BAHRAIN.......PICS.......15/03/2011

This screen grab taken from Bahrain TV shows troops arriving in Bahrain from Saudi Arabia on Monday, March 14, 2011. A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain on Monday to prop up the monarchy against widening demonstrations, launching the first cross-border military operation to quell unrest since the Arab world's rebellions began in December.

A Bahraini anti-government protester sits on the barricaded main highway into downtown Manama, Bahrain, on Monday, March 14, 2011, waiting for Saudi forces to arrive. Many protesters covered their faces in a lotion to help mitigate effects of any tear gas. A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain to prop up the monarchy against widening demonstrations that have sent waves of fear through Gulf states over the potential for enemy Iran to take a new foothold on their doorsteps.

Bahraini anti-government protesters look at tear gas canisters, rubber bullets and other items Monday, March 14, 2011, on display at Pearl roundabout in Manama, Bahrain after Sunday's fierce clashes. The sign at left asks people not to touch the items. A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain on Monday to prop up the monarchy against widening demonstrations that have sent waves of fear through Gulf states over the potential for enemy Iran to take a new foothold on their doorsteps.

Anti-government protesters and a medical worker attend to a demonstrator who was overcome by tear gas fired by riot police Sunday, March 13, 2011, along a main highway in Manama, Bahrain.

Anti-government protesters walk towards the Saudi Embassy in Manama, March 15, 2011. Bahrain's king declared martial law on Tuesday as his government struggled to quell an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia. Thousands of Bahrainis marched on the Saudi embassy in Manama on Tuesday to protest against the intervention.

After the protesters in Bahrain took over the capital Manama and locked down the city of its financial district, ministries and vital operations, the GCC force were invited in the county to protect the vital areas of the Kingdom. 14/03/2011

After the protesters in Bahrain took over the capital Manama and locked down the city of its financial district, ministries and vital operations, the GCC force were invited in the county to protect the vital areas of the Kingdom. 14/03/2011

After the protesters in Bahrain took over the capital Manama and locked down the city of its financial district, ministries and vital operations, the GCC force were invited in the county to protect the vital areas of the Kingdom. 14/03/2011

An unidentified Bahraini anti-government protester covered in a national flag receives treatment Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Salmaniya Hospital in Manama, Bahrain, for injuries received in clashes. 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.

An unidentified Bahraini anti-government protester receives treatment Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Salmaniya Hospital in Manama, Bahrain, for injuries received in clashes. 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.

 A Bahraini woman reacts, as young men and men wait in the streets behind her for government forces they expect will role into their Shiite Muslim village of Dumistan, Bahrain, southwest of the capital of Manama, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Soldiers and riot police used tear gas and armored vehicles to drive out hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital, a day after emergency rule was imposed in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom.

In this citizen journalism photo acquired by the AP via 14 February Media Committee a citizen journalism web site in Bahrain, shows smoke and flames after clashes, between protesters and security forces in Pearl Square Manama on Wednesday March 16, 2011. Soldiers and riot police used tear gas and armored vehicles to drive out hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital, a day after emergency rule was imposed in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom.

 In this citizen journalism photo acquired by the AP via 14 February Media Committee a citizen journalism web site in Bahrain, shows smoke and flames after clashes, between protesters and security forces in Pearl Square Manama on Wednesday March 16, 2011. Soldiers and riot police used tear gas and armored vehicles to drive out hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital, a day after emergency rule was imposed in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom.

Anti-government protesters form a human chain at the Salmaniya Hospital fearing an attack by riot police in Manama, March 15, 2011. A local man was killed on Tuesday in clashes with police in the Shi'ite Muslim area of Sitra and several others were wounded, an opposition parliamentarian said, as unrest continued to wrack Bahrain.

Iraqi Shiite Muslims hold up the Bahraini flag and an image of Shiite radical leader Moqtada Sadr as they protest in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad on March 16, 2011, in support of the Shiite protesters in Bahrain and against the violent crackdown by the ruling Sunni Muslim dynasty in the Bahraini capital Manama.

Thousands of anti-government protesters demonstrate Tuesday, March 15, 2011, outside the Saudi Embassy in Manama, Bahrain. Frenzied clashes swept Bahrain Tuesday, a day after a Saudi-led military force entered the country to defend its Sunni monarchy from a Shiite-led protest movement. Hundreds of demonstrators were injured by shotgun blasts and clubs, a doctor said.

Doctors at Salmaniya Hospital treat a protester who got injured during riots in Sitra, east of Manama, March 15, 2011. A local man was killed on Tuesday in clashes with police in the Shi'ite Muslim area of Sitra and several others were wounded, an opposition parliamentarian said, as unrest continued to wrack Bahrain.

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