manama

Defense War News Updates: DTN News - BAHRAIN UNREST: Bahrain Tore Down Monument At Pearl Square In Manama
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 18, 2011:

On Friday, March 18, 2011 shows Soldiers looking as mechanical diggers move in to destroy the Pearl Square monument, in Manama, Bahrain.



Bahrain on Friday tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region.


The monument six white curved beams topped with a huge cement pearl was built in Pearl Square as a tribute to the Sunni-ruled kingdom's history as a pearl-diving center.


It became the backdrop to the Shiite majority's uprising after protesters set up a month-long camp at Pearl Square in the capital, Manama. (Photo - AP Photo)


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