Ahead of Bahrain protests, a sweep against citizen journalists - CSMonitor.com

Ahead of Bahrain protests, a sweep against citizen journalists - CSMonitor.com:

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Anti-government protesters in Bahrain on Aug. 10.

Hasan Jamali

Forget Egypt - Bahrain is about to experience another round of large countrywide protests and chances are, you might not hear about them.

A tiny island nation, Bahrain sits near Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf and is important to US interests in the region because it hosts the Navy's Fifth Fleet, responsible for patrolling the oil-rich region's waters.

On August 14, protesters have promised to take to the streets once more to demand democratic reform in the latest installment of a two-year long protest movement. The response of the government of King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa to the protest wave has been repression, and the government has made it almost impossible for foreign reporters to cover the turmoil."

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