A fire set by antigovernment protesters in Malkiya, Bahrain. Daily clashes with the police reflect the Shiite majority's discontent with Sunni minority rule. (Shawn Baldwin for The New York Times )From The International Herald Tribune:
MALIKIYA, Bahrain: It was just another night in this small Shiite Muslim village on the Persian Gulf. A mattress and chairs were set on fire in the street. The police shot tear gas canisters at the crowds. Neighborhood children taunted the police. The police fired more tear gas.
There were smiles all around, not on the faces of the police, who were sweating and trying not to inhale their own tear gas. The people from the village were nearly festive, egging the police on, with rocks and slogans and the speed of youth. They darted. The police lumbered. Their tormentors got away.
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My Comment: A religious conflict with all of its ugly attributes. Everyone in the Middle East is looking at this conflict.
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