Bahrain Police Open Fire on Protesters http://www.presstv.ir/detail/169382.html 

'Bahraini police have opened fire on anti-government protesters marching towards the royal palace in the capital, injuring at least 150 people.There are also reports suggesting that security forces and pro-government vigilantes armed with clubs, swords and metal pipes are beating protesters near the royal complex. Witnesses say at least ten ambulances were rushed to the area. The violence came as nearly 50,000 demonstrators tried to stage a protest rally near the royal palace in the Refaa area of Manama on Friday, demanding political reforms.'

[also read>Following Bahrain’s Crackdown On Demonstrators, Leahy Urges State Department To Review U.S. Aid http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/20/bahrain-demonstrators-leahy-state/

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) — who chairs the pivotal Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs — put out a statement explaining that he has asked the State Department to review U.S. military aid to Bahrain, noting that U.S. law prohibits aid to military or security units that engage in human rights abuses:

“To a watching world, the vicious and orchestrated attacks on civilian protestors and journalists in Bahrain, Libya, Iran and elsewhere in the region are repugnant. They deserve condemnation by other governments and official actions that are appropriate to these deplorable offenses against commonly held principles.

“U.S. law prohibits aid to foreign security forces that violate human rights, and there is evidence to apply the law today in Bahrain. I have asked the State Department to consider the application of our law and I urge a prompt decision. Attacks on civilians calling for political reform and on the press are assaults on the human rights and dignity of all people.”

[The US government is in direct violation of Leahy Law,regarding many of its relationships via aid to its  client regimes,from Colombia,to Bahrain...