Bahraini cleric: West intends to turn Bahrain into another Palestine http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30352777&SRCH=1

Representative of Bahrain Shia leader said here on Saturday that west intends to turn Bahrain into another Palestine and oppress people movement. Cleric Abdullah Daqqaq said sending 200 Israeli military officers to train Bahrain military, distribution of weapons among the Sunni Muslims and efforts to create ethnical and religious conflicts are among methods of the west to quell people uprising in Bahrain. 

Referring to expulsion of 150 athletes from national teams, two thousand from work as well as increasing massacre and crimes of the al-Khalifa regime are among results of west cooperation with the regime. He added that 25 mosques and many other worship places have been totally demolished. The Bahraini clergyman continued that direct flights to Bahrain have been cancelled, female students have been thrown out from high schools and colleges and telephone contacts with Bahrain have been really hard.

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