- Title: BAHRAIN: DEMONSTRATORS STAGE PROTEST AGAINST POSSIBLE U.S.-LED WAR ON IRAQ
- Date: 4th January 2003
- Summary: (W4) MANAMA, BAHRAIN (JANUARY 3, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV PEOPLE GATHERING OUTSIDE GRAND MOSQUE, HOLDING BANNERS AND FLAGS (2 SHOTS) 0.10 2. MV PEOPLE MARCHING AND CHANTING (IN ARABIC): "OUR VOICES MUST BE HEARD BY THE LEADERS" AND "THE VOICE OF THE NATION MUST BE HEARD"; MV CHILDREN HOLDING FLAGS; MV WOMAN LEADING CHANTING; MV PEOPLE WITH BANNERS CHANTING (IN ARABIC) "THE LAND OF THE ARABS IS FOR THE ARABS" (4 SHOTS) 0.31 3. MV PLACARD READING (ENGLISH): 'YANKEE GO HOME'; PLACARDS READING (IN ENGLISH): 'NO MORE KILLING' AND 'IRAQ AND PALESTINE - ONE CAUSE'; MV PLACARD READING (ENGLISH) 'STOP ALL FACILITIES TO USA' (3 SHOTS) 0.47 4. WIDE OF CROWD MARCHING AWAY FROM GRAND MOSQUE 0.53 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HASSAN AL ALI, DEMONSTRATOR SAYING "This is a demonstration to show Bahraini support for our Iraqi brothers in Iraq, so everybody today wants to show his feeling, and this is a purely peaceful feeling just to show our support as well as our refusal to the war in this region." 1.11 6. SLV PROTESTERS CARRYING LARGE IRAQI FLAG AND SMALL IRAQI AND BAHRAINI FLAGS; SLV PROTESTERS WALKING PAST SOLDIERS; MV LITTLE BOY IN FRONT OF LARGE IRAQI FLAG; SLV REAR VIEW OF WOMEN AND GIRLS MARCHING IN PROTEST (6 SHOTS) 1.48 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 19th January 2003 12:00
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- Location: MANAMA, BAHRAIN
- Country: Bahrain
- Reuters ID: LVA41V6EBV473C45F4B8DUS2XNP0
- Story Text: Several hundred demonstrators in Bahrain have staged a
protest against a possible war on Iraq by the United States.
Thirty-four political and religious groups joined the
protest in the Bahraini capital Manama on Friday (January 3, 2003).
Protesters, who gathered after Friday prayers at the Grand
Mosque, chanted "Our voices must be heard by the leaders" and
"The land of the Arabs is for the Arabs."
Demonstrator Hassan Al Ali said that the demonstration was
a show of support for the people of Iraq, and a show of
opposition to any war on the country.
"This is a demonstration to show Bahraini support for our
Iraqi brothers in Iraq," he said.
"So everybody today wants to show his feeling, and this is
a purely peaceful feeling just to show our support as well as
our refusal to the war in this region."
Bahrain is a key U.S. ally and headquarters of the U.S.
Navy's Fifth fleet.
The tiny country has seen several protests against U.S.
policies, including petrol bomb attacks against the American
embassy in the capital Manama in 2002.
Last October, hundreds of Bahrainis, some shouting "Death
to America", protested against possible military attacks by
the United States on Iraq. They urged Gulf Arab states not to
cooperate with Washington in an attack on Iraq over Baghdad's
alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction.
The United States has been reinforcing troops in the
oil-rich Gulf region for a possible attack on Baghdad. Most of
Washington's Gulf Arab allies publicly oppose an attack on
Iraq.
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