11.03.2011, 09:36
Die weiter andauernden und von Seiten der Demonstranten bisher weitestgehend friedlich geführten Proteste, führen am Rande offenbar zunehmend zu Gewalt zwischen Anhängern und Gegnern des Regimes. Heute will zudem der harte Kern der Opposition im Wohngebiet der Mitlglieder der Königsfamilie protestieren. Es wird im Vorfeld damit gerechnet, dass das blutig ausgehen kann...
Zitat:Bahrain prepares for march, sectarian clash erupts<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/10/us-bahrain-protests-idUSTRE72951J20110310?pageNumber=2">http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/ ... geNumber=2</a><!-- m -->
(Reuters) - Sectarian clashes broke out at a Bahrain school Thursday, fuelling fears a planned march on the royal court Friday could inflame the Gulf island where a majority of citizens is Shi'ite but the ruling family is Sunni.
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The march on the king's palace would go through the Riffa area, where Sunnis and members of the royal family live, risking the first direct confrontation between protesters and royals.
No more than a few hundred are expected to join the march, but politicians and activists on all sides expect Sunni civilians to come out to block their advance.
"Tomorrow will be a tough day," said a political source, who declined to give his name. "If they make the journey they will be met by plainclothes people and not security forces... These protesters are trying to derail the political process because in an election they could not win a seat if they tried."
The coalition of much smaller Shi'ite parties behind the march on the royal court are calling for the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic -- demands that have terrified Sunnis who fear this would play into the hands of the oil-producing Gulf's main Shi'ite power, non-Arab Iran.
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