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Shiite Bahraini youths burn tires Wednesday, March 16, 2011, near a shopping mall in Malkiya, Bahrain as they awaited government forces they anticipated would roll into their Shiite Muslim village southwest of the capital of Manama. They said they tried to get to Manama to join anti-government protesters under attack there but found all ways in to the capital closed. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (AP)

Bahrain’s crackdown on demonstrations kills 5 protesters

Barbara Surk, Reem Khalifa
Thousands of anti-government protesters march Tuesday, March 15, 2011, to the Saudi embassy in Manama, Bahrain. Bahrain's king declared a three-month state of emergency Tuesday to quell a Shiite uprising, as clashes spread through the capital and surrounding villages in a showdown that drew in the region's major powers and splintered along its main sectarian faultlines. At least two Bahrainis and a Saudi soldier died, and hundreds of protesters were injured by shotgun blasts and clubs. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (AP)

Bahrain military sweeps into protest camp

Barbara Surk, Reem Khalifa
A Bahraini anti-government protester gestures in front of riot police on an overpass near Pearl roundabout Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Manama, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (AP)

Saudi Arabia intervenes in Bahrain protests

Brian Murphy, Reem Khalifa